2016年12月英语六级真题-2016年12月英语六级口语练习及词汇讲解(4)

一、A: Why do the two brothers grow cold and oftenquarrel with each other?
　　那对兄弟感情怎么冷淡起来的?而且还总是吵架?
　　B: Money is the matter.
　　是钱的问题。
　　A: Why?
　　为什么呀?
　　B: Because of the division of their father’s property, it is their bone of contention.
　　还不是因为他们父亲财产分配的问题而引起的争端。
　　A: So there is no brother when they come to money.
　　一提到钱，兄弟就不亲了。
　　【解词释义】
　　Bone of the contention这个习语源于够抢骨头，争斗不休。其字面意思为“争夺的骨头”，比喻为“争端的起因”或“争议点”等意思，常见用于新闻报道中。类似的习语还有have a bone to pick with sb.。
　　二、A: I bumped into Mary last night at a club. She wasalone. She was obviously blitzed out.
　　我昨天晚上碰巧在一家俱乐部遇到了Mary，她自己在那儿，喝得东倒西歪，站都站不稳了。
　　B: She must have known something Jack has done.
　　杰克做的事情，她肯定听到了风声。
　　A: I don’t know. But she must have been bits andpieces.
　　说不准，不过她是一幅心烦意乱的样子。
　　B: She is one of those unfortunate woman.
　　她也是个可怜的女人。
　　【解词释义】
　　Blitz是“闪电战”的意思，在该习语中，用来比喻“人饮酒的速度很快，以至于肝脏分泌的酶无法及时解除酒精的毒性而使人酣醉”。因此，blitz out就是用来形容人喝醉酒的样子。
　　三、A: Why did you go out of your way to help a personlike Joe?
　　你怎么竭尽全力地去帮助Joe?
　　B: He said he needed my help. I am not the one whosee other people suffer with folded arms.
　　他说他需要帮助，我不是那种看到别人受苦而袖手旁观的人。
　　A: Thank God that you do not have your fingersburnt and get broken-hearted.
　　感谢上帝，你没有因多管闲事而自讨苦吃到伤心透顶的地步。
　　B : What do you mean? You mean I’ll get my fingers burnt by helping him.
　　您是什么意思?您是说我会帮他而自讨苦吃。
　　A: I don’t know. But Joe would bite the hand that feeds him.
　　我不知道，但是Joe会恩将仇报的。
　　【 解词释义】
　　Bite the hand that feeds someone的字面意思是“去咬给自己喂食人的手”，比喻为“忘恩负义”或“恩将仇报”等意思。在习语词典中解释如下：To treat someone badly who has helped you in some way,often someone who has provided you with money/ To repay generosity or kindness withingratitude and injury。

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