英語早間課堂:A Hard Nut to Crack

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2020年06月05日

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【主題】

Today I would like to talk to you about a person to whom isn't easily to make advances. What's it ? Let listen to a simple situational dialogue and find it . A : Do you like your new manager?

B : No, he's a hard nut to crack. A : Why?

B : He's too strict with us.

【答疑解惑】

It is " a hard nut to crack ". In this phrase, hard是艱難的意思，nut是堅果的意思，crack是壓碎，使分裂的意思。A hard nut to crack 是指很難掰開的堅果。However , in this dialogue, the speaker makes use of figure of speech. It refers to the manager who isn't amiable so that his underlings don't like him and be kind of afraid of him. 在這個對話中，說話者采用了一種比喻的修辭方式來說他的經(jīng)理不是那么和藹可親，對他有幾分畏懼之感。Yeah , we can see that how we should bear ourselves as a leader. It is really hard to be a pleased leader. I have an intimate knowledge of it.

【視野拓展】

Let's look at a sentence: Many students said the Reading Comprehension was a hard nut to crack. 許多學生都說考試的閱讀部分真夠難的。In this sentence, it refers to " a difficult examination question in study ". 在這句中，指的是(在學習上的) 難題。Another sentence is : He is too optimistic about his ability to solve the problem - it is a hard nut to crack. 他太自信自己處理這個問題的能力了，這個問題可是個啃骨頭的問題。In this sentence, a hard nut to crack refers to something that is hard to handle. 這句話中是指：難以應付，對付，處理的事情，棘手的事情。Let's look at a dialogue:A : I don't understand Tim. He never smiles and laughs. B : I know! He's a hard nut to crack. A : 我真是不理解Tim，他這人從來不笑。B : 我知道。他是個難以被人了解的人。In this sentence, it means a person who is not easily to be learnt about for a particular reason.

【總結】

All right , we've learned so much that it put me under the table. Let's have a summary. A hard nut to crack 是個名詞性短語，to crack 動詞不定式作定語修飾前面的名詞 nut. 譯為難以掰開的堅果，通常人們用之比喻為： (學習中的)難題;(生活工作中的)棘手的事情，難以對付、處理、應付的事情;(生活工作中的)難以親近而被別人了解的人;(生活工作中的)那已對付的人。

【對話學習】

As usual , let's come to the dialogue study. Please write down the key phrases while listening to the recording . A : Do you like your new manager?

B : No, he's a hard nut to crack. A : Why?

B : He's too strict with us. I think the following phrases should be kept by heart。

【短語積累】

1 a new manager 新上任的經(jīng)理2 a hard nut to crack 學習中的難題;棘手的事情，難以對付、處理、應付的事情;難以親近而被別人了解的人;難以對付的人3 be strict with somebody 對某人嚴厲要求【咬文嚼字】

There's two sentences in this dialogue, being worth polishing it. 1 He's a hard nut to crack. 【翻譯】：他是個很那啃的骨頭。

【要點】：to crack 是動詞不定時短語，作定語修飾nut. 2 He's too strict with us . 【翻譯】他對我們要求太嚴厲了。

【要點】"To be strict with" is a set phrase . 意思是對某人嚴厲要求，如果說是在哪方面嚴厲要求，用介詞 with ，那么說在哪方面嚴厲要求某人就是：be strict with somebody in something . For example: When we say we should be strict in running the army, we mean first of all being strict with the leading bodies and senior cadres.我們說治軍要嚴,首先對領導班子要嚴,對高級干部要嚴。恩， a saying goes that when those that is high up don't set a good example , the subordinates can not be expected to behave well. 常言道：上梁不正下梁歪。

【對話翻譯】

The translation of the whole dialogue is :

A : 你喜歡你們新上任的經(jīng)理嗎?

B : 不喜歡，他是不好對付的人。

A : 怎講?

B : 他對我們要求太嚴厲了。

【溫故知新】

【翻譯練習】

1 Please translate the following senteces.

家家有一本難念的經(jīng)。

據(jù)說她是一個難馴服的女人。

我從來就不太了解比爾，他不太愛說話，我總覺得他這個人很難對付。