迷你對話學地道口語第1312期:對了如指掌

第一，迷你對話

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A: Maybe John has got in dutch with the girl, in one way or another.

八成John什麼地方得罪那個女孩了。

B: I asked John about that, but he can't remember doing anything wrong.

我問過John，但她記不得做過什麼錯的事情了。

A: There must be other reason, I think. But John needs to read her like a book before he could possibly puts his fingers on why she is bad to him.

我覺得一定有原因。但是John得好好研究下她，也許能看出些什麼蛛絲馬跡。

第二，地道表達

read sb. like a book

解詞釋義

Read like a book的意思是“深知，通曉，對......瞭如指掌”，也可以用作read something like a book。

拓展範例

E.g. I can read his mind like a book.

我對他的心事瞭如指掌。

E.g. John's girlfriend could read him like a book.

約翰的女朋友對他了如指掌。

E.g. He talks as if he read it like a book.

他談起來似乎對此瞭如指掌。

第三，好詞妙語

get in Dutch with ：得罪某人，失歡於某人

E.g. He has a high opinion of himself which makes him either get cross with a co-worker in the factory or get in Dutch with the boss.

他這個人很自負，這使得他不是和廠裏的同事過不去就是得罪於老闆。

remember doing：記得做某事

E.g. I remember posting the letters.

我記着得寄信。

put his fingers on：明確指出

E.g. We just couldn't put our fingers on what has changed about her.

我們不清楚什麼改變了她。

E.g. It took him a while to put his finger on who he was talking to.

我花了一些時間弄清楚他和誰在談話。