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1--So you know what happy is.
2--And medium comes between small and large. To Find A Happy Medium
1--So is this idiom about feeling kind of happy?
2--How is it going with your neighbor?
1--Is he still complaining about your playing the trombone at night?
2--He was. But it's fine now.
1--How did you guys work it out?
2--Well, I agreed to not play after 10pm. And he agreed to not bang on the walls.
1--Sounds like you guys found a happy medium.
2--A happy medium means a compromise, or a situation that is acceptable to both sides.
1--You meet in the middle and it makes both sides happy.
2--We often say "to find a happy medium."
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注解:
1.medium中間的
2.complaining抱怨
3.compromise妥協(xié)
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譯文:
1--你懂得快樂的真諦。
2--中間是大和小之間的那個(gè)尺寸。尋找折衷方法。
1--這個(gè)習(xí)語是表示快樂的意思嗎?
2--你的鄰居怎么樣了?
1--他還在抱怨你晚上吹長(zhǎng)號(hào)嗎?
2--他以前抱怨。不過現(xiàn)在好了。
1--你們?cè)趺唇鉀Q這個(gè)問題的?
2--我同意晚上10點(diǎn)以后不吹長(zhǎng)號(hào)。他同意不砸墻。
1--聽起來你們找到了折衷方法。
2--折衷方法意味著妥協(xié),或雙方都可接受的某種情況。
1--你們?cè)谥虚g點(diǎn)會(huì)合,雙方都很開心。
2--我們常說“找到折衷方法”。