英译中 急急急

(1)When people are learning English, they can sometimes be confused by some words and phrases.This little dialogue is a perfect example:Anne: What’s the matter?Andy: I wanted to give my parents a ring, but there’s something the matter with this phone.Anne: Why don’t you drop them a line?Andy: (2)That’s out of the question. I wanted to talk over our plans for this evening.Anne: You’ll have to take a walk to the drugstore. There is a public phone there.Andy: No, I can’t use a public phone. I’m broke.(3)Every word in this dialogue is familiar, but the meaning of the sentences isn’t clear.The underlined phrases are idioms, which are expressions that have unusual meanings.“Giving people a ring” doesn’t mean giving them a piece of jewelry; it means calling them on the phone. When there’s “something the matter” with something, it doesn’t work correctly.If you are going to “drop someone a line”, you will need some paper and a writing utensil, because you’re going to write him a letter.(4)If something is “out of the question,” it’s impossible. You don’t have to climb stairs or a ladder to “talk over” something. It means the same as discuss.If you “take a walk”, you don’t have to bring it back. The expression means “walk”.(5)Someone who is “broke” doesn’t need a doctor. Broke means “without any money”.