A: Do naughty boys upset you?
你討厭調(diào)皮的孩子嗎？
B: Oh, no. On the whole, I would rather see children active.
喔，不討厭?？偟膩?lái)說(shuō)，我更為喜歡活潑的孩子。
A: What about the trouble they made.
如果他們闖禍了怎么辦？
B: They are annoying sometimes.
那確實(shí)有點(diǎn)煩人。
地道表達(dá)：
on the whole
解詞釋義：
此語(yǔ)的意思是“大體上說(shuō)來(lái)，總的看來(lái)”，其中的whole是名詞，也可以做upon the whole。與之相似的on whole是表示“整個(gè)地，全部地”的意思。
支持范例：
My opinion is on the whole the same as yours.
我的意見(jiàn)大體上同你的差不多。
On the whole it's a good plan and we shouldn't nitpick.
總的來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)計(jì)劃是好的，我們不應(yīng)過(guò)于挑剔。
On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大體上說(shuō)，她生活儉樸，不事張揚(yáng)。
Journalists on the whole don't create public opinion. They can help to nourish it.
大體說(shuō)來(lái)記者不制造輿論。他們會(huì)助長(zhǎng)輿論。
詞海拾貝：
1. would rather：寧可，寧愿
Eg. I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind.
如果你不介意的話，我寧愿今晚出去。
Eg. They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
他們想要一座房子, 而我們寧愿住在一套房間里。
聯(lián)想記憶：would rather...than...寧可.......也不......
Liu Hulan would rather die than surrender before the enemy.
劉胡蘭在敵人面前寧死不屈。
He would rather die than live in dishonor.
他寧死不愿忍辱偷生。
2. make trouble：招來(lái)麻煩，闖禍
Eg. We decided not to implead them in case of make trouble.
我們決定不起訴他們，免得惹事生非。
Eg. It is typical of him to make trouble.
制造麻煩是他的特點(diǎn)。
聯(lián)想記憶：
make the worst of one’s trouble：朝最壞的地方想，往最壞處想
make light of one’s trouble：對(duì)麻煩是滿不在乎
make trouble by spreading rum ours：造言生事
make trouble on every hand：橫生事端
口語(yǔ)句型：
What about...?
釋義：......如何？......怎么樣？
用法：用于征詢別人的意見(jiàn)如何。使用時(shí)，about后面能接名詞或動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)。
例句：What about the salary? 薪水怎么樣？
They are very splendid. What about the price? 這些非常不錯(cuò)。價(jià)格怎么樣呢？
What about washing the car on Sunday? 禮拜天洗車怎么樣？
What about going for a row? 一起去劃船好嗎?