第一,情景对话
A: What's wrong with Jerry? He seemed to have been beaten.
杰瑞怎么啦?他好像挨打啦。
B: You said it. In the morning Tom laid him low.
你说得对,上午汤姆把他打倒在地上。
A: Why?
为什么?
B: Because Tom suspected Jerry stole his watch.
因为汤姆怀疑杰瑞偷了他的手表。
A: What happened then?
后来怎么样啦?
B: Somebody else found Tom's watch under the carpet and Tom had to apologize to Jerry.
有人在地毯下找到了他的手表,他只好向杰瑞道歉。
第二,词海拾贝
lay somebody low
exp. To render one unable to move or leave their bed. (致使某人不能移动或另开床)
e.g. The car accident laid her low for a couple of months.
那场车祸让她几个月都动不了。
e.g. My husband won't be able to come in to work today—he's been laid low by the flu.
我丈夫今天不能来上班了——他患了流感而卧床休息。
e.g. Many trees were laid low by the storm.
暴风刮倒了许多树。
e.g. The blow laid him low.
这一击把他打倒了。
第三, 口语短句
You said it. (你说对了!)
What happens? (发生什么事情呢?)