PETS二级考试语法复习精讲（91）
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My feet are killing me!
Marie: You look a bit tired. What have you been doing?
Yvonne: Shopping for some new outfits.
Marie: Did you get what you want?
Yvonne: I did, but it took me all day.
Marie: What do you want to do now?
Yvonne: I just want to sit down somewhere and relax. My feet are killing me!
玛丽：你看来有点疲倦，刚才做什么？
伊凤：逛商品买些新衣服。
玛丽：买到合适的吗？
伊凤：买到，但花了一整天。
玛丽：你现在想做什么？
伊凤：我只想找个地方坐下来，休息一下。我双脚酸得要命！
伊凤说双脚酸痛：My feet are killing me.以kill（杀死）说'痛苦得要命'，是口头上常见的夸张说法。伊凤还可以说：How my feet ache!（我双脚痛极了）或My feet are sore from all the walking（我走了那么多路，双脚酸痛）。说'痛苦得要命'的kill，当然不限于指脚患，更不限于指走路多了的脚痛。鞋子太紧夹脚（The shoes pinch）、患香港脚（You have got athlete's foot）等，你都可以说：My feet are killing me.肩膀、背部等酸痛，你也可以说：My shoulders are killing me、My back is killing me等。我见过一则按摩器广告说：Are your feet killing you? Our massager can stop the murder（尊足是否正在取阁下性命？我们的按摩器可遏止谋杀）。那是以killing一字开玩笑。玛丽说伊凤看来有点疲倦：You look a bit tired.这a bit可不可以改为a little？Bit是'小片'或'少许'，例如a bit of ice cream是'少许冰淇淋'.A bit之后接tired之类形容词（adjective），则是作副词（adverb）用，和a little没有分别，I am a bit/a little angry即'我有点愤怒'.但请留意：not a bit和not a little意思完全不同。Not a bit是'一点也不'，not a little则是'不只有一点'，也即'十分'.所以，I am not a bit tired/surprised是'我一点都不疲倦/不惊讶'，I am not a little tired/surprised则是'我疲倦/惊讶得很'，两个说法切勿混淆。[NextPage] What do you think of my new suit?
Terry: What do you think of my new suit?
Michae: Not bad. I like the wide lapels and the pant cuffs. It reminds me of
one I saw in the department store the other day. Did you get it there?
Terry: No, I got it at that new outfitters on the main street.
Michael: How much did it cost?
Terry: $350.
Michael: What? You could have got the one from the department store for $200. You've been ripped off!
得利：你认为我这套新西装怎么样？
麦可：很不错。我喜欢那大翻领，以及裤脚的反折边。这套西装使我联想到日前在百货公司看到的那一套。你是在那里买的吗？
得利：不是，我是在大街那家服装店买的。
麦可：价钱是多少？
得利：三百五十元。
麦可：什么？百货公司那一套，二百元就可以买到了。你被人敲竹杠啦。
得利问麦可：What do you think of my new suit?这一句的of可不可以改为about？答案是'可以'.Think of、think about都有'对某人、某物抱……看法'的意思，例如：What do you think of/about his proposal?（你认为他的建议怎样？）不过，think high/a lot/a great deal of（认为很好）、think badly/ill of（认为不好）等的of却不可改为about，例如：Don't think ill of him just because he was late last time（不要因为他上次迟到，就对他产生坏印象）。麦可回答得利说：I like the wide lapels and the pant cuffs.西装裤脚的反折边，英式英文叫turn-up，美式则叫cuff或trouser/pant cuff，以别于指'衬衫袖口'的cuff，例如：Tuck your turn-ups/cuffs into your socks to prevent mosquito bites（把裤脚反折处塞进袜子里，以防被蚊叮）。Lapel是西装的翻领，在左右两襟，所以多用复数形式，和一般的衣领（collar）不同。Coats with narrow lapels are coming back into fashion即'窄翻领的外衣，又开始流行了'.Rip off是'敲竹杠'，这个词拙栏从前谈过，不必赘言；值得一谈的，是main street.一般市镇都有一条商铺集中的大街，这在美国叫main street，英国叫法则颇为奇怪，是high street，切勿直译作'高街'，例如：There are several international banks on/in the main/high street（大街上有几家国际银行）。
