【在生活中學習語言】EagleEye 好眼力
【在生活中學習語言】Eagle-Eye 好眼力
對話
Anne:I'm going to try to throw this ball of paper at Jim.
安:看我拿這個紙團砸吉姆。
Alex:Just watch out for "eagle-eye" Johnson. If he catches you, you're dead.
艾利克斯:要小心「鷹眼」強森。如果他逮到妳,妳就死定了。
Anne:Don't worry. Watch this....
安:別擔心啦。看我的……
Mr. Johnson:ANNE!!! You'll be put in detention after school!
強森先生:安!!!今天放學後給我留下!
Alex:See? You got caught.
艾利克斯:看吧?妳被抓到了。
Anne:How did he see me? He was facing the blackboard!
安:他怎麼看到我的?他面對著黑板耶!
Alex:He has magic powers, I think.
艾利克斯:他會魔法吧,我想。
Anne:Let's see. I'm gonna just think something bad about him....
安:這樣好了。我要用念力來詛咒他。
Mr. Johnson:Anne! That's enough!
強森先生:安!夠了!
Alex:Amazing.
艾利克斯:真神奇。
Anne:Incredible.
安:難以置信。
延伸學習
俚語精解
eagle-eye
eagle是「老鷹」,eagle eye是「老鷹的眼睛」,老鷹總是在高空中翱翔,眼神卻可以鎖定很遠距離之外的獵物,因此老鷹以其銳利的目光著稱。這個俚語引申指某人具有能夠察覺事物細微差別的「好眼力」。這個俚語為固定用法,故雖然眼睛有兩個,此處eagle eye仍用單數,為名詞。若是 eagle-eyed 則作形容詞用,表「眼力好的」。
關鍵字詞
◎throw sth at sb 朝某人丟某物
*throw sth to sb
丟某物給某人
◎catch vt. 逮住╱撞見
*catch sb + V-ing
撞見某人正在……
.例:We caught a skunk by putting food in a cage.(我們藉由在籠子裡放食物抓到了一隻臭鼬。)
.例:Sandals with socks? How ugly that is! You wouldn't catch me wearing that.(涼鞋加襪子?那樣好醜喔!我是絕不會那樣穿的。)
◎detentionn.放學後留校(一種懲罰)
◎incredible a.難以置信的
.例:It seems incredible that they adapt to life in the US so quickly.(他們這麼快就適應美國的生活真是令人難以置信。)
*adapt vi. & vt.(使)適應
常春藤解析英語
來源:蘋果日報
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