早安英文 第42期:圣诞礼物

 今天，我们聊聊圣诞节礼物

「英语学习笔记」

day in day out 日复一日，每天

spoilt 意思是宠坏的

brat¹ 名词，意思是乳臭未干的小孩

prerogative² 名词，意思是特权

point out 一个动词短语，意思是指出，

All in all 这个短语一般用在开头，表示总的来说

All in all it's about ￡1,500 worth.

总共价值大约1500英镑。

It’s just not fair on the people who busy their ass³ day in day out and can’t give their kids the same, plus you are making your kids spoilt little brats⁴.

这对其他每天辛苦工作却不能给小孩儿同样礼物的人来说是不公平的，而且你把你的小屁孩都宠坏了。

I'm not rich at all, which is the first thing I wanted to point out because it's been put all over the Internet after it had been taken from Instagram that I was rich and I spoil my children.

我一点都不富有，这是我首先想说的，因为现在整个网上都在说我有钱而且宠坏小孩。

My money, my prerogative.

我的钱，我的特权。

1 brat   

n.孩子；顽童

参考例句：

• He's a spoilt brat.他是一个被宠坏了的调皮孩子。
• The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.那个顽童纵狗去咬过路人。

2 prerogative   

n.特权

参考例句：

• It is within his prerogative to do so.他是有权这样做的。
• Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.作这类决定并不是管理者的专有特权。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 brats   

n.调皮捣蛋的孩子( brat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've been waiting to get my hands on you brats. 我等着干你们这些小毛头已经很久了。 来自电影对白
• The charming family had turned into a parcel of brats. 那个可爱的家庭一下子变成了一窝臭小子。 来自互联网