英語口語練習小對話 第899期:不要惹是生非

A: What are you thinking?

你在想什麼？

B: I’m wondering if I should see him or not.

我不知道該不該見他。

A: Don’t you? No result, you know it clearly. Father will never agree to such marriage. So forget him, don’t wake a sleeping dog any more.

千萬不要！你很清楚沒有結果的，父親是不會同意這樣的婚事的。所以，忘卻他把，別再惹是生非了。

B: I know that our relationship has no result and father doesn’t like him at all.

我知道我們的關係沒有結果，父親一點都不喜歡他。

A: So do you think that to see him has any significance.

那你覺得見他還有意義嗎？

do not wake a sleeping dog

1. 解詞釋義

Don’t wake a sleeping dog的字面意思是“不要把正在睡覺的狗弄醒”，比喻爲“不要惹是生非”“不要自找麻煩”的意思。其英文解釋爲：avoid stirring up trouble。其反義詞則是wake a sleeping dog（自找麻煩）。

2. 拓展範例

e.g. I don't like a lot of bickering and like to wake a sleeping dog.

我自己並不喜歡常和別人爭吵，不喜歡惹是生非。

e.g. Grandfather had been a quiet old man who never woke a sleeping dog.

祖父是個沉默寡言的老人，從不惹是生非。

e.g. I always had to bear the blame for my naughty son, who used to wake a sleeping dog at school.

我每每得代淘氣的兒子陪不是，他常常在學校裏惹是生非。

e.g. My brother is ill-tempered, and likes to waking a sleeping dog.

我弟弟的脾氣很暴躁，常喜歡在外面惹是生非。

1. agree to something：同意某事

e.g. I'm afraid that either of them will not agree to this arrangement.

我擔心他們兩人都不會同意這樣的安排的。

e.g. All right, let's agree to differ on this topic.

好吧，我們在這個問題上保留各自的觀點。

2. not…at all：一點也不

e.g. I do not like to watch TV at all.

我一點兒也不喜歡看電視。

e.g. She does not care about her husband at all.

她根本不關心她的丈夫。

e.g. He is such a courageous man that he does not fear death at all.

他是一個非常勇敢的人，所以一點也不怕死。

e.g. I make nothing of this statement, I cannot follow it at all.

我不理解這個發言，一點也聽不懂。

3. have some significance：有意義

e.g. The date had a double significance.

那個日子有雙重意義。

So do you think that to see him has any significance.

要點解析：這是含有賓語從句的複合句。主句是：so do you think，賓語從句是that to see him has any significance，其中that是引導詞，to see him是動作不定式做主語。

1. 你們的戀愛是沒有結果的。

翻譯： Your love relationship has no result.

2. 爭吵是沒有意義的。

翻譯： To make a quarrel has no significance.