as American as apple pie
就像蘋果排一樣具有美國特色。
\"So many Asian restaurants have opened up in Washington that a writer on a daily paper here jokes that dim sum, Japanese sushi and Vietnamese spring rolls have become as American as applie pie.\"
這句話的意思是:“華盛頓開了那末多亞洲飯館,一家報紙的記者開玩笑地說,廣東點心、日本生魚片加飯糰和越南春卷都已經變成像蘋果排一樣的美國食品了。”
美國人和其他各民族一樣具有很多特色。除了愛吃applie pie以外,美國人有一個很突出的特點就是,他們非常喜愛運動,特別是球賽。許多大學都願意錄取好的運動員,給他們獎學金,但是他們得在念書的同時花好多時間練球,參加比賽,為學校爭光。美國人喜愛球賽是有歷史根源的,因為有些球類運動都是起源於美國。下面這個例子就說明了這一點:
\"Football and baseball are as American as apple pie as they were invented by Americans and played and watched everywhere in this country. Many people would glue to their TV sets whenever there are major competitions.\"
他說:“橄欖球和棒球是美國式的運動,因為它們是美國人發明的,全國各地都有人打這種球或看這類球賽。每當有重大比賽時,許多人就坐在電視機前不肯動了。”
hot potato 一個爭論很激烈的問題,沒有一個人願意為它承擔責任。
\"The question of whether to raise taxes to cut the budget deficit is a real hot potato for a lot of politicians.\"
這個人說:“是否用增加稅收的方法來減少預算赤字的問題對於許多政客來說是一個棘手的問題。”
下面這個例子是一位律師在給另一位律師提供建議:
\"If I were you, I\'d drop that client like a hot potato; he\'s always suing somebody for something, but he usually loses and he doesn\'t pay his lawyer\'s bills.\"
這個律師說:“要是我是你的話,我就把你那個顧客馬上甩掉。他老是為了什麼事去告別人,可是他總是輸給別人,他還往往不付律師費。”
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