英語小故事
Bush孟最近迷上了網絡游戲,所以經常不獨立完成作業,每次上課前都是匆匆忙忙地抄別人的作業后上交。這讓他的美國老師很不滿意,于是老師找打Bush孟并對他說:“You should do your homework by yourself. Don’t try to do a number on me.”Bush孟一頭霧水,心想:“我沒有在作業里寫什么不相關的數字啊?難道是我太著急,所以抄作業時抄錯了嗎?”于是Bush孟很緊張地問道:“Where is the number?”老師無奈地搖了搖頭。
情景再現
Daniel: I have finished my homework already. May I do some surfing?
丹尼爾:我已經寫完我的作業了。我可以上會網嗎?
Benjamin: How did you finish it in such a short time? Don’t try to do a number on me.
本杰明:你怎么可能在這么短的時間內完成?不要耍弄手段騙我。
英語小解說
do a number on sb.這個習語是什么意思呢?讓我們通過下面這個例子來推敲它的含義:The man who came to fix my roof certainly did a number on me. He said he’s do the work for fifteen hundred dollars but when he finished, he charged me more than three thousand!這句話的意思是:來為他修屋頂的人起先開價1500美元,但是完工后卻要他付三千美元,比原來多了一倍,可見這人是存心騙他的。在這個例子中里did a number on me就是“耍弄手腕欺騙我”的意思。如果我們想警告別人別耍弄手段欺騙我們,就可以這樣說:Don’t try to do a number on me.