EPISODE · Mar 26, 2018 · 1 MIN
英语常用短语--Hot Potato
from 跟艾丽和安迪学英语
Andy: Ally, 在中文里有个词叫烫手的山芋,知道是什么意思吗?Ally: 知道呀,就是指叫人头疼的事, 棘手的事情。英语里也有个对应的词叫“a hot potato.” 是指让人想起来就头大的事情。比如说:Handling customers’ complaints is a hot potato. I don’t know what to do. 处理顾客的抱怨可是件令人头疼的事。我不知该怎么做了。This is a hot potato to the government. 这是一件政府面临的棘手的问题。 Ally: What do you think are hot potatoes in the United States?Andy: Well.Let me think. I would say gun control is a hot potato. Ally, what do you think?Ally: I agree with you.
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