迷你對話學地道口語第1971期:使......迷惑不解

第一， 情景對話

A: What do you think of mathematics?

你覺得數學怎麼樣？

B: Well... Those complex numbers and figures make my head go round.

嗯……那些複雜的數字和圖形真使我迷惑不解。

A: Maybe that's because you're only a beginner.

也許是因爲你是初學者的緣故吧。

B: I hope I'll soon be fine with it.

我希望我能很快地適應。

第二， 詞海拾貝

make one’s head go round

exp 1. To make someone feel dizzy. （使…….頭暈目眩）

e.g. I can't drink any wine at all. It always makes my head go round.

我什麼酒都不能沾，喝了總是頭暈。

e.g. The warm air made his head go round. He caught hold of a counter in front of him and steadied himself.

暖和的空氣使他頭暈目眩；他抓住他前面的一個櫃檯，站穩身子。

exp 2. To get someone get confused. （使……感到困惑不解）

e.g. This problem is hard enough to make the teacher’s head go round.

這個問題確實很難,以至於老師都迷惑不解。

e.g. The murder case continued to make the police’s head go round.

這謀案仍然使警察們迷惑不解。

e.g. Many people died in these crashes, which made the investigators’ head go round.

許多人死於這樣的事故，這問題始終爲調查人員迷惑不解。

So you brought me in to check out what makes your head go round.

這麼說，你帶我進去是爲了覈實一下使你迷惑不解的事情了。

第三， 口語句式

1. What do you think of …?

解析：詢問某人對某人或某事某物的看法。

例句：What do you think of the ice show at the Center Theater?

你覺得中央戲院的溜冰表演怎麼樣？

——What do you think of this novel?——Not too bad.

——你覺得這部小說如何？——還湊合。

2. That is because…

解析：表示這件事情是什麼原因造成，翻譯爲“這是……的緣故。”從語法上說，這是含有表語從句的複合句，連接副詞是because。如果後面接名詞的話，用because of，即：That is because of+名詞、名詞性短語。

例句：That is because of a mismatching of the supply of labor and the demand for it.

這是由於勞動力供求分配不當的緣故。

That is because you have the right disposition.

那是因爲你的性格好的緣故。