迷你對話學地道口語第270期:上氣不接下氣
迷你對話：
A: Oh, you are out of breath! What’s happened?
哦，你上氣不接下氣，出什麼事情了？
B: A gang of bastards are wildly shooting on the next street. We must leave this place the soonest.
一幫混蛋在街鄰開槍了。我們得趕快離開這裏。
A: That it easy. They get caught before they come here.
別擔心，他們來不到這裏就會被逮住的。
B: Stop your nonsense! Quick. Let’s leave the place!
胡說，趕快離開這裏吧。
地道表達：
out of breath：上氣不接下氣
支持範例：
I'm out of breath after running up the stairs.
奔上樓梯我氣喘吁吁。
He spoke so fast that he was out of breath.
他說得那麼快, 都倒不過氣來了。
All out of breath, she plumped down on a chair.
她上氣不接下氣,撲通倒在椅子上。
She was out of breath from climbing the stairs.
爬樓梯使她上氣不接下氣的。
詞海拾貝：
1. a gang of：一羣，一幫
He conspired with a gang of criminals.
他與一夥罪犯勾結。
He was badly beaten up by a gang of thugs.
他被一幫暴徒打得死去活來。
The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
那電話亭被一羣少年歹徒故意破壞了。
A woman was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.
有一婦女遭到一羣青年的襲擊和搶劫。
2. the soonest：最快
The soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.
我最早會在下午3點到。
3. get caught：逮住，抓住
You didn't get caught last time, but don't push your luck!
上次沒把你抓住, 可別再碰運氣了!
You'll be for the high jump if you get caught cheating.
如果你作弊被抓到，你將一定會受到嚴厲的懲罰。
4. that it easy：放輕鬆，不要緊張
He was going to take it easy when he got back.
他回去以後，要過輕鬆的日子。
All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself.
做人只要把心放開些，就能過得快活。
It's nice to sit down and take it easy after a hard day's work.
勞累了一天之後，能在這裏坐下來，輕鬆一下，該多麼愉快呀。
When the teacher found some of his students get nervous at the examination, he told them to take it easy.
老師發現一些學生考慮時焦急不安，就叫他們不要緊張。
