【老友记】“前不着村，后不着店。”

【句子】Aren’t we kind of in the middle of something here? 【Friends-S1E19】【发音】[ɑ:(r)nt] [wi:] [kaɪnd] [əv] [ɪn] [ðə] ['mɪdl] [əv] ['sʌmθɪŋ] [hɪə(r)]【发音技巧】kind of连读；middle of连读；【翻译】咱们这会儿不是有事在忙吗？【适用场合】今天重点学习in the middle of 这样的表达大家可能会说，很简单，初中的知识on the left 在左边；on the right 在右边in the middle of 表示在中间eg: There was a cat sitting in the middle of the road.马路中间有一只喵星人端坐着。再比如说不一定指地点的中间、当中eg: Why are you sneaking around in the middle of the night?大半夜的你鬼鬼祟祟干嘛呢？然而今天的对话场景中，明显不是“在……中间的意思”哦！sb. is in the middle of sth.sb. is in the middle of doing sth.表达的意思是：某个人正忙着做某事sb. is busy doing sth.: eg: They were in the middle of dinner when I called.我打电话过去的时候他们正在吃晚饭。eg: I'm in the middle of writing a difficult letter.我正在写一封超难搞定的信。再补充一个相关的表达，in the middle of nowhere我呢，因为经常迷路什么的，曾经打错公交车，被司机赶下车以后发现自己到了一个鸟不拉屎的地方。the middle of nowhere (informal) 特别偏僻的地方You’re in a place that is a long way from other buildings, towns, etc: eg: She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere.她住在一个特别偏僻的小农场，周围啥也没有。eg: The car broke down in the middle of nowhere.那辆车在鸟不拉屎的地方抛锚了。（前不着村，后不着店的地方）Yes. But these women are very hot, and they need our help. And they’re very hot!这里的话你们就能明白为什么英语老师一直反复会强调说我很热，千万别说I’m hot.因为在口语当中 sb. is hot除了表示Ta热之外，更经常用来表示身材很火辣，很性感很容易造成尴尬。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 我现在正在开会呢，等会给你回电话好吗？