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【在生活中學習語言】A Cock and Bull Story無稽之談

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A Cock and Bull Story無稽之談

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Nick:Did you hear the story Matt was telling everybody last night?
尼克:你有聽到昨晚麥特跟大家說的故事嗎?
Paul:No. What was he saying?
保羅:沒有。他說了什麼?
Nick:He was telling everyone how he got hurt in a courageous act. He said it happened while he was rescuing a baby and a puppy from a burning building.
Nick:他跟大家說他如何因為一項英勇的行為而受傷。還說,他是在搶救一名小寶寶還有一隻小狗逃離火場時受傷的。
Paul:What a cock and bull story!
保羅:真是無稽之談。
Nick:I know. He stopped telling it when I came in, though, because I witnessed what really happened.
尼克:沒錯。但在我進門的時候,他就不再講了,因為我目睹了真正的事情經過。
Paul:You should tell everyone the truth.
保羅:你應該跟大家說實話。
Nick:Yeah. I’ll let them know that it happened because he was trying to eat an entire pizza while riding his bike.
尼克:嗯。我會讓大家知道,他受傷是因為他想要邊騎腳踏車邊把一整塊披薩吃掉。


 

延伸學習
◎俚語精解
a cock and bull story
cock是「公雞」,bull是「公牛」,a cock and bull story 字面上的意思是「公雞和公牛的故事」,引申指「無稽之談」。關於這個俚語的來源說法不一,其中的一種是說法是:在英國某小鎮上有兩間相連的小酒館,一間叫 The Cock,一間叫 The Bull。這兩家店裡的客人喜歡自吹自擂,互誇一些不實的故事。
◎關鍵字詞
.courageous a.勇敢的
例:It was very courageous of the singer to admit his fault to the public.(這名歌手向大眾承認他犯下的錯誤是很勇敢的行為。)
.act n.行為
例:It was an irresponsible act to say something like that without thinking what the consequences might be.(說那樣的話不想後果是不負責的行為。)
*irresponsible a.不負責任的
*consequence n.後果
.rescue vt.搭救
例:Superman rescued the beautiful girl from the gangster.(超人從歹徒手中救回美麗的女孩。)
*gangster   n.歹徒
.witness vt.親眼目睹
例:Tony claims to have witnessed the landing of a UFO.(東尼宣稱曾親眼目睹一架飛碟降落。)


 


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