英語口語練習小對話 第7期:不能共患難的朋友

習語：a fair-weather friend

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知識點津：fair-weather本指“鳥亮麗的羽毛”，後用以指人“非常風光”。因此a fair-weather person 指的是a person who stops being a friend when one is in trouble，即“不能共患難的人”。

迷你對話：

A :Doesn't she have any friends?

難道她沒有朋友嗎？

B :If she has, they mus befair-weather friends.

如果有，也一定不是不能與她共患難的朋友。

A :Such friends are even worse than enemies.

這樣的朋友甚至比敵人還要壞。

B :She'd better keep away from them.

她最好離他們遠點兒。

詞海拾貝：

keep away from：遠離......

She had begged him to keep away from cards.

她懇求他不要打牌。
Keep away from him because he'll bend your ear for hours if given the chance.

別接近他，他一有機會就會纏着你嘮嘮叨叨地談上幾個鐘頭。

I warned her to keep away from that bad set.

我警告過她不要接近那幫壞蛋。

They can't keep away from their regular work for long.

他們不能長期離開他們的本職工作。

had better：最好

I'm not clear about this matter, so I had better keep quiet.

我對這個問題不清楚, 只能不置一詞。

In any case you had better hear what your wife has to say.

總之，你最好聽聽你妻子的話。