【句子】I heard rumors...yeah, we all had, that females living or working in close quarters could eventually get on the same cycle. 【Modern Family S3E17】

【发音技巧】heard rumors不完全爆破；that females不完全爆破；working in连读；could eventually连读；get on连读+闪音；

【翻译】我听过传言，没错，我们都听过，女人们在一起工作生活，最后经期就会变得一致。

今天节目中，我们来学习一下这里in close quarters的用法；

口语中我们介词也可以换成at，短语就变成了at close quarters；

这样的短语可以用来表示“近距离地”，一般当做副词使用；

If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.

有一些资料显示，这里的close quarters的用法跟18世纪的海军的战时生活有关。

The term comes from eighteenth-century naval warfare. Wooden barriers were placed at various points on a ship, so that when an enemy boarded, the crew could retreat behind them and fire at the enemy through loopholes. The crew then were said to be fighting in close quarters, that is, in close contact with the enemy. The term later was transferred to any close contact or crowded situation.

eg: You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.

你可以近距离地看飞机起飞、降落。

eg: Over 200 people lived in close quarters on the ship.

在这艘船上，超过200个人拥挤地生活在一起。

eg: The contestants would live together in close quarters for nearly 60 days.

这些参赛选手将会近距离生活在一起差不多两个月的时间。

eg: I'm glad to be done with my student days. Living in such close quarters with so many people just to afford rent is something I don't want to do again.

我真的很开心我的学生生涯结束了。为了能省点租金，跟这么多人挤在一起住，这事儿我再也不想干了。

eg: When you see famous people at close quarters, they always appear much smaller than you imagined them.

近距离看名人时，他们看起来往往比你想象的要平凡得多。

eg: There were so many interns working in close quarters. Everyone had to share desks.

有很多实习生凑在一起工作，每个人都不得不分享桌子。

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We'll be in very close quarters at the music festival but it's only for three days.

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