Day5|Cut In Line

今天是和大家一起学习英语播客的第 5 天。

我们先来听一段关于插队的对话：

1

unbelievable

= to describe something incredible, something amazing;

= to describe sb's frustration

unbelievable 没有明显的情感倾向，既可以形容很棒的令人难以置信的事情，也可以形容一些让人觉得窘迫、糟糕的事情，在不同的语境下用 unbelievable 的语调也不同。

I can't believe it took us two hours to get here. The traffic in NY is unbelievable！

2

will be in somewhere

= A great way to talk about the physical location in the future.

这是很地道的关于之后会在哪儿的表达方式，大家可以用下面两组句子体会它的用法：

Just relax. In a few hours we'll be in Hawaii.

- Where will you be tomorrow?

- Don't worry! I'll be in the office.

3

must be a mile long

= It's an exaggeration to describe very long.

并不是真的有一公里那么长，这是用夸张的形容来表示前面的队伍真的很长。

Look at that line! It must be a mile long! There's no way I'm waiting for another two hours.

看到这个用法我的第一反应是“后宫佳丽三千人”和“飞流直下三千尺”这两句话。

4

There's no way…

= It's not possible…

指做某事是不可能的，英语中会将否定前置，比如下面这几组句子中，完成不了/ 找不到 / 没钱买，这些对于动词的否定都通过 no way 来实现。

There's no way that I can have this report finished today.

The stadium is so crowded that there's no way we'll find a seat.

- Do you think Mike will buy that house?

- There's no way that he has money to buy it.

5

cut in line (Am)

= jump the queue (En)

cut in line 是美式英语的说法，相当于英式英语中的 jump the queue，是插队的意思。

Excuse me. I'm really late. Can I cut in line please?

- I hate when people cut in line in bank. It's so rude.

- I think it's ok for a pregnant woman cut in line.

另外，排队是在美式英语和英式英语中分别是 line up 和 queue up，写到这个词突然想到了今天看的段子...

真心希望疫情尽快控制住，生活可以恢复正常，感谢依然奋战在一线的战士们~