2010年6月19日 星期六

009 (A) rain on sb's parade (B) look into

Ross
rain on someone's parade 潑某人冷水
Not to rain on your parade, I'm just wondering how you can finish all the works on time?
這可不是要潑你冷水,我只是懷疑你怎麼能如期完成所有的工作。

look into 調查/研究
After looking into some properties of other companies, she decided to move when her lease ends.
在研究過其他幾間公司的房子後,當合約到期後她決定要搬家。
Ben
rain on someone's parade 潑某人冷水
I'm sorry to rain on your parade, but you may be unable to finish your
work alone.

我很抱歉潑你冷水,但你可能無法獨自完成工作。

Suggestion: Awkward sentence. Better would be.
I hate to rain on your parade, but you were supposed to paint the wall white, not blue. You are going to have to do it over again.


look into 調查/研究
Police are looking into the the event of mass suicide.

警察正在調查這起集體自殺事件。

Suggestion: Police are looking into the causes behind the mass suicide.

Heidi
rain on someone's parade 潑某人冷水
Guan has the tendency to rain on Heidi's parade when she was telling
her exciting stories.
當Heidi 興奮地述說一些事情時,官總是傾向於潑她冷水

look into 調查/研究
We have to look into it before making the decision.
下決定前我們應該要好好研究一下

Kate

rain on someone's parade

My husband always rains my parade before I start some plans.At least he should give me more encouragements

我老公總是在我開始某些計畫前潑我冷水,他應該給我多點鼓勵

look into
Kate: Honey!Could we take a trip to Atlanta on the National Day?
Coco:We must look into it .Do you think we have enough money? We will pay car insurance,your tuition and car's oil on July
Kate :So bad!Let's us change other places.

Kate:親愛的!我們國慶日可以去亞特蘭大玩嗎?
酷 :我們必須要研究這個計畫,你認為我們有足夠錢嗎?我們七月要付車險,你的學費和換車油.
Kate:真是糟!讓我們換其他地方吧

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