Action English (160)

Laurence Olivier 劳伦斯.奥利弗

　　AMERICAN SLANG 美国俚语

　　hold up : 慢一点；推迟，拖延

　　e.g.

　　<1>I asked my tennis partner to hold up so I could tie my shoelace.
　　我让我的网球搭档慢一点，等我系下我的鞋带。

　　<2>The plane was held up for 1 hour because of a snowstorm.
　　因为有暴风雨，所以飞机推迟了一个小时。

　　CLASSIC FILM CILPS 经典对白

　　1.剧中：oh, give it a rest , why don't you ?

　　give it a rest ： 停下来（厌烦）

　　e.g.

　　 <1>I'm tired of practicing the violin , I'm going to give it a rest for a while .
　　我厌烦了练习小提琴，我能不能停下来休息一会。

　　<2>Could you please give it a rest ?
　　You're always complaining .
　　你能不能停一停啊，别总是那么多抱怨。

　　2.剧中：Hard to believe there's a little girl under the all this .

　　hard to believe ：难以置信

　　e.g.

　　<1>It's hard to believe that you're a grandfather , you look so young .
　　真的不敢相信你已经做了爷爷，你看起来是这么年轻。

　　<2>It's hard to believe that I'm graduating from college, It feels like I just started.
　　真的难以置信我毕业了，怎么感觉像刚刚开始。

　　MOVIE TUNES 原声碟

　　Making Christmas

　　Making Christmas , Christmas
　　snakes and mice get wrapped up
　　so nice with spider legs and
　　pretty bows , it's ours this time
　　altogether that and this .