茶話會第7期:囚籠最常見的鳥
腦筋急轉彎：
Q: What kind of birds are most frequently found in captivity?
A: .
Key: Jailbirds.
What kind of birds are most frequently found in captivity?
frequently adv. 頻繁地，經常地 captivity n. 囚禁；被關
答案：Jailbirds.（囚犯）
If you don’t want to admit that you are a bird brain, you’d better think over this question.
如果大家不想承認自己很笨的話呢，那就得好好地思考思考這個問題。
bird brain 鳥的腦袋瓜，意思就是傻的，蠢的。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鳥兒都愛聽自己唱歌。(自我欣賞)
A little bird told me that this question is not very difficult.
有人告訴我，這個問題並不是很難
a little bird小鳥；消息靈通的人
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聽音識鳥，聞言識人
note 筆記，便箋；音符，調子
kill two birds with one stone
一箭雙鵰,一舉兩得
子曰：“溫故而知新”，學過之後立刻回顧是一個好習慣。祝大家學習愉快 (^o^)
探囊取物：
Q: What kind of birds are most frequently found in captivity?
A: .
對號入座：
A．bird brain a. 聽音識鳥，聞言識人
B. Each bird loves to hear b. 鳥的腦袋瓜，意思就是
himself sing. 傻的，蠢的。
C．a little bird c. 一箭雙鵰,一舉兩得
D. A bird is known by its d. 自我欣賞
note, and a man by hi s talk.
E. kill two birds with one stone e. 小鳥；消息靈通的人
