校園英語口語習慣用語 第174期:kick up a row

kick up a row 大吵大鬧

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【講解】

row作名詞，在口語中意爲“吵架”或“吵鬧”。kick up a row 或 make a row 是個固定搭配，意指“大吵大鬧”或“起鬨”。另外，這條習語還有“抗議”之意。

【對話】

A:What's happened? Why are the students kicking up such a row?

A:發生什麼事了？學生們怎麼大吵大鬧的。

B:It is because of one of those things that keep happening these days.

B:因爲近些天發生了一件事。

A:What is it?

A:什麼事？

B:The school authorities asked them to sell some products and forced them to finish their quotas. And most ofthe students find it hard to sell.

B:學校讓他們賣東西，還讓他們定額完成任務，大多數學生髮覺很難賣。

A:That is indeed a problem. Their parents should join them and raise their opposition against such an unfairtask imposed on the students.

A:這確實是個問題，他們的父母也應該一起來抵制這種加在學生身上的任務。