經典語句

I would work like a dog. 我得十分努力地工作。

噴倒老美

Jenny 和美國鄰居出去逛街，Jenny相中了一款稱心的手鐲，當即掏出錢就買了。鄰居嘖嘖地嘆道：“If I wanted to buy it. I would work like a dog.”,Jenny連忙勸道“Your work is not fit you. You really look like a dog.”鄰居聽后臉色大變。后來Jenny才知道，”look like a dog”相當于ugly的意思，她才恍然大悟，深感慚愧。

想聊就聊

Benjamin: The bracelet is so well suited to you. It looks very nice.

本杰明：這手鐲戴在你手上真合適，看起來很漂亮。

May:Yeah, I cherish it. Because I have been working like a dog for two months to buy it.

阿美： 是的，我很珍惜，因為我努力工作了兩個月菜攢錢買的。

知識點津

西方人把狗視為忠實的朋友，，西方人看中哪個的是狗的忠誠，喜愛它，贊美它，常把它比喻做人，英語中關于狗的習語還有很多，例如： a lucky dog“幸運兒”，a clever dog意為“聰明的小孩，伶俐的小孩”等等。