校园英语口语习惯用语 第201期:make waves

英语口语 2019-08-03 18:11:13 124

make waves 兴风作浪


【讲解】

wave本义“波浪”。非常巧的是,在中美两国我们都能接受这样一个比喻,即用“兴风作浪"来形容“惹是生非,引起混乱”。美国口语中可以这样说:He’s the wrong man for the job. He’s always trying to make waves. (他不适合做这个工作,他总是兴风作浪,惹是生非。)


【对话】

A:The strike of the teachers is due to the new policy.
A:教师的罢工都是新政策给闹的。
B:No authorities expected that the new policy would make waves like anything.
B:政府可没想到一项新政策就掀起这么大的风波。
A:Policy-makers can't take sides with a particular community. And school authorities should pay enough attention to the benefit of the schoolteachers.
A:制定政策的人又不会特别照顾谁,校方也该对教师待遇多重视些。
B:They did have reasons in making that policy. You see, they get some payoffs from some of the workers. No teacher will ever bribe them.
B:他们制定那个政策也是有理由的,你看,有些工人给了他们好处,可没有哪个教师会去贿赂他们。

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