迷你對話學地道口語第575期:小孩

Subject：Hey, don’t sound like an ankle-biter.

迷你對話

A: I’d like to have a break today. I just want to do some dancing.

我想今天休息一下，想去跳舞。

B: Hey, don’t sound like an ankle-biter. You have to work today.

嘿，不要像個小孩子，你今天還要上班了。

地道表達

angle-biter

1. 解詞釋義

Angle-biter在這裏的意思是“孩童”。關於“Don’t sound like an angle-biter.”的最初記錄，出現於19世紀中葉哈伯的雜誌：And how are you, John? And how is Molly, and all the little angle-biters.這句話的意思是：約翰，你好嗎？莫莉和所有的孩子們都還好嗎？

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The angle-biters are romping about on the playground.

孩童們在運動場嬉戲。

e.g. He was an old man and he was acting like an angle-biter.

他是個上了年紀的人，但行爲卻如孩童。

Ps：have a break的意思是“休息一下”。例如：

Yes, I can have a break from all this tired work in the office. 好哇，這樣我就可以暫時忘卻累人的工作了。

Let's have a break from TV. 咱們歇一會，暫時別看電視了。

Let's have a break and we'll go on with it in next period. 大家先休息一下，我們下節課繼續講。