A: What does your friend Jim do?

你的朋友吉姆是干什么的？

B: He is a teacher, but he makes a little money on the side by repairing cars in his free time.

他是一位教师，但是也在空闲时间修理汽车挣点钱。

A: He can repair cares? I cannot believe it.

他能修汽车？我真不敢相信。

B: Believe me, he is the first-class.

相信我，他修车技术是一流的。

地道表达：

on the side

解词释义：

side的本义是“侧面”。该习语直接翻译是“在侧面”，引申为“作为兼职”。

支持范例：

1. He is a mechanic who buys and sells cars on the side.

他是一个兼营买卖汽车的技工。

2. He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.

他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。

3. I also sell insurance on the side.

我也兼职做拉保险。

4. We told her that I do some handiwork on the side.

我们告诉了她我兼职做些手工活。

拓展讲解：

on the side除了有“作为兼职”的意思，还有“暗地里，秘密地”的意思。

支持范例：

1. She's married but she has a lover on the side.

她虽然已婚,但暗地里还有一个情人。

2. Maybe he boozes on the side.

也许他还暗地里酗酒。

词海拾贝：

1. makes money：挣钱

He was a businessman, and therefore he always has an eye out for any opportunity to make money.

他是商人，总见钱眼开。

She scarcely makes enough money to make ends meet.

她几乎挣不到足够的钱以维持开支。

联想记忆：

make easy money：轻松挣钱，挣钱容易 make big money：挣大钱

make a little money：挣一点钱 make more money：挣更多的钱

2. in one's free time：在业余时间，在闲暇时间

He usually employs himself in reading in his free time.

在空闲时间他通常忙于阅读。

He augments his wages by working in his free time.

他在业余时间继续工作以增加工资收入。

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