2010年10月25日 星期一

107 (A) alive and kicking (B) go from bad to worse

Ross

alive and kicking 生龍活虎

He will be 82 at the end of this year and is still alive and kicking.

他年底就滿82歲但還是像一尾活龍一樣

go from bad to worse 況愈下
Things went from bad to worse: she lost her job and then became ill.
情形愈來愈糟:她才丟了工作,接著又病了。

Ben
alive and kicking 生龍活虎
Despite being married for 30 years, their relationship is still alive and kicking.
儘管結婚30年了,他們感情一樣地好。

go from bad to worse 每況愈下
Things are going from bad to worse. Her father just passed away and she is suffering from a rare disease of the brain now.
情形愈來愈糟: 她爸爸才剛去世,她現又正遭逢罕見腦部疾病的折磨。
Suggestion 1:
In the second sentence you might want to move "now" directly after "and." This ephasizes the prgression from "bad" to "worse."

"Her father just passed away and now she is suffering from a rare disease of the brain."

Suggestion 2:
I suggest using “… a rare brain disease…” instead of “..a rare disease of the brain”.
Heidi
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