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【在生活中學習語言】The Bee's Knees 出類拔萃的人或物

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The Bee's Knees

出類拔萃的人或物

 

對話
Corey:What are you looking so happy about?
柯瑞:你在高興個什麼勁兒?
Jim:It's the new girl in my philosophy class. I think she's the bee's knees.
吉姆:我哲學課班上那個新來的女生啦。我覺得她棒透了。
Corey:That girl with purple hair? She seems all right, I guess.
柯瑞:那個紫色頭髮的女生?她還OK啦,我覺得。
Jim:She's more than all right. I can't stop thinking about her.
吉姆:她不只OK而已好嗎,我實在沒辦法不去想她。
Corey:Have you asked her out?
柯瑞:你有約她出去過嗎?
Jim:No... I haven't really spoken to her yet. But I know she likes me.
吉姆:還沒耶……我其實還沒跟她講過話。但是我知道她喜歡我。
Corey:How do you know?
柯瑞:你怎麼知道?
Jim:She dropped her pencil, so I picked it up, and she said, "Thank you."
吉姆:她的筆掉到地上,我幫她撿,然後她就說:「謝謝你。」
Corey:So what? That's it?
柯瑞:那又怎樣?就這樣而已?
Jim:She didn't have to say thank you─ she could have just taken it! She definitely likes me.
吉姆:她可以不用說謝謝你──她大可以把筆拿走!她一定是喜歡我。
Corey:Maybe what she likes is your wild imagination.
柯瑞:搞不好她喜歡的是你天馬行空的想像力吧。

 

延伸學習

 

俚語精解
◎the bee's knees
knee是膝蓋,the bee's knees字面上的意思是「蜜蜂的膝蓋」,延伸指「出類拔萃的人或物」。至於蜜蜂的膝蓋為何會跟「出類拔萃」扯上關連,有兩種說法:一是單純因為協韻,念起來順口;二是蜜蜂在採蜜時,膝部常沾滿了大量蜜粉,所以可引伸為「最精華的部分」。

 

關鍵字詞
◎philosophyn.哲學
◎definitelyadv.必定地
例:Travis is definitely hitting on that girl. He talks about her all day long.(崔佛斯必定是煞到那個女生了。他整天聊她,聊個不停。)
◎wilda.狂野的╱無事實根據的
例:There has been a lot of wild speculation about the reasons behind the movie star's suicide.(關於那位電影明星自殺的背後原因,有很多毫無事實根據的臆測。)

 

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常春藤解析英語

 

來源:蘋果日報

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