迷你对话：

A: I cannot stay here any more minutes.

我无法在此多呆一分钟。

B: What is wrong with you?

怎么了？

A: Tom is making so much noise. I have not a bit of peace and quiet all evening.

汤姆闹出很大的噪音，整个晚上我都无片刻安宁。

B: You can talk with him.

你可以找他谈谈呀。

地道表达：

peace and quiet：安宁

支持范例：

Tonight I want to have some peace and quiet.

今晚我想安安静静地休息一下。

Let’s enjoy a few hours of peace and quiet.

我们一起享受些安闲平静的时刻吧。

I'm going to the library for some peace and quiet.

我要去图书馆找个和平与宁静的地方。

What a fair treat to get into the peace and quiet of the country!

置身于安静的乡间多么令人愉快啊！

词海拾贝：

make noise：吵闹叫嚷，发出噪音

范例：The teacher had just left the room when the boy started to make noise .

老师刚离开教室学生便开始吵闹起来。

Don't make such a harsh noise. My ears are tingling.

别这样刺耳地吵，我都震聋了。

Don't make any noise while others are reading.

在别人看书的时候不要吵闹。

Don't make noise in the study, or father will get angry.

不要在书房里制造噪音，否则父亲会生气。

2. a bit of：一点儿......

范例：I think she might have lost a bit of weight.

我想她体重可能减轻了一些。

I've a bit of headache. It's nothing much, though.

我有一点头痛，不过并不厉害。

Don't rely on his memory, he's a bit of a dreamer.

不要相信他的记忆力－－他有点神不守舍的。

I think Richard has taken a bit of a shine to you.

我觉得理查德有点喜欢上你了。

3. all evening：整个晚上

范例：He sat in a corner and said nothing all evening.

他坐在角落里, 整晚一句话也没说。

She has been sewing all evening.

她整个晚上都在缝纫。

He sat there all evening like a great gowk.

整个晚上他都坐在那儿像一个大呆子一样。

They left the baby at home, unattended all evening.

他们把那婴儿留在家里, 整晚无人照料。