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【在生活中學習語言】〈 職人英語通〉視而不見 聽而不聞 Turn a blind eye (deaf ear) to s

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【在生活中學習語言】〈 職人英語通〉視而不見 聽而不聞 Turn a blind eye (deaf ear) to something/someone 

文/Dr.J.J. 圖/老唐

其實語言間存在著很多的共通性,常常我們會很驚訝地發現,中文裡的表達方式跟英文其實是大同小異,甚至完全一樣。而諸如此類相似的俚語,對正在學習英文的我們來說,就特別容易記得住。

「視而不見」就是個好例子。中文裡,這句話的意思是說明明張著眼,眼睛卻好像是瞎了、沒看到似的;英文裡則說 " turn a blind eye to something "(對某事張著一隻瞎的眼)也就有異曲同工之妙了。

同理,如果形容某事或某人是「豎著一隻聾的耳朵」(turn a deaf ear to something/someone),也就是中文說的「聽而不聞」囉。

Sandy:I just can’t help but wonder how you could still be so calm and cheerful since that long-legged bitch keeps bugging you like that.

Sandy:我真無法想像,那個長腳賤女人不時找你麻煩,你怎麼還可以這麼冷靜又愉快。

Kiki:Well, I was a bit upset and emotionally disturbed in the beginning.

Kiki:唉,我一開始是有些沮喪,而且情緒深受影響。

Sandy:And then? What did you do?

Sandy:然後呢?你做了些什麼?

Kiki:It’s not that hard actually. I just turned a blind eye to her so she became invisible to me.

Kiki:其實也沒那麼難啦。就假裝視而不見囉,那麼她對我來說就好像不存在似的。

Sandy:But she likes talking to you all the time, there’s no way you can get rid of her.

Sandy:可是她又老愛找你講話,根本擺脫不了她啊。

Kiki:Well, I also turned a deaf ear to her so I’m doing quite ok. You should really try my coping mechanism. It works quite well.

Kiki:那我就來個聽而不見,所以我覺得還好。倒是你該試試我這樣的應對辦法。很有效呢。

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