【绝望的主妇】“我们每年都去同一个地方度假，好多年了。”

【句子】How can you just sit here hour after hour and listen to that? 【Desperate Housewives S02E02】【发音】/haʊ/ /kæn/ /juː/ /dʒʌst/ /sɪt/ /hɪə(r)/ /aʊə(r)/ /ˈɑːf.tə/ /ˈæf.tər/ /aʊə(r)/ /ənd/ /ˈlɪs.ən/ /tʊ/ /ðæt/【发音技巧】just sit here两处不完全爆破；and listen不完全爆破；【翻译】你怎么能就坐在这这么久，接连不断地听那个声音呢？【适用场合】 今天视频中讲一个常用表达：hour after hour，这个短语的字面意思是：“一个小时接着一个小时”，一般我们可以引申为：“接连不断，连续好几个小时地做某件事”；for many hours without stopping或者If you say that someone does something hour after hour, you are emphasizing that they do it continually for a long time. eg: I sat by her bedside hour after hour.我连续几个小时一直坐在她床边。eg: The dog just sits there hour after hour and watches the hamsters.那条狗就坐在那好几个小时，观察那只仓鼠。 eg: He and my mom were arguing every night, hour after hour. 他和我妈妈每天晚上都吵架，一吵吵好几个小时。eg: She spends hour after hour reading magazines.她看杂志一看就是好几个小时。其中英文当中类似结构的表达还有别的，比如说year after year，可以用来表示“年复一年、每年”；every year for many yearseg: Year after year, she brings that awful casserole to Christmas dinner, even though no one eats it.每一年的圣诞晚餐，尽管没有人吃，她都会带那做得很难吃的砂锅菜来。eg: We go to the same place for our vacation year after year. 我们每年都去同一个地方度假，好多年了。eg: The hotel has won the top prize year after year.这家酒店每年都会赢得最佳奖。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】I seem to earn the same salary year after year.