PETS-2語(yǔ)法講解(294)

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I'm in a jam.
    以前教過(guò)jamming session、jam歌,指‘即興演奏’,jam也可指‘果醬’,今天的課程教另外一句話:I'm in a jam(我處于困境中),這里的jam解釋為 ‘困境’,或者也可用:I'm stuck(我被難住/卡住) 。
    對(duì) 話
    Brian: Buddy you've got to help me out.
    Marcus: What's the problem?
    Brian: I'm in a jam. I'm dating two girls and they both just walked in looking for me.
    Marcus: Sure, I can help you out of this sticky situation. Leave it to me. (Marcus goes over to both girls, chats and leaves with his arms around them) (Shouts) Problem solved my friend.
    布萊恩:朋友,你得幫幫忙。
    馬克斯:什么事?
    布萊恩:我有麻煩,我約了兩個(gè)女生,她們一同來(lái)找我。
    馬克斯:沒(méi)問(wèn)題,我可以幫你解決這個(gè)難題,交給我去辦 (馬克斯走向她們傾談,然后張開(kāi)雙臂抱著女伴) 朋友,問(wèn)題解決了吧。
    布萊恩對(duì)馬克斯說(shuō):Buddy, you've got to help me out. I'm in a jam.(老兄,你得幫幫忙,我有困難)。Buddy由Brother(兄弟)一字演變而成,一般只用于口頭,可用來(lái)稱(chēng)呼熟朋友或不相識(shí)的人,等于中文的‘老兄’,也可解作‘朋友’,例如:(1) Take care how you drive, buddy.(開(kāi)車(chē)小心啊,老兄)。(2) Tom is a great buddy of mine.(湯姆是我的好朋友)。
    Help someone out本是‘幫助某人走出’的意思,例如:He helped the one-legged old man out of the car.(他幫助獨(dú)腳老人從汽車(chē)?yán)镒叱鰜?lái))。引伸其義,幫助人家解決困難,也可稱(chēng)為help out。Help out和單獨(dú)的help一字意思沒(méi)有什么分別,但語(yǔ)氣比較隨便,例如:Could you help (me) out with the housework?(=Could you help (me) with the housework?你可幫忙做些家務(wù)嗎?)
    Jam是車(chē)輛等的擁塞,所以俚語(yǔ)以in a jam解作‘處于困境’,例如:He was in a jam with the internal revenue service, which suspected him of tax evasion.(他惹上了稅務(wù)麻煩,*懷疑他逃稅)。幫助人家走出困境,可用help out二字:I helped her out of the jam by offering her money.(我給她錢(qián),幫她解決了困難)。
    說(shuō)‘處于困境’的英文說(shuō)法還有很多,常見(jiàn)的包括in the soup(在羹湯里)、in a pickle(在腌汁里)、in hot water(在熱水里)、in a fix(進(jìn)退維谷)、in deep shit(在糞堆里)等,例如:He was in hot water with the internal revenue service。