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《English in a Minute》是VOA推出的英語(yǔ)教學(xué)節(jié)目，每一集只有1分鐘，介紹一個(gè)英語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ)。用語(yǔ)簡(jiǎn)單，非常適合初學(xué)者用來(lái)練習(xí)英語(yǔ)。 今日份的俚語(yǔ)是a piece of cake ，這個(gè)俚語(yǔ)大家都非常熟悉，意思是小菜一碟，但你知道這個(gè)詞是怎么來(lái)的嗎？ 今日份的English in a Minute告訴你答案！Welcome to English in a Minute. Do you find American idioms hard to understand? It's our goal to make learning them 'a piece of cake.' Everyone in America knows this idiom because it's so easy. （對(duì)話開始） A: Hey! How did you do on the exam? B: I got an A. The exam was a piece of cake. （對(duì)話結(jié)束） In American English, when you say something is a 'piece of cake,' it means it is very easy to do. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans started 'cake walks.' They walked or danced around a cake in pairs, and the best couple won the cake. This is how the idioms 'cake walk' and 'piece of cake' came about -- both meaning that something is very easy to do. And that's English in a Minute. cake walk=a piece of cake 小菜一碟 |
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來(lái)自： hercules028 > 《English Learn》
