迷你对话学地道口语第1348期:旁观者清

第一，迷你对话

A: Doesn't he know that his wife is being unfaithful to him?

难道他不知道他老婆对他不忠？

B: And doesn't she know he is being unfaithful to her?

而她也不知道她丈夫对她不忠？

A: If they don't, everybody else does!

如果他们不知道，别人是可以知道的。

B: The looker-on sees most the game.

旁观者清啊。

A: You got it. Do you think such marriage necessary to go on.

是呀，你觉得这样的婚姻有必要继续下去吗？

B: It is their business.

那时他们的事情。

第二，地道表达

the looker-on sees most of the game

1. 解词释义

The looker-on sees most of the game的意思是“旁观者清”。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. People say " The looker-on sees most of the game." Will you please make a comment on the fair?

人们都说“旁观者清”，请您对交易会作个评价好吗？

As the saying goes, "The looker-on sees most the game. " Do you think who is right?

俗话说：“旁观者清。”你认为谁做得对？

第三，视野拓展

1. be unfaithful to sb.：忠诚于某人

E.g. Because she was a coward, he had been unfaithful to her.

因为她是个胆小鬼，他才对她不忠。

E.g. He is unfaithful to his duty.

他不忠于职守。

2. everybody else：别人

E.g. .I will do my part if everybody else will do theirs.

要是大家都做那我也做。

E.g. Everybody else accepts the decision. Why must you be so bloody-minded?

别人都同意这个决议, 你为什么偏要故意刁难?

3. go on：继续

E.g. You're trying to put me off, please go on with the story.

你是在想法转移目标，还是接着讲你的故事吧。

E.g. After a while I said,"Let's go on if you're rested."

过了一会儿我说，“我们走吧，要是你休息好了的话。”

第四，短句翻译：

1. 表示这是某人的事情，不便插手。

It is one's business.

2. 表示认为某事还有必要继续下去吗？

Do you think +something necessary to go on?