时间：2022-08-09 05:10:57
1．a piece of cake
A: What do you think of the final exam?
B: It＇s a piece of cake to me.
A: You＇re bragging again, what if you failed?
B: No way.
甲：你觉得期末考试怎么样？
乙：再容易不过了。
甲：你又在吹牛了。你要不及格呢？
乙：不可能。
2．think twice about
A:You＇re a native of the city and you have lived here for many years.How do you like it?
B:Well. I＇d have to think twice about that.
A:It＇s familiar to you, isn＇t it?
B:Well. I think it＇s beautiful. I especially like the weather here.
甲：你是本市人，在这儿住了很多年，你觉得这座城市怎么样？
乙：嗯，我得好好想一想。
甲：你不陌生吧？
乙：嗯，我觉得这儿很美。我特别喜欢这儿的天气。
3．a bad apple
A: Oh, my God!What happened? Why are you black and blue?
B: I got beaten by Peter＇s brother.
A: That＇s a bad apple!Let＇s think up a way and teach him a lesson.
甲：噢，天哪！怎么啦？你身上怎么青一块紫一块的？
乙：彼得的弟弟把我给打了。
甲：这坏蛋！咱们想个办法来教训教训他。
4．no point
A: There＇s no point in losing temper on me. It＇s unfair.
B: What did you do to him?
A: If I did something bad, I wouldn＇t blame him for getting angry with me. The point is that I did nothing wrong.
B: Maybe he thought you reported him to the manager.
甲：没理由向我发火，这太不公平了。
乙：你对他怎么了？
甲：如果我做了坏事，我不会怪他生我的气。可事实是我没做什么错事啊。
乙：说不定他认为你向经理打了小报告。
5．something the matter with
A: Hey. Richard!What are you doing right here?
B: My recorder has something the matter with its speaker. I want to have it fixed.
A: It broke down again? You really need a new one.
甲：嘿，理查德！你在这儿干什么呢？
乙：我的录音机的喇叭坏了，我想找人把它修好。
甲：又坏了？你真该买个新的了。
6．a hard nut
A: Bob refused all his classmates＇ invitations.
B: I really couldn＇t understand him.
A: He＇s surely a hard nut. Nobody likes approaching him.
B: We＇d better also leave him alone.
甲：鲍勃拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。
乙：他这个人我真搞不懂。
甲：他真是个脑子不开窍的人，没人愿意靠近他。
乙：我们最好也别惹他。
7．to my way of thinking
A: To my way of thinking. I think you behaved rudely before your dad.
B: I couldn＇t keep my temper then.Poor dad, he must be very sad.
A: How about apologizing now?
B: I hope he can forgive me.
甲：依我看来，你在你父亲面前表现得太无礼了。
乙：当时我控制不住，可怜的爸爸，他一定很难过。
甲：现在去向他道歉怎么样？
乙：我希望他能原谅我。
8．Fat chance of that!
A: I think it was Jason who stole my document（文件）.
B: Fat chance of that!
A: He＇s the only one who left here late.
B: I know him. He＇ll never do that sort of thing.
甲：我觉得是詹森偷了我的文件。
乙：不会的。
甲：他是唯一走得晚的人。
乙：我了解他。他绝不会干那种事儿。