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练习对话英语:Take someone under your wing

线话英语|2015-05-08 16:00:03

  Larry在咖啡馆里碰见了李华。今天他们的练习对话英语会用到两个常用语:take someone under your wing和take someone for a ride.

  Larry: Hey, there you are, Lihua.

 

 

  LH: (Sounding tired) Oh, hi Larry.

 

 

  Larry: I haven't seen you since last weekend. What have you been up to? Don't tell me you're having midterms already.

  LH: 我连看书的时间都不!尽忙着照料我表妹了。她从中国来美国上高中,初来乍到,什么都不会,所以我这两天始终在帮她安顿。

  Larry: I'm sure it's a very tough transition for both of you. But, it's so nice of you to take her under your wing.

 

 

  LH: "Take her under my wing"? 这是什么意思?

  Larry: To take someone under your wing means to give them a great deal of personal guidance and protection while they are learning something of which you have experience.

 

 

  LH: 我明白了,to take someone under your wing就是引导、保护和照顾某人。我当初就是这样像母鸡带小鸡一样照顾着我表妹呢!(注意这一句练习对话英语中的单词讲解哦)

  Larry: It takes time to learn how to cope with living in a totally new environment - it's only natural to need a little bit of help at first. As a matter of fact, I can remember a time not so long ago when I took a certain confused girl from China under my own wing...

  LH: 你说你也曾这样辅助过一个女孩?你不是在说我吧?Larry, 诚然你给了我很多赞助,但这和我给我表妹的援助是不同的。我要是不在她身边,她连出门买吃的都不敢!

 

 

  Larry: But Lihua, you couldn't buy groceries on your own either when you first moved here. One time at the grocery store, your bill came to $7.50 and you pulled out a dollar bill, asking me if it was enough!

 

 

  LH: Haha,这个我记得。刚到美国时,每次需要跟美国人打交道我都会非常弛缓,就算不说英语,还是觉得很恐怖。

  Larry: Luckily, I was there to take you under my wing while you got used to living in the United States - just like how you're taking your cousin under your wing now!

  LH: 哈,看来咱们都是善意人!最近我在帮我表妹找房子。她以前的房东欺负她是新来的,把房租提高了两倍!我表妹已经傻呼呼地交了一个月的钱!

  Larry: Yeah, you have to be really careful. It sounds like that landlord was taking your cousin for a ride. 

  LH: Taking her for a ride? 开车带她出去?那个房东可没这么善意!

 

 

  Larry: Um, I mean "taking her for a ride" as in, taking advantage of her situation - playing a trick on her for his own benefit.

  LH: 哦!原来to take someone for a ride还有欺负人,宰人的意思!

  Larry: Yea, that's right. For example, when I went to New York City, my cab driver noticed that I had never been to New York before, and so he took a longer route to my hotel in order to run up my bill. This is a classic case of "taking someone for a ride."

  LH: 啊?司机看你是第一次来纽约,就带着你绕远路,多收你的车费。这可真差劲,欺负人!

 

 

  Larry: Unfortunately, some people will take advantage of other people like that.

 

 

  LH: Larry, 咱们是愿意take others under our wings, 尽力而为地帮助别人,可这个房主跟那个出租司机却会take people for a ride,占别人便宜。所以这两个说法的意思正好相反嘛!

  Larry: Yea, you could think of it like that. So, it's a great thing that you are taking your cousin under your wing! Otherwise, it would be easy for people to take her for a ride.

  LH: 好吧,为了防止她受欺侮,我就连续努力吧。

  Larry: I'm sure your cousin is a smart girl. Before you know it, she'll be just as capable to live on her own in the United States as you are - and you won't have to worry about people trying to take her for a ride.

 

 

  LH: (叹气)不过,在她完全自破前,我可有的忙了,估计不能常跟你会见了!

 

 

  Larry: That's OK. Taking someone under your wing is a quite a full-time job!

   上面的练习对话英语中的两个短语,您都学会了吗?

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