英语口语练习小对话 第63期:突然发生

迷你对话：

A:Please tell us the exact time when the big fire broke out.

请告诉我们大火发生的确切时间。

B:The exact time? Let me think. You know, it happened at night.

确切时间？让我想一想。你知道，火灾是晚上发生的。

A:But we need the exact time. What time?

但我们需要具体时间，那是几点钟。

B:Oh, I remember. It was about 10 o'clock. When I was about to go to bed, suddenly I heard "help" outside.

噢，我想起来了。那时大约10点钟。当我正准备上床睡觉时，突然听到门外有人喊“救命”。

地道表达：

break out

小编讲解：

突发的事件常令人措手不及，而突然出现在脸上，身上的东西也会叫人不知如何是好，出现在脸上的一般是指青春痘或是红疹之类的，它们通常是生活失常或紧张的情绪下产生的。短语break out包括的范围有两种：一种是指“突发的战争，争论，打架等”，另一种则是指“突然出现的青春痘等”。

支持范例：

predicted that war would break out in the next few years.

他预言战争将在下几年中爆发。

Eg.A huge forest fire broke out after the lightning struck.

闪电打下来之后，突然引起一场森林大火。

Eg.I break out in a rash if I eat chocolate.

我一吃巧克力, 就出皮疹。

thought made him break out in a cold sweat.

这么一想，他轰的一下冒了汗！

made me break out in a cold sweat.

这吓得我出了一身冷汗。

词海拾贝：

about to do something：正准备去做某事

was about to dish up when some guests came.

她刚要上菜开饭，这时来了一些客人。

she was about to speak, I frowned her down.

她刚要开口，我就皱皱眉示意她别出声。

night：在深夜

warned me against going there at night.

他警告我晚上不要到那去。

decided to attack at night.

他们决定夜晚进攻。

is a bad habit to sit up late at night.

熬夜是个坏习惯。

to bed：去睡觉，就寝

Eg.I shall have a hot bath and go to bed.

我要去洗个热水澡，然后睡觉。

e is nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed.

没什么事可做，我还是上床睡觉好了。

t time：确切时间

fire：大火

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