迷你對話學地道口語第558期:易學課程
Subject: It is a cake course!
迷你對話
A: Your course is hard for me.
你的課對於我來說很難。
B: Take it easy. Maybe there is not any other course easier than it. It is a cake course.
別緊張，或許沒有比這更簡單的課了，這是一門很容易學的課程。
地道表達
a cake course
1. 解詞釋義
Cake course是指“很容易學的課程”。Cake不但有“蛋糕”的意思，也可以用來形容“某事很容易”。漢語中的“小菜一碟。”就是“It is a piece of cake.”
2. 拓展例句
e.g. I am not interested in math. So it is not a cake course for me.
我對數學不感興趣，所以我覺得很難學。
e.g. I don’t think English is a cake course so that I always failed in the exams.
我覺得英語很難學，所以我考試總是不及格。
Ps 1：be hard for sb.的意思是“對於某人來說很艱難”。例如：
It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time. 任何人都很難逃避時間的摧殘。
It's hard for some older people to take all that noise. 一些老年人沒辦法忍受那些噪音。
Ps 2：take it easy的意思是“放鬆點，別緊張”。例如：
He was going to take it easy when he got back. 他回去以後，要過輕鬆的日子。
All a man got to do is to take it easy and he'll enjoy himself. 做人只要把心放開些，就能過得快活。
Ps 3：any other的意思是“其他任何的”。例如：
Do you have any other symptoms? Any more than those you've described?你有沒有其它的症狀？除了那些你已敘述過的？
