情景会话口袋书人际篇310:野炊露营(4)

 　　14. The sun drives me up the wall.

　　我快被太阳逼疯了。

　　还能这样说：

　　The sun drives me crazy.

　　The sun drives me around the bend.

　　应用解析：

　　be driving at 意在，意指，打算。

　　例如：I wish I know what they are really driving at.

　　我希望我能知道她们的真实意图。

　　15. I'll fix up some vegetables for cooking.

　　我来准备用来做饭的蔬菜。

　　还能这样说：

　　I will prepare the vegetables for cooking.

　　I will set about the vegetables for cooking.

　　应用解析：

　　cook sb.'s goose 破坏别人的计划；

　　cook up 很快煮好；编造；

　　cook out 在外面烹调；

　　too many cooks 人多反倒误事

　　16. Let's go to the woods in the countryside.

　　我们去乡下的小树林吧。

　　还能这样说：

　　Shall we go to the woods in the countryside?

　　How about going to the woods in the countryside?

　　17. I will make fire for you. It's too easy for me.

　　我给你们生火，这可是我的绝活。

　　还能这样说：

　　I will make fire for you. It is a piece of cake for me.

　　I totally have no problem to make the fire, so I will do it for you.

　　应用解析：

　　easy in one's morals¹ 行为不检点；

　　easier said than done 说起来容易做起来难；

　　take it easy on 对……别太严厉；

　　go easy on 对人温和点，省着点用；

　　stand easy 放松些，随便些

　　18. The beautiful scene puts me in a happy mood.

　　美丽的景色使我心情愉快。

　　还能这样说：

　　The beautiful scene makes me feel happy.

　　I am thrilled² by the beautiful scene.

　　应用解析：

　　be in the mood for doing sth. 有做某事的心思或兴致；

　　be in no mood for doing sth. 没有做某事的心思

1 morals   

n. 道德; 名词moral的复数形式

参考例句：

• a self-appointed custodian of public morals 自封的公共道德的卫道士
• We must arm the people against the lowering of our morals. 我们必须武装人们的头脑，以防我们的道德标准降低。

2 thrilled   

adj.非常兴奋的；极为激动的vt.“thrill”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He was thrilled at the prospect of seeing them again. 他一想到將要再次见到他们便欣喜若狂。
• They were thrilled to discover a perfectly preserved specimen of Roman pottery. 他们因发现了一件保存完好的罗马时代陶器而欣喜若狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》