英语口语练习小对话 第558期:易学课程
迷你对话
A: Your course is hard for me.
你的课对于我来说很难。
B: Take it easy. Maybe there is not any other courseeasier than it. It is a cake course.
别紧张，或许没有比这更简单的课了，这是一门很容易学的课程。
地道表达
a cake course
1. 解词释义
Cake course是指“很容易学的课程”。Cake不但有“蛋糕”的意思，也可以用来形容“某事很容易”。汉语中的“小菜一碟。”就是“It is a piece of cake.”
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I am not interested in math. So it is not a cake course for me.
我对数学不感兴趣，所以我觉得很难学。
e.g. I don’t think English is a cake course so that I always failed in the exams.
我觉得英语很难学，所以我考试总是不及格。
Ps 1：be hard for sb.的意思是“对于某人来说很艰难”。例如：
It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time. 任何人都很难逃避时间的摧残。
It's hard for some older people to take all that noise. 一些老年人没办法忍受那些噪音。
Ps 2：take it easy的意思是“放松点，别紧张”。例如：
He was going to take it easy when he got back. 他回去以后，要过轻松的日子。
All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself. 做人只要把心放开些，就能过得快活。
Ps 3：any other的意思是“其他任何的”。例如：
Do you have any other symptoms? Any more than those you've described?你有没有其它的症状?除了那些你已叙述过的?
