As Ugly as a Toad

醜八怪

對話
Louis：I finally got Mary Jane to go out with me.
路易斯：我終於讓瑪麗?珍答應和我約會了。
Marcel：You did! Amazing. How did you do it?
馬賽：你成功了！真神奇。你怎麼辦到的？
Louis：Sheer persistence. I just wouldn't give up.
路易斯：全靠毅力。我就是不想放棄。
Marcel：Well, you're as ugly as a toad, but you sure know how to work your
magic on women.
馬賽：嗯，你長得一副醜八怪模樣，不過你對女人還真有一套。
Louis：I'm basically a genius, Marcel. A genius. Don't forget that.
路易斯：基本上我是個天才，馬賽。天才。別忘啦。
Marcel：So, where are you going to take her?
馬賽：那，你要帶她上哪兒去？
Louis：Probably a movie, then a dimly-lit restaurant. Maybe a late-night
walk along the river.
路易斯：可能看一場電影，再去一家燈光黯淡的餐廳。或是沿著河岸夜遊。
Marcel：So she won't have a chance to see your face clearly.
馬賽：這樣她就沒機會看清楚你的臉啦。
Louis：Exactly. In her imagination I can be Brad Pitt.
路易斯：正是。在她的想像世界裡，我也可以是布萊德?彼特。

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俚語精解
toad 指「蟾蜍」，而 ugly 則指「醜陋的」，as ugly as a toad 字面意思是「醜得像一隻蟾蜍」，其實就是罵人「醜八怪」、「醜不可當」。英文中此類用法尚有 as ugly as a scarecrow 與 as ugly as a dead monkey。
※scarecrown.稻草人

關鍵字詞
◎sheer a.純粹的
例：We're all against the plan because the risk is too high, but the manager, out of sheer stubbornness, insisted on carrying it out.
（我們都反對這個計畫，因為風險太高了，但是經理固執得很，堅持要執行。）
◎work one's magic on sth 某人在某事上發揮神奇功效
例：Dr. Johnson truly worked his magic on my broken leg. It healed in only two weeks.
（強森醫師治療我的斷腿真有一套。兩個星期內我的腿就痊癒了。）
◎persistence n.毅力，堅持
◎dimly-lit a.光線黯淡的
該字是由副詞 dimly（幽黯地）及動詞 light（照明）的過去分詞 lit 所組成的複合形容詞。

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