英语情景对话：
A: I am tired of everything in my life
A.我厌倦生活中的一切。
B: What? How happy you life is! I do envy you.
B 你说什么？你生活多么幸福呀。我还真的很妒忌你了。
A: You don’t know that I have been over-protected by my mother these years. I am really about to leave the family and spread my wings.
A 你不知道这些年来我一直受我母亲的过度保护，我真想离开家，尝试一下独立生活。
B: Maybe you are right.
B 也许你是正确的。
对话精讲
习语
spread one’s wings
1. 解词释义
此语的字面意思是“展翅”，指“鸟试图使用自己的翅膀勇猛飞行”，比喻为“试图独立”。
2. 支持范例
We hope college life will help him to spread his wings a bit.
我们希望大学生活有助于他独立生活。
Now that you' re growing up you must spread your wings.
你既然已经长大成人, 就得学会独立生活。
He left his parents and spread his wings at sixteen.
他在十六岁时离开双亲独立生活。
When I was eighteen, I thought that it was time to spread my wings.
我18岁时，我认为是庭独立生活的时候了。
英语学习笔记：
1 be tired of：厌倦，厌烦
The boys will get tired of Ann's blowing hot and cold.
男孩子们对于安的出尔反尔感到厌烦。
The girl went around telling lies. We are already tired of her.
那女孩到处说谎, 我们已经讨厌她了。
“I'm tired of hearing your complaints, " he snapped at me.
他对我厉声说：“你那些牢骚我都听烦了。”
I am somewhat tired of this work.
我对这个工作有点厌倦了。
2 be about to：即刻，立即，马上
The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry.
这小孩的嘴抽动着,像是要哭。
He is about to embark on a new business venture.
他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
He called at an inopportune moment, when we were about to go out.
他来得真不是时候, 我们正准备外出。
I was about to go to bed when the telephone rang.
我正待睡觉,电话响了。
