A:Are there many idioms in English?英語中有很多習語嗎?
B:There are hundreds and hundreds. English is particularly rich in idiomatic expressions.習語有成千上萬。英語習語表達方面特別豐富。
A:Can you give us an example?你可以給我舉個例子嗎?
B:I'll look up the rate. To look up doesn't mean to look high into the sky or to look at the roof. It means to search for and find some information.“I'll look up the rate.” To look up的意思不是抬頭看天空或屋頂。它是指搜尋或找一些信息。
A:What about the expression Goodbye? Is that an idiom?那“goodbye”這個表達呢?它是一個習語嗎?
B:That is just a natural, grammatical English expression. It has a direct translation in other languages.這僅僅是一個自然的、語法上的英文表達。它可以直接翻譯成其它語言。
A:This is interesting, Ms.Parker.帕克老師,這真有趣。