校园英语口语习惯用语 第174期:kick up a row

kick up a row 大吵大闹

【讲解】

row作名词，在口语中意为“吵架”或“吵闹”。kick up a row 或 make a row 是个固定搭配，意指“大吵大闹”或“起哄”。另外，这条习语还有“抗议”之意。

【对话】

A:What's happened? Why are the students kicking up such a row?

A:发生什么事了？学生们怎么大吵大闹的。

B:It is because of one of those things that keep happening these days.

B:因为近些天发生了一件事。

A:What is it?

A:什么事？

B:The school authorities asked them to sell some products and forced them to finish their quotas. And most ofthe students find it hard to sell.

B:学校让他们卖东西，还让他们定额完成任务，大多数学生发觉很难卖。

A:That is indeed a problem. Their parents should join them and raise their opposition against such an unfairtask imposed on the students.

A:这确实是个问题，他们的父母也应该一起来抵制这种加在学生身上的任务。