PETS-2語(yǔ)法講解 (307)

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Don't pull such a long face.
    小我朋友喜歡扮鬼臉,英文叫做make a face 或 pull a face,但如果說(shuō)pull a long face意思則是‘拉長(zhǎng)臉’,所以勸別人不要拉長(zhǎng)了臉或愁眉苦臉,英文可以說(shuō):Don't pull such a long face ?;蛘呖梢哉f(shuō):Don't look so down (別垂頭喪氣的樣子)或 Don't look so miserable (別看來(lái)傷心的樣子) 。
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    Wife: Well, I've slaved over a hot stove all day and here's your dinner.
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    Wife: Yes, I did. Don't pull such a long face. It's my famous Tuna surprise.
    Husband: That's why I look so distraught. It's always a surprise I can keep it down. Make me happy and throw it in the bin. Then my long face can say so long.
    妻子:嗯,我整天埋首于熱烘烘的爐灶上,這是你的晚飯。
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    妻子:是呀。別拉長(zhǎng)臉,這是我的拿手鮪魚(yú)驚喜。
    丈夫:這正使我煩惱,這東西我每次吃了能不吐出來(lái),真是奇跡。要讓我開(kāi)心,就是把它扔進(jìn)垃圾桶,那么我的臉便不會(huì)再拉長(zhǎng)了。
    妻子烹鮪魚(yú)作菜,丈夫說(shuō):It's always a surprise I can keep it down(這東西我每次吃了能不吐出來(lái),真是奇跡)。妻子說(shuō):Don't pull such a long face(別這樣愁眉苦臉)。
    A long face(長(zhǎng)臉)是指愁苦或不高興的表情,常和動(dòng)詞pull、wear、make連用,例如:The boy made a long face when the doctor told him to abstain from ice cream.(那孩子聽(tīng)見(jiàn)醫(yī)生叫他不要吃冰淇淋,就攢眉蹙額)。見(jiàn)人拉長(zhǎng)了臉,你可以問(wèn):Why the long face?(為什么不高興?)留意why字帶出的問(wèn)句,有時(shí)會(huì)略去助動(dòng)詞(auxiliary verb)和主詞(subject),甚至只用一個(gè)名詞,例如:(1) Why (should we/you等) take the risk?(為什么要冒險(xiǎn)?)(2) Why (have you decided on) Macau? There are many other places you can go to(為什么決定去澳門(mén)?你還有很多地方可以去啊)。
    愁苦的時(shí)候,除了拉長(zhǎng)臉,嘴角也會(huì)向下彎,這英文叫做down in the mouth,例如上文說(shuō)的那個(gè)妻子可以叫丈夫:Don't look so down in the mouth。這和a long face意思差不多,但是,to pull/make a face (或face) 卻和pull/make a long face不同,是指‘扮鬼臉’,例如:(1) She made a face(她扮了個(gè)鬼臉)。(2) Look, that little boy was making faces at us(看,那小男孩對(duì)著我們做鬼臉)。
    最后說(shuō)It's always a surprise I can keep it down一語(yǔ)。Keep something down是‘不把某東西吐出來(lái)’,例如:The patient hasn't been able to keep anything down for two days(病人過(guò)去兩天無(wú)論吃什么都吐出來(lái))。