英语口语练习小对话 第132期:漫不经心地翻阅

迷你对话：

A: Can you please give me a hand? I can’t carry the heavy box.

请你帮帮忙好吗？我搬不动那个重箱子。

B: I’m afraid not. Don’t you see I’m looking up a word in the dictionary?

我恐怕帮不了你，你没看见我在查字典吗？

A: I think you are   flicking through   it.

我以为你只是随便翻翻而已。

B: Well, wait a minute.

那好，你再等会儿。

地道表达：

flick through：漫不经心地翻阅

支持范例：

Eg. He paused a moment to flick through the books and papers, then went on.

他顿了一顿，翻着那些单据和表册，又接下去说下去。

Eg. I am in no mood to study and just flicking through the books.

我没有心情学习，只是漫不经地翻阅书课本而已。

词海拾贝：

1. give sb a hand：帮助某人

Eg. Stop fucking around and come and give me a hand. 

别胡闹了, 过来给我帮个忙. 

Eg. The kitchen\'s always so messy after we\'ve had guests. Give me a hand to do it over, will you?

家里来了客人之后，厨房总是那么乱，请你帮助我们清扫一下好吗？ 

Eg. Could you give me a hand with the baggage? 

你能帮我拿一拿行李吗? 

Eg. I asked her to give me a hand but she\' s being a bit reluctant. 

请她过来帮忙,但她却有点不乐意。 

2. look up：查阅(词典或参考书)，(在词典、参考书等中)查找

Eg. I looked your address up in the personnel file.

我从人事档案里查到了你的地址。

Eg. I have looked it up in the encyclopedia.

我已经在百科全书中查到它了。