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生活中,我们都有困难的时候,
我们也会十分感激帮我们
渡过难关的朋友,
今天我们和大家分享
“渡过难关”的英文表达~~
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Lynette 要为Tom的6人晚宴做准备,向Jordana求助,但是Jordana 不予帮助....
那么片段中提到了“渡过难关”这个表达,你注意到了吗?
Subtitle
Hey, Jordana.
Hey, Lynette. How are you? You look a little tired. Is everything okay?
Actually, I"m getting ready for a dinner party tomorrow night, six people.
Sounds fun.
Big fun. Say, you wouldn"t have any of your kids" A.D.D. medication that you could spare just to get me over the hump.
Tina! Don"t push your sister. Gosh, Lynette, I"m really running low. I need all my energy I can get. My sister Elaine and her kids are flying in town for a week.
Yeah, that"s exciting. I wish my sister would visit more often.
Yeah, sisters are great.
Yeah. Just three or four pills. I"m really hitting a wall here.
Yeah, the calm down can be a real bitch. I wish I could help.
I"m not going to forget about this, Jordana.
What"s that supposed to mean?
It means come girl scout cookie time. Don"t bother bringing around little Tina, because we won"t be home.
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接下来我们来看一下“渡过难关”如何表达~没错,就是“get XX over the hump”
有话说
get/be over the hump 渡过难关
Past the worst, most difficult, or most stressful part (of something)
渡过最不好、最艰难、最有压力的阶段
例句:
I know we have tried over and over again, but we"re finally over the hump. Everything should go smoothly now.
我知道我们已经反复尝试了,但是我们最终还是克服了困难。目前一切进展顺利。
I"ll be over the humpwhen I"ve done this exam— then there"ll be just two left.
考完这门我就轻松了,只剩下两门了。
相比“能够坚持下去,渡过难关”,那么“做到一半”怎么讲?
halfway done (with something)
做(进行)到一半
It"s quite challenging but we are almosthalfway done.
所以,这还是比较困难的,但我们几乎完成了一半。
接下来我们来看一些日常生活中会用到的表达:
拓展
be getting ready for XX
正在为XX做准备
I"m getting ready forthe National English Speech Contest.
我正在为全国英语演讲比赛做准备。
ADD
注意缺陷障碍 (Attention Deficit Disorder)
Attention deficit disorder (ADD)is diagnosed around three times more often in boys than in girls.
被诊断为注意力缺乏症的男大约是女孩的三倍。
run low
不足;缺乏
Food supplies run lowafter natural disasters happened.
自然灾害后,食物供给跟不上。
hit a wall
碰壁
Don"t lose your temper like that when you hit a wall.
碰壁的时候不要那样发脾气。
Don"t bother doing XX
不用麻烦做XX
Don"t bother making my food.
不用麻烦给我做饭了。
今天的分享就到这里结束啦~
欢迎大家分享你的表达~
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