情景會話口袋書人際篇 第304期:踢毽子(1)
1. What about kicking the shuttlecock?
去踢毽子怎麼樣？
還能這樣說：
What do you say to kick the shuttlecock?
Do you feel like kicking the shuttlecock with me?
應用解析：
shuttlecock 的意思是：羽毛球，板羽球，毽子；
kick sb. out of one's job 解僱某人
2. She likes kicking the shuttlecock.
她喜歡踢毽子。
還能這樣說：
She is fond of kicking the shuttlecock.
She is delight in kicking the shuttlecock.
應用解析：
a kick in the teeth 討厭的，且常爲未料到的行動。
例如：The government's decision is a real kick in the teeth for the unions.
政府的決定是對工會的重大打擊。
3. He proposed that we should go to kick the shuttlecock.
他建議我們去踢毽子。
還能這樣說：
He suggested that we should kick the shuttlecock.
His recommendation was that we should kick the shuttlecock.
應用解析：
propose sb. for 提名某人（任某職）；推薦某人；
propose to sb. 向某人求婚；
marriage propose 提親；
propose counter measures 提出相應對策
4. We kicked the shuttlecock in the yard.
我們在院中踢毽子。
還能這樣說：
It is in the yard that we kicked the shuttlecock.
The yard was the place where we kicked the shuttlecock.
諺語：
Give him an inch and he will take a yard (mile).
得寸進尺。
