第一， 迷你对话

A: Can I help you?

先生，需要我帮助吗？

B: It’s very kind of you to say so. I really need someone to help me.

你这么说，真是太好了。我真的需要一个人帮助我。

A: It is my pleasure. Just tell me what to do.

能帮助你是我的荣幸，告诉我，要我做什么。

B: Thanks. But nowadays more and more people won’t stir a finger when you need a hand.

谢谢。但是越来越多的人在需要帮助的时候，一点忙都不帮。

第二， 地道表达

not stir a finger

1. 解词释义

Not stir a finger的意思是“不仅举手之劳”“一点忙都不帮”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. He did not so much as stir a finger.

他一点力都不肯出。

e.g. Not that I don' t want to stir a finger but that it's beyond my power to do so.

并非我不帮忙，实在是无能为力。

e.g. He always says he'll stir a finger, but when it comes to the crunch, he does nothing.

他口口声声说他一定帮忙, 然而事到临头他什么也不帮。

第三， 咬文嚼字

need a hand：需要帮忙

e.g. Need a hand to remove the box?

要帮忙搬掉这只箱子吗?