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今天要學的片語是a big deal。A big deal是指重要的事，大事。美國《福布斯》雜誌公佈了400名家產幾十億美元的富翁名單。雜誌編輯說："It's a really big deal that it's all billionaires," 名單上全是家產幾十億的富翁真是不得了。
我們把有錢人稱為百萬富翁。百萬富翁變成了幾十億富翁。這確實是件大事，Millionaires have been changed to billionaires and that's really a big deal。 一個18歲的孩子進入了研究院，真了不起，"An 18-year old boy has got into graduate school, that's a big deal." 但是如果你哥哥要你開車送他上機場，答應給你買杯咖啡。你可以用諷刺的口氣對他說：Big deal! 你可真大方呀！今天學的片語是a big deal... |
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今天學的片語是fan the flames。煽子和火？生煤爐？現在沒有人用煤爐了！對，fan
the flames是指煽風點火，煽動情緒。美國前總統克林頓因記者提的問題而非常生氣。這記者說：I
don't think I am fanning the flames here。我不是想煽動情緒。
一般都是已經有些問題，經別人一煽動，事情就更糟，"To
fan the flames would often make the situation even worse."
夫妻倆感情本來就有些問題，再加上婆婆一煽動， "with a
mother-in-law fanning the flames, the couple finally divorced,"
夫妻終於離婚。另一對夫婦也有矛盾，兒子對媽媽說："Yes,
we have problems, but you don't need to fan the flames,"
你不必再來煽動了。今天學的片語是fan the flames... |
