美国习惯用语-第179讲:to beat one´s brains
<p>美国习惯用语-第179讲:<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brains">brains</span> <span word="out">out</span></p><p>(抱歉,本课文没有有声资料)</p><p>历史记录已经证明人的脑子可以发挥巨大的功能；人脑对社会和科学的发展做出了不可估量的贡献。但是，点点滴滴的贡献都是人通过脑子去学习、理解、思考和创造才能做到的。今天我们要讲的第一个习惯用语就是和动脑筋有关的：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brains">brains</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="beat">beat</span>就是打人的"打"。那么，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brains">brains</span> <span word="out">out</span> 是不是要把某人的脑子打出来呢？那不是太可怕了吗？ <span word="To">To</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brains">brains</span> <span word="out">out</span>实际上和打人毫无关系。作为一个习惯用语，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brains">brains</span> <span word="out">out</span>就是绞尽脑汁的意思。也就是说，一个人尽很大的努力去动脑筋弄懂某个很难的课题，或想办法完成一项需要用很多脑筋才能完成的任务。下面我们举的例子就是一个中学生在求他的同学给他一点帮助。他说：</p><p>例句-1: <span word="Please">Please</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="algebra">algebra</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>? <span word="I">I</span>\'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="beating">beating</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="brains">brains</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="I">I</span>\'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="sure">sure</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p>这个学生对他的同学说："我花了整个周末的时间绞尽脑汁想弄懂这些代数题，可是到现在为止我还没法肯定我已经懂了。请你帮帮我的忙吧!"</p><p>许多美国人都认为中国人或其它亚洲国家的人脑子都很聪敏，尤其在数学方面能力特强。</p>
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