英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第850期:爭(zhēng)執(zhí)的焦點(diǎn),爭(zhēng)端

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　　A: Why do the two brothers grow cold and often quarrel with each other?

　　那對(duì)兄弟感情怎么冷淡起來(lái)的?而且還總是吵架?

　　B: Money is the matter.

　　是錢的問(wèn)題。

　　A: Why?

　　為什么呀?

　　B: Because of the division of their father’s property, it is their bone of contention.

　　還不是因?yàn)樗麄兏赣H財(cái)產(chǎn)分配的問(wèn)題而引起的爭(zhēng)端。

　　A: So there is no brother when they come to money.

　　一提到錢，兄弟就不親了。

　　第二， 地道表達(dá)

　　bone of the contention

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Bone of the contention這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)源于夠搶骨頭，爭(zhēng)斗不休。其字面意思為“爭(zhēng)奪的骨頭”，比喻為“爭(zhēng)端的起因”或“爭(zhēng)議點(diǎn)”等意思，常見用于新聞報(bào)道中。類似的習(xí)語(yǔ)還有have a bone to pick with sb.。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. The border has always been a bone of contention between these two countries.

　　這兩國(guó)之間的邊界問(wèn)題歷來(lái)是爭(zhēng)議的焦點(diǎn)。

　　e.g. The small island has been a bone of contention between the two countries for centuries.

　　那小島成為這兩個(gè)國(guó)家之間的爭(zhēng)端已達(dá)數(shù)百年之久。

　　第三， 詞海拾貝

　　1. grow cold ：(關(guān)系或感情)變得冷漠

　　e.g. After a certain point, she grew cold, detached utterly from him.

　　過(guò)了某一點(diǎn)后，她變得冷漠無(wú)情，對(duì)他沒(méi)有一絲戀眷。

　　e.g. As she came to understand her position, she grew stiff and cold.

　　當(dāng)她漸漸明白自己的處境時(shí)，就變得呆滯，冷漠了。

　　2. quarrel with sb. ：與某人爭(zhēng)吵

　　e.g. He is good-natured and has never had a quarrel with anyone.

　　他脾氣很好,從不和任何人爭(zhēng)吵。

　　e.g. For all these reasons, he decided to pick a quarrel with Miss Wackles without delay.

　　基于這許多理由，他決定立即向瓦克爾斯小姐尋釁。

　　3. because of ：因?yàn)?/p>

　　e.g. His later stories are not interesting because of their poverty of imagination.

　　他后來(lái)寫的故事因?yàn)槿狈ο胂窳Χ菰锓ξ丁?/p>

　　e.g. The lives of many people have been enriched because of adult education.

　　許多人的生活由于受了成人教育而變得更加充實(shí)。

　　4. come to sth. ：談到某事，涉及某事

　　e.g. When it comes to politics I know nothing.

　　談到政治，我一無(wú)所知。