【句子】-- Uh-oh! Dead end!

-- You gotta make a U-ey. 【Modern Family S3E16】

【发音技巧】Dead end连读；gotta闪音；make a连读；

【翻译】- -啊！路到头了！

-- 你得调头才行。

今天视频中，我们要来学习的第一个短语是：dead end，

它可以用来指：“死胡同；路的尽头；僵局；绝境”等等意思；

the end of a road, path or other passage that does not have an exit or other passages attached to it

或者By extension, a situation in which no more progress or advancement is possible.

eg: The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.

我们尝试的第一条路结果居然是条死胡同。

eg: I knew my GPS was wrong when it told me to turn onto a road that came to a dead end.

当我的导航让我转进一条路，但是我发现是个死胡同的时候，我就知道它出错了。

eg: We had come to a dead end in our research.

我们的研究工作已经陷入绝境。/我们的研究工作毫无进展。

eg: I'm afraid we've come to a dead end in our investigation.

恐怕我们的调查已经进入了死胡同。/恐怕我们的调查毫无进展。

eg: Do you feel you have reached a dead end at work?

你有没有觉得，你在工作中已经没办法再突破、进展了？

eg: This line of investigation could prove to be a complete dead end.

这种调查方法到头来可能会被证明是完全没有结果的。

今天视频中，我们要学习的第二个表达是：make a U-ey，表示“调头”，口语中你也可以说make a U-turn；

Literally, to make a sudden 180-degree turn, such that one or one's vehicle is quickly facing or moving in the opposite direction.

eg: Damn, I forgot my keys! Make a U-ey so I can go back and get them.

该死，我忘了我的钥匙。调个头吧，这样我可以回去拿一下钥匙。

eg: Once I realized I was going the wrong way, I had to make a U-turn at the next light.

我一意识到我走错了路，我就不得不在下个灯调头。

eg: When I saw Mary in the hallway, I made a U-turn and went back the way I came.

我在走廊上看到了玛丽，我调头就走，照着原路回去了。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

Negotiators have reached a dead end in their attempts to find a peaceful solution.

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