A: Your car is great. How did you afford such a coolset of wheels?

　　你的車真是太棒了。你怎么買得起這么棒的車呀?

　　B: I worked all summer. It was brutal.

　　我整個(gè)暑假都在工作，實(shí)在是很辛苦。

　　A: Sounds like that.

　　看得出。

　　知識點(diǎn)講解

　　英語中一種修飾法——以部分代整體，稱為“提喻”。A set of wheels是一套車輪的意思，比喻為“車子”的意思。

　　像這樣的用法很多，例如：Two heads are better than one. (三個(gè)臭皮匠，頂個(gè)諸葛亮。)Great mindthink alike. (英雄所見略同)其中的head和mind均以人體的某部分來代表“人”這個(gè)一整體。

　　A: I don’t know why I get a stage fright when Ispeak to a large crowd of people.

　　我不知道為何我對著一群人說話，我就會(huì)怯場。

　　B: That’s the case with many people.

　　許多人都是如此。

　　A: And when you are afraid of giving a poor accountof yourself, you will feel even worse.

　　當(dāng)你害怕給別人留下不好的印象的時(shí)候，你會(huì)感覺到更糟糕。

　　B: I think that is where the problem lies.

　　我認(rèn)為那真是問題所在。

　　知識點(diǎn)講解

　　stage fright是名詞短語，其意思為“怯場”。它經(jīng)常與動(dòng)詞get連用，即為： get a stage fright。

　　A: Please try to stop Tom’s talking. He’s been talkingwith me for a long time, and nobody can get a wordin edgewise.

　　你去讓湯姆別說了。他已經(jīng)說了很長時(shí)間了，別人都插不上話。

　　B: What is he talking about?

　　他在說什么?

　　A: His vacation in Africa. It’s very boring.

　　在非洲的假日，很無聊。

　　B : OK. I know how to stop him.

　　好的，我知道怎么做了。

　　知識點(diǎn)講解

　　Get a word in edgewise是指“有機(jī)會(huì)插話，在別人不停談?wù)摰臅r(shí)候插話”。此語也可以用作get aedgeways。