【节目介绍】:大家好，应沪友要求，《Words & Idioms》开播了。本节目适合各个阶层的人学习。大家只要听写出音频中的例句就可以了，本期一共四个例句。听写不需要打引号，句子间也不用编序号。至于文中听到的所有习惯用语，提交答案之后都可以在译文部分找到。

Hints:
Louey
Honey
Old Man Jones
anti-aircraft

校对：trans0829
答疑：常小猫
Getting grandmother to loan me the money was as easy as taking candy from a baby. Louey told us that robbing this bank would be as easy as taking candy from a baby. But somebody told the police and they were waiting for us. We had no choice but to throw down our guns and surrender. Honey, I finally asked Old Man Jones for my raise. And it was a piece of cake. At the briefing before we took off to bomb the Germans, our commander told us it would probably be a tough flight. But it turned out to be a piece of cake: no anti-aircraft fire and no enemy fighters.
一般人在做任何事情的时候总是想找捷径，越容易越好，这似乎是人的本性。因此，在英语里有不少成语和俗语是形容办事很容易的。其中之一就是：To take candy from a baby。Candy就是吃的糖，baby在中文里就是小孩。To take candy from a baby的意思就是：某件事情很容易办成，就像把孩子手里的糖拿来一样。请听下面这个例子： 例句-1: "Getting grandmother to loan me the money was as easy as taking candy from a baby." 这个人说："要我祖母借我那笔钱那简直是太容易了。" 我们再来举一个例子吧。这是一个被关在监狱里的犯人在和牢房里另一个犯人说话： 例句-2: "Louey told us that robbing this bank would be as easy as taking candy from a baby. But somebody told the police and they were waiting for us. We had no choice but to throw down our guns and surrender." 这个犯人说："洛伊对我们说，要抢那个银行简直太容易了。可是，不知谁去报告了警察。到我们去抢银行时，警察在那里等着我们。我们没办法，只好放下枪投降。" To take candy from a baby，欺负小孩，从小孩手里拿糖，在想象当中是很容易的。但是，实际情况恐怕并不见得如此。发明这个成语的人也许从来也没有设法把婴儿的小拳头扒开，然后把那小手里的糖拿来。任何做过父母的人都会告诉你孩子一般都会紧握着手里的糖不放，要是你硬是要拿，他就会大声哭叫。可是，尽管如此，to take candy from a baby已经成为美国人经常用来形容办事容易的词汇了。 另外一个形容事情很容易办的俗语也是和食品有联系的，这就是：A piece of cake。Piece 是指一片，或一块；cake就是蛋糕。A piece of cake的意思当然可以是指一块蛋糕。可是，作为俗语，它的意思就成了：这件事太容易了。例如，一个工作人员，犹豫了好久，最后终于鼓足了勇气去和老板提出增加工资的要求。他原来以为要和老板进行一番争论。可是，出乎他的意料，老板马上同意了，还说，他确实应该增加工资了。这样，他喜笑颜开地回到家里对太太说： 例句-3: "Honey, I finally asked Old Man Jones for my raise. And it was a piece of cake!" 他说："亲爱的，我终于对老琼斯提了要求增加工资的事。我没有费吹灰之力他一口答应了。" 首先使用 A piece of cake 这个俗语的是二次世界大战期间联军的飞行员。那时，他们往往是这样说的： 例句-4: "At the briefing before we took off to bomb the Germans, our commander told us it would probably be a tough flight. But it turned out to be a piece of cake: no anti-aircraft fire and no enemy fighters." 这句话的意思是："在我们起飞去轰炸德国人之前举行的情况介绍会上，我们的司令官告诉我们这次飞行任务可能很艰巨。但是，结果倒是非常容易，既没有高射炮射击，也没有敌机来干扰。" 上面我们讲了两个形容事情很容易办的俗语。一个是To take candy from a baby；第二个俗语是A piece of cake。「美国习惯用语」第二十三讲就到里。欢迎下次再一起来学习美国习惯用语。再见。