【绝望的主妇】“改天好吗？”

难度：三星
【句子】Can we do a rain check? Edie and I are just looking over the plans to rebuild her house. 【Desperate Housewives S1E12】
【发音】[kæn] [wi:] [du:] [ə] [reɪn] [tʃek] [&`&i:di] [ænd] [aɪ] [ɑ:(r)] [dʒʌst] [lʊkɪŋ] [&`&əʊvə(r)] [ðə] [plænz] [tʊ] [‚rɪ:&`&bɪld] [hɜ:(r)] [haʊs]
【发音技巧】and I连读；just looking不完全失去爆破；rebuild her击穿爆破；
【翻译】改天好吗？Edie和我正在研究她房子的重建计划。
【适用场合】
1. But for now people went about their lives as they always did, blissfully unaware.
不过暂时，大家还是一如往常地过着自己的日子，并不知道惨剧的发生。

go about sth.
继续做某事；忙于某事；
to continue to do sth.; to keep busy with sth.:
eg: Despite the threat of war, people went about their business as usual.
尽管战争随时有可能爆发，但是人们还是继续忙于自己的事儿。

eg: There were no further reports of violence in the town, and most people went about their daily activities as usual.
后续没有更多事件的报道了，大多数镇上的人回归到了自己的日常生活中去。


2. 今天关键句当中第一句话：Can we do a rain check?
很多人都会想到rain check为什么有这样的用法呢？
rain check
本来在美式英语中，指的是一种票据，票根。
本来我们买了票要去参加一个活动，但是活动遇到下雨取消了，拿着rain check以后就可以参加将来的活动。
a ticket that can be used later if a game, show, etc. is cancelled because of rain
eg: The game was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it.
因为风暴的缘故，这场比赛被取消了，但是我们都拿到了改日可用的票据。

目前基本都是用的引申义啦~
take a rain check (on sth.)
（美、口） 拒绝一个邀请，但是说你之后另外的时间可能会接受
当然这里的动词也可以换成get; have; do；
或者你也可以说give sb. a rain check 和某个人之后再约
表达的意思就是：
to refuse an offer or invitation but say that you might accept it later
eg: -- Are you coming for a drink?
-- Can I take a rain check on that? I must get this finished tonight.
-- 你要来喝一杯吗？
-- 咱能下次再约吗？今晚我必须把这活儿干完。

eg: I was planning to ask you in for a brandy, but if you want to take a rain check, that&`&s fine.
我本来想叫你来我家喝杯白兰地的，但是如果你时间不方便，咱们就下次再约。

3. I’m gonna be riding him hard.
ride sb. hard
并不是用力骑某个人
而指的是：
（美） to try to control someone and force them to work:
尽力去控制某个人，逼他去干活
eg: Your boss is riding you much too hard at the moment.
你老板现在简直是要累死你啊。/你老板现在管你管得太紧了。

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抱歉周二不能赴约跟你一起去吃饭了，但是希望咱们以后还有机会。