(单词翻译:单击)
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Straw is a dried stalk of grain.
稻草就是晒干了的谷杆儿 。
So, why are Jonathan and Anna upset about a piece of straw?
那么,为什么乔纳森和安娜会为稻草而沮丧呢?
Did you hear the latest changes for tonight’s party? What now?
你听说今晚聚会的最新变动了吗?现在聚会是什么安排?
We’re not meeting at the restuarant at 7 but at Julie’s house at 6. Okay.
我们不计划7点在饭店见面了,而是改在了6点,在朱莉家见面 。好吧 。
And all the food is going to be vegetarian. That’s the last straw. I’m just staying at home and watching TV tonight.
所有的食物都会是素食 。那我忍无可忍了 。我计划今晚待在家,看电视 。
“The last straw” is that last little difficulty, in a long series of difficulties, that makes you quit.
“忍无可忍”指最后一个困难,在很多困难中,这个困难让你放弃了做某件事 。
This expression comes from an old story about a straw that broke a camel’s back.
这个表达源自一个古老的故事,一根稻草压垮了骆驼的背 。
A camel was carrying too much on its back.
一只骆驼背上驮了很多东西 。
But the thing that finally broke it…was a single piece of straw.
可是最后压垮骆驼的却是一根稻草 。
And that’s English in a Mintue!
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