说明:文中的圈圈为重读单词,斜线为节奏划分线,可作为朗读参考。
表达延伸
1、get round四处传遍
It's pretty easy for rumors to get round.
同类谚语:好事不出门,坏事传千里。
A word of scandal spreads like a spot of oil.
For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later.
Bad news travels fast.
2、dull/boring/go flat/tedious无聊单调
3、self-mocking; self-deprecating自嘲的
mock oneself自嘲
4、rookie mistake; stupid mistake; basic mistake低级错误
5、butcher
v. 屠杀
He butchered thousand of people as a butcher.
破坏 to spoil sth. by doing it badly
The script was good, but those guys butchered it.
n.屠夫,肉贩,刽子手
idioms
have/take a butcher's (at)观看
Let's have a butcher's at your present.
butcher the word 说错了(口语)
6、butt of joke烂笑话
7、petrified
石化的
petrified forest
吓坏了,特怕的
I was petrified of snakes.