每日會話第一期54
A: Why did you fire John? Isn't he smart?
B: He's smart all right. But he's too smart.
A: What do you mean?
B: What really annoyed me was that he was always trying to kill two birds with one stone.
A: 你為什么開除了約翰？他不是很精明嗎？
B: 他的確很精明。不過太精明了。
A: 什么意思呢？
B: 我最氣的是他總想一箭雙雕。
重點解說：
★ fire (someone)為「開除(某人)」之意，也有g(shù)ive (someone) the sack的說法。
★ 像He's smart all right.這般在句尾接用all right時，常有「的確如此」的味道。
★ What really annoyed me was ~「我最氣的是~」以What起首的名詞子句當(dāng)全句的主詞時，有強調(diào)談話主題的功能，例如：What I don't understand about this is ~ 「這個讓我最不了解的是~」What I don't like about her is ~ 「我最不喜歡她的是~」What attracts me most about this painting is ~ 「這幅畫最吸引我的是~」。
★ kill two birds with one stone「一箭雙雕，一石二鳥，一舉兩得」
