英語口語練習(xí)小對話 第155期:每況愈下 越來越糟

迷你對話：
A:Have you ever noticed that serious pollution in modern citiesgoes from bad to worse?
你注意到了嗎?現(xiàn)代都市的污染越來越嚴(yán)重了。
B:You said it. We’er breathing poisonous air every day.
你說得對啊。我們每天呼吸的都是有毒的空氣。
A:I think it’s time for the government to take strong action. And people should try to protect environment.
我認(rèn)為政府應(yīng)該采取強(qiáng)硬的措施了，人們也應(yīng)該保護(hù)我們環(huán)境了。
B:I absolutely agree with you.
我完全同意你的意見。
地道表達(dá)：go from bad to worse
解詞釋義：go是動(dòng)詞，意思是“進(jìn)入狀態(tài)，變?yōu)?rdquo;;bad是形容詞，意思是“壞的，劣質(zhì)的”;worse是形容詞的比較級，意思是“更糟的，更差的”。所以，短語go from bad to worse從字面上理解就是“從壞的到更壞的”，引申為“每況愈下，越來越糟”。
支持范例：
Under the new management things havego from bad to worse.
在新的管理人員領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下, 情況反而更壞了。
Americans fear the war would drag on,and the economy wouldgo from bad to worse.
美國人害怕戰(zhàn)爭拖延下去，經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況每況愈下。
We are hoping for an improvement but things havego from bad to worse
我們但愿有所改善, 然而事情卻每況愈下。
Left to themselves, things tend togo from bad to worse.
聽之任之的話，事情一般不會(huì)向好的方向發(fā)展。
詞海拾貝：
1.take (strong) action：采取強(qiáng)硬措施
Eg. How can we sit back and decline totake strong actionto protect the people's interests?
我們還能不堅(jiān)決地起來保衛(wèi)人民的利益嗎?
Eg. The Government willtake strong actionto facilitate their further development.
政府會(huì)采取強(qiáng)硬的措施促進(jìn)這些行業(yè)的進(jìn)一步發(fā)展。
Eg. In any business situation,there comes a time to bring to a close deliberations,discussions,and analysis,and totake action.
在任何商務(wù)中，總會(huì)有這種時(shí)候：對商情進(jìn)行仔細(xì)考慮、商討、分析之后采取行動(dòng)。
Eg. And Mr Leadbeater called on the government and employers totake action.
Leadbeater先生呼吁政府和雇主對此采取措施。
2.agree with：同意某人的意見
Eg. He tends to get angry when people do notagree withhim.
他聽到不同意見時(shí)總是不高興。
Eg. I fullyagree withyou.
我完全你的意見。
Eg. Iagree withyou that it's amusing to be rustic in town.
我同意你的看法，在城里享受一下鄉(xiāng)間景色很有意思。
Eg. Do youagree withme about the need for more schools ?
關(guān)于多建一些學(xué)校一事, 你同意我的意見嗎?
Eg. I see your point, but I can't reallyagree withyou.
我明白你的觀點(diǎn)，但我的確不能贊同。