英语口语_英语口语练习小对话 第102期_背地里.docVIP

迷你对话： A:Why did the boss come down on Joe like a ton of bricks. 为什么老板对Joe百般刁难。 B:He spoke evilbehind his back. 他在背后说老板的坏话了。 A:How did he know that he had badmouthed him? 老板怎么知道他说他的坏话的? B:Someone told me off. 有人告状了呗。 A:He is then in a very difficult situation. 那么这是他处境很苦难啦。 B:Sure. He’ll get the bag. 是的。他可能要被解雇吧。 地道表达： behind ones back：背着，在......的背后 解词释义： back在这里是名词，即“脊梁”。Behind someone’s back意思为“在......的背后”，即“背着某人”，多用于贬义。 支持范例： Eg.She pretends to like you,but talks about you behind your back. 她伪称喜欢你,但在背后批评你。 Eg.Behind my back he has established contact with the enemy. 他背着我和敌人建立了联系。 Eg.Say nice things to a persons face, but play devil with him behind his back. 当面奉承，背后捣鬼。Eg.He was the kind of person who would flatter you to your face, and then slander you behind your back. 他是那种当面胁肩谄笑, 背地里造谣中伤的人。 Eg.You have been operating behind my back. 你在我背后捣鬼。 词海拾贝： 1.come down on：申斥, 惩罚, 责备 Eg.If you dont behave Ill come down on you with heavy hand. 如果你不老实话，我定会对你不客气。 Eg.They began to come down on him like thunder. 他们就对他声色俱厉，严加管教。 Eg.If theres a mistake shell come down on me like a ton of bricks. 要是有什么差错，她会狠狠地训我一顿。 Eg.Why did our head come down hard on you when you were on duty last night? 昨天晚上你值班时，领导为什么骂你? 2.a ton of：许多 Eg.It eats a ton of food a day. 它每天要吃一吨的食物。 Eg.Its got a ton of things to do. 在这里有许多事情可以做。 3.like a ton of bricks：气势汹汹，勃然大怒，来势凶猛 Eg.He came down on me like a ton of bricks when I arrived late. 我迟到时他对我大发脾气。 Eg.When the boss found me goofing off, he came down on me like a ton of bricks. 当老板发现我偷懒时，他气势汹汹地训斥了我一顿。 Eg.Did you ever have something that someone said hit you like a ton of bricks? 你可曾有过这种情况，某人的话会猛烈地冲击着你? Eg.Someone hit me from behind and I fell like a ton of bricks. 有人从背后向我猛然一击，我重重地倒了下去。 Eg.Mr. Wangs comments hit her like a ton of bricks. 王先生的评论，给她打击很大。 Eg.They fell upon the enemy like a ton of bricks. 他们以排山倒海之势向敌人冲去。 3.speak evil：说坏话 Eg.We should not speak evil of a man in his absence. 我们不应该在背后说别人的坏话。 Eg.I never heard you speak evil of a human being in my life