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Saturday, March 3, 2012
A Piece of Cake
《《A piece of cake》》是英文的常言。我常常说这个常言,很普通。意思是很容易。所以要是我问朋友,《《你的考试怎么样?》》朋友说,《《是 piece of cake!》》那他的意思是考试非常容易。也可以说 《《写那个文章写得很难吗?》》《《不是!不难,很容易,a piece of cake.》》。我不知道为什么有这个意思。也许因为蛋糕的结构是和软,不是粗糙。
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