1--Do you find American idioms hard to understand?
2--It's our goal to make learning them "a piece of cake."
1--Everyone in America knows this idiom because it's so easy.
2--Hey! How did you do on the exam?
1--I got an A. The exam was a piece of cake.
2--In American English, when you say something is a "piece of cake," it means it is very easy to do.
1--In the 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans started "cake walks."
2--They walked or danced around a cake in pairs, and the best couple won the cake.
1--This is how the idioms "cake walk" and "piece of cake" came about -- both meaning that something is very easy to do.
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注解:
1.idioms俚语
2.centuries世纪
3.idioms习语
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译文:
1--你觉得美式俚语很难理解么?
2--我们的目标就是让你觉得学习它们就是“a piece of cake”(非常容易的事)。
1--美国人都明白这个短语,因为这很容易。
2--嘿!考试怎么样啊?
1--我得了A,考试很容易。(a piece of cake)
2--在美语中,当你说某事是“piece of cake(一片蛋糕)”,意思是它很容易。
1--在十九世纪和二十世纪初,非裔美国人开始走“蛋糕步”(cake walks)。
2--他们成双结对地围着蛋糕走或者跳舞,跳的最棒的一对赢得蛋糕奖励。
1--这就是“cake walk(蛋糕步)”和“piece of cake(一片蛋糕)”的来源——它们都是指某事很容易。
2--It's our goal to make learning them "a piece of cake."
1--Everyone in America knows this idiom because it's so easy.
2--Hey! How did you do on the exam?
1--I got an A. The exam was a piece of cake.
2--In American English, when you say something is a "piece of cake," it means it is very easy to do.
1--In the 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans started "cake walks."
2--They walked or danced around a cake in pairs, and the best couple won the cake.
1--This is how the idioms "cake walk" and "piece of cake" came about -- both meaning that something is very easy to do.
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注解:
1.idioms俚语
2.centuries世纪
3.idioms习语
===================================
译文:
1--你觉得美式俚语很难理解么?
2--我们的目标就是让你觉得学习它们就是“a piece of cake”(非常容易的事)。
1--美国人都明白这个短语,因为这很容易。
2--嘿!考试怎么样啊?
1--我得了A,考试很容易。(a piece of cake)
2--在美语中,当你说某事是“piece of cake(一片蛋糕)”,意思是它很容易。
1--在十九世纪和二十世纪初,非裔美国人开始走“蛋糕步”(cake walks)。
2--他们成双结对地围着蛋糕走或者跳舞,跳的最棒的一对赢得蛋糕奖励。
1--这就是“cake walk(蛋糕步)”和“piece of cake(一片蛋糕)”的来源——它们都是指某事很容易。