Hello, I'm a very interesting and intelligent man. And today, I'm getting together with some pigs to teach you some English idioms. I bet you've never been taught by a pig before!
哈囉,我是一位非常幽默且有智慧的男人。今天,我要和一些豬一起來教你一些英文成語。我敢說你以前從沒被豬教過!
As you know, pigs are very light animals with feathers, and wings, and they fly. No, they don't! Pigs are big, fat, dirty things that definitely stay on the ground. So, in English, we can say "pigs might fly" when someone says something that we think will never happen. Pigs might fly— which is what my friends said when I told them I was going to become a rock star.
如你所知,豬是有羽毛和翅膀且非常輕盈的動物,而且牠們會飛。不,牠們才不會!豬是龐大、肥胖、髒兮兮且肯定待在地面的東西。所以,英文中,我們可以說「有這種事豬都能飛了」,在有人說了件我們認為永遠不會發生的事時。這種事不可能發生--我朋友在我告訴他們我要當搖滾明星時就這樣說。
As we've seen, pigs are very dirty, smelly creatures. Can you imagine what it's like to live with a pig? Well, it would be disgusting! Pigs live in a place called a pigsty. In English, we can say that a very dirty or untidy place is "a pigsty." Ahh, my student's flat. This place is a pigsty. This place is a pigsty. Quite disgusting.
如我們所見,豬是非常髒、難聞的動物。你能想像和一隻豬住在一起的樣子嗎?這個嘛,會很噁心!豬住在一個叫豬窩的地方。英文中,我們可以說一個很骯髒或不整潔的地方是個「豬窩」。啊,我學生的套房。這地方是個豬窩。這地方是個豬窩。滿噁的。
Now, you might think that I'm a boring old man, but in fact, I'm a fantastic skier. Would you like to see my holiday movie? I asked a friend to film me. Look great, don't I? But have a look at this. He made a pig's ear of that! In English, if someone does something very badly, we can say, "He made a pig's ear of it." To make a pig's ear of something. What's that? You say, I've made a pig's ear of this lesson? Oh, I don't know... I work so hard and...I never get any thanks and...
現在,你可能覺得我是個無趣的老頭,不過事實上,我是個滑雪高手。你想看看我的假期影片嗎?我請一個朋友幫我拍下來。我看起來很棒,對吧?不過瞧瞧這。他搞砸了!英文中,如果某個人把某件事弄糟了,我們可以說:「他搞砸了。」搞砸某事。什麼?你說,我把這堂課毀了?噢,我不知道... 我這麼努力不過...我從沒得到任何感謝而且...
- 「不可能的事」- Pigs Might Fly
So, in English, we can say "pigs might fly" when someone says something that we think will never happen.
所以,英文中,我們可以說「有這種事豬都能飛了」,在有人說了件我們認為永遠不會發生的事時。 - 「事實上」- In Fact
Now, you might think that I'm a boring old man, but in fact, I'm a fantastic skier.
現在,你可能覺得我是個無趣的老頭,不過事實上,我是個滑雪高手。 - 「看一看」- Have A Look At
But have a look at this.
不過瞧瞧這。 - 「搞砸某事」- Make A Pig's Ear Of
He made a pig's ear of that!
他搞砸了!