点滴英语天天学第128期:分手了!(拓展语汇6)

第三课《分手了！》对课文的学习结束了。分手也就意味着恋情的终止，我们今天就继续来学习与“恋情的终止”非常流行的俚语，这些俚语具有很强的表现力来描述我们的情感。

1. 原味表述：drag someone into court（起诉某人，把某人告上法庭）

例句：I just discovered that Carl has been dating another woman for years. I'm going to drag him into court and get a divorce.

我刚发现Carl和另一个女人有来往好些年了！我准备起诉他和他离婚。

If they refuse to make heart-felt apologies soon we will have to drag them into court.

如果他们拒绝很快地作出诚心诚意的道歉，我们只好起诉了。

2. 原味表述：haul someone into court（把某人告上法庭，起诉某人）

例句：They are making knockoffs of our watches and selling them. I say we tell them right away to stop, or we'll haul them into court.

他们仿冒我们的手表并且上市销售，我认为我们要马上叫他们停止，不然就告到法院去。

After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and haul Mr. Coleman into court.

玛德里德于1916年逝世后，柏蒂与其另一个妹妹杰西卡出面将科尔曼先生告上了法庭。

3. 原味表述：ex（前妻，前夫）

例句：Anthony is my ex, but we get along better now than we were married.

Anthony是我的前夫，但是我们现在相处得比我们结婚的时候还好些。

我们今天学习了3个非常有表现力的俚语来。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 这也是雅思考试必备的词汇哦！