情景对话

A: You see, my brother is on-the-go all the time.

你看，我弟弟整天不在家。

B: Why don't you stop him?

为什么你们不阻止他呢？

A: My parents couldn't control him.

我父母管不了他。

B: You should have a try. Perhaps he will listen to you.

你应该试一试，也许他会听你的话。

一， 词海拾贝

on-the-go

exp. busy or occupied. （经常不在家，经常出去）

e.g. The expectation that you are always on-the-go prevents me from writing to you.

我认为你经常不在家，所以没有写信给你。

e.g. I was disappointed at finding her on-the-go.

我发现她经常不在家，感到很失望。

e.g. Their parents were on-the-go so the babysitter was in charge of the kids.

他们的父母很忙，经常不在家，因此保姆负责照顾孩子们。

二， 语汇积累

have a try：试一试

e.g. I may be no good, but at least let me have a try.

我也许失败，但至少得让我去试试。

e.g. It doesn't matter we have a try.

我们试试也没关系呀。

三， 口语短句

中：我管不了他。

译：I cannot control him.