美国习惯用语-第151讲:Easy street/Out on then
<p>美国习惯用语-第151讲:<span word="Easy">Easy</span> <span word="street">street</span>/<span word="Out">Out</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span></p><p>各位听众,今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都和「街道」这个字有关。「街道」这个字在英文里就是:<span word="Street">Street</span>. <span word="Street">Street</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="spelled">spelled</span> <span word="s">s</span>-<span word="t">t</span>-<span word="r">r</span>-<span word="e">e</span>-<span word="e">e</span>-<span word="t">t</span>. <span word="Street">Street</span>.</p><p><span word="Street">Street</span> 就是城市里的街道。我们首先要介绍给大家的一个俗语就是:<span word="Easy">Easy</span> <span word="street">street</span>. <span word="Easy">Easy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="spelled">spelled</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="a">a</span>-<span word="s">s</span>-<span word="y">y</span>. <span word="Easy">Easy</span> <span word="street">street</span>.</p><p><span word="Easy">Easy</span> 就是:容易。那末,<span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="street">street</span> 按字面上来看就是:容易街。听众们,你们认识的人当中有没有人住在容易街的? 事实上,你恐怕在任何地图上都找不到容易街这条街名。所谓的 <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="street">street</span> 只是一个常用语,用来形容一个人有足够的钱,生活得很舒适。<span word="Easy">Easy</span> <span word="street">street</span> 这个说法是在大约九十多年前出现的。最初使用这个说法的是一位美国作家。他在一本小说中描写了一个生意做的很好而变得非常富裕的年轻人。最后,这本书说:"<span word="He">He</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="street">street</span>."</p><p>这是说:「他可以在容易街上走来走去。」意思就是,他可以生活的很自如。逐渐地,人们就把这位作家创造的词汇用到日常生活中去了。我们来举个例子看看 <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="street">street</span> 这个习惯用语在日常生活中是怎么用的。</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="Joe">Joe</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="do">do</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="restaurant">restaurant</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="town">town</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="rolling">rolling</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="street">street</span>."</p>
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