迷你對話學地道口語第38期:如風化之骨

迷你對話：

A :It seldom rains this summer.

A :今年夏天下雨很少。

B :Yeah, some places are very short of water.

B :就是，有些地方十分缺水。

A :Because of pollution and other things, our environment has become worse and worse.

A :由於污染等一些列事情，我們的環境越來越差。

B :You see,. This time I traveled to the West. When I looked out of the windows of the rain, all the lands that I could see are as dry as a bone.

B :這次我去西部旅行，放眼火車窗外，大地十分乾燥。

A :It is serious.

A :真嚴重。

詞海拾貝：

dry as a bone：十分乾燥；乾透了；如風化的骨頭

Eg r four months with no rain, even the riverbed became as dry as a bone.

由於４個月沒下雨，連河牀都乾涸了。
Eg straws are as dry as a bone.

這些稻草完全乾透了。

Eg 's stop for a drink. I'm as dry as a bone.

咱們停下來喝點什麼吧，我的嗓子十得直冒煙。

Eg ng the drought, the soil was as dry as a bone.

乾旱期間，這裏的土壤都乾的裂開了。

short of：缺乏，短缺

Eg ry went to the bank because she was short of money.

希拉里上銀行取錢，因爲她缺錢用。

Eg supply of vegetables falls short of demand this year.

今年蔬菜供不應求。

Eg work falls short of my expectations.

你的工作沒有達到我的期望。

Eg .I hear you're short of hands.

我聽說你們缺少人手。

out of：從......向外看

Eg got out of bed and went to look out of the window.

他從牀上爬起來向窗外望去。

Eg out of the window and you will keep the wonderful scenery of the West Lake in view.

憑窗眺望，西湖美景可盡收眼底。

Eg guard forbade us to look out of the window when the train was moving.

火車開動時，乘警禁止我們把頭伸到窗外。