【句子】Okay, I know it’s killing you to do this whole song and dance, but I think it’s going great. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】【发音】/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ /aɪ/ /nəʊ/ /ɪts/ /ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/ /juː/ /tʊ/ /duː/ /ðɪs/ /həʊl/ /sɒŋ/ /sɑːŋ/ /ənd/ /dɑːns/ /dæns/ /bʌt/ /aɪ/ /θɪŋk/ /ɪts/ /ˈgəʊ.ɪŋ/ /greɪt/ 【发音技巧】and dance失去爆破；but I连读+闪音；【翻译】咳，我明白在这说一些假大空的话很折磨你，但是我觉得事情进行得很顺利。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下这个短语，叫做song and dance；字面意思是：唱歌和跳舞；它确实可以表达这个意思，但实际生活中还有一个引申义，可以指：a long and complicated statement or story, especially one which is not true“又冗长又复杂的一段陈述、故事，通常还不是真的（胡言乱语、假大空的话）”；或者an excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify“为了解释某事或者为了证明某件事情是正确的，而煞费的苦心”；再比如：If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. “大惊小怪”的意思；eg: He used his money to help others, but he never made a song and dance about it. 他用了他自己的钱来帮助其他人，但是他从来不把这事儿小题大做/他从来不把这当一回事儿。eg: The whole song and dance to introduce the keynote speaker lasted longer than her speech!为了介绍主讲人的罗里吧嗦的那些话，比主讲人的演讲还长。eg: When I questioned her about her tardiness, she gave me some song and dance about her car breaking down.当我询问她为什么进度缓慢时，她编了一大堆谎话说她车坏掉了。eg: Do you really believe his song and dance about the alarm not going off, being stopped for speeding, and then the car breaking down?你相信他编的那一大串谎话吗？闹钟没响，超速被停车，车后来又给坏了？【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】At every annual meeting the chairman goes through the same song and dance about the company's great future plans.
