英语口语练习小对话 第783期:坏种
Subject : It is totally because of that bad egg.
第一, 迷你对话
A: Baby, how did you slip?
宝贝,你怎么滑到的?
B: It is totally because of that bad egg. He threw the banana peel on the ground.
全是因为那个缺乏道德的家伙,他把香蕉片扔到了地上。
第二, 核心短语
bad egg
1.解释
Egg是“鸡蛋”的意思,但是引申为“人,家伙”的意思,bad egg字面意思是“坏了的鸡蛋”,比喻为“坏人”“不可信任的人”“缺乏道德的人”等。
2. 例句
e.g. The judge sentenced the bad egg to death.
法官判这个混蛋死刑。
e.g. He's been in prison several times for all sorts of crimes; he's a bad egg.
他因各种罪行入狱多次, 他是个坏蛋。
e.g. A person who could do this must be a bad egg.
能办出这种事的人准是个坏种。
第二, 视野拓展
1.Bad egg除了表示“坏蛋,混蛋,坏种”的意思,还可以表示“失败的计划”。例如:
The scheme was a bad egg. 计划失败了。
2.和bad egg同意的俚语还有bad apple。例如:
Stay away from Peter. He is a bad apple.
离彼得远些, 他是个坏蛋。
There is always a bad apple in every batch.
到哪儿都会有害群之马。
第三, 咬文嚼字
Because of是复合介词,意思是“因为……”。例如:
The man was known to the police because of previous convictions.
因为有犯罪前科,警察们都认识这个人。
He was not a particularly good shot because of his eyesight.
他视力不好,算不上是一个出色的射手。