学为贵雅思培训-北京雅思培训班哪家好项目部提供:超级好背雅思口语9分词汇:break the ice。
I was working as a tour guide and I was having a difficult time with a group of elderly ladies. None of my attempts to break the ice were working, and all my usual jokes were falling flat. I didn't know what to do to cheer them up. A bit later I was getting out of the bus and I tripped and fell and tore my trousers. The ladies almost split their sides … and after that, everything was fine!
break the ice
create a relaxed atmosphere (创造一个放松的氛围,字面意思是破冰,我们汉语中也有“破冰”的说法,大概是一个外来词。破冰是一个很形象的说法,我们经常在动画片中看到类似的画面,当然人和人之间出现尴尬的时候,屏幕上就出现冰冻的效果,感觉冻住了。这个短语主要用于,很多人在一起,气氛没打开,大家都很无所适从,不能放飞自我,就比较尴尬,类似冻住了,场没有热起来,所以需要热场,或者破冰)
fall flat
fail(fall的字面意思是倒下,flat的字面意思是平的,所以整个短语的字面意思是倒下并平躺着,试想一下,在拳击比赛中,一个拳手如果被打倒了,平躺着不动,那是什么情况,就是他已经败了,所以fall flat就是失败的意思)
split their sides
laughed uncontrollably (控制不住的大笑,字面意思是,分开他们的两边,这是什么鬼,side是侧和边的意思,比如the right side,the left side, 每个人都有左侧和右侧,当人笑的时候,实际上是嘴在向两侧扯,但是并不能扯开,扯断就坏了,但是这个短语split就是扯开的意思,如果笑的时候,能把嘴扯断,那肯定是控制不住了,不然谁会这么用力呢,所以split one's sides说的就是大笑,而且是控制不住的大笑)
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