生活實用口語第24課:出行時遇到交通堵塞
部分內容改編自 《日常英語》
Kate: Wow! What’s the hold up?
Taxi driver: It’s probably just people trying to get an early start out of the city for the weekend. Nobody sticks around in the summer.
Kate: Really? Then, I guess I won’t have a hard time finding a room or getting a cab?
Taxi driver: Actually, you might because there’s a big convention in town this weekend.
Kate: I’m not too worried about it. I always seem to find something.
’s the hold up? 怎麼塞車了?
hold up 指“塞住”的意思,此處指“塞車”。
【同義詞句】
What’s holding everyone up? 怎麼塞車了?
【相關詞句】
We need to go earlier, or we will run into a traffic jam.
我們需要早點出發,否則會遇到塞車的。
We are stuck in the city traffic.
我們在市區裏動彈不得。
2. I guess I won’t have a hard time finding a room.
我想我會很容易找到飯店房間。
have a hard time doing sth 做某事有困難。
【同義詞句】
I guess it will be easy for me to find a room.
我想我會很容易找到飯店房間。
I guess I won’t have difficulty finding a room.
我想我會很容易找到飯店房間。
3.I’m not too worried about it. 我不是很擔心。
be worry about… “擔心……”,about是介詞,其後也接名詞,代詞或動詞ing形式。too是副詞,意爲“太,十分”,表示程度。
【同義詞句】
I don’t worry about it very much.
我不是很擔心。
【相關詞句】
I don't care how far I'll have to go.
無論走多遠,我都不在乎。
凱特:哇!怎麼塞車了?
出租車司機:也許只是都想在週末早先一步離開市區,沒有人在夏天想待在這裏。
凱特:真的?那我想我會很容易找到飯店房間和叫到出租車。
出租車司機:事實上那很難的,因爲週末市區內有個大興的活動。
凱特:我不是很擔心,我每次都可以找到我要的東西。