美語情景對話 第1189期:Body Idioms 和身體有關的習語(2)

Todd: So Meg, in the last one we were talking about idioms, but we didn't cover them all. Let's go over some more idioms.

託德：梅格，上期節目我們討論了習語，不過我們並沒有說全。現在我們來複習更多習語。

Meg: OK.

梅格：好。

Todd: Alright so the first one is what activity is in your blood?

託德：好，第一個問題，你天生擅長什麼活動？

Meg: Hmm, I would say anything with nature in my blood, so hiking or especially kayaking. I love going kayaking, and so it's hard for me to resist if I'm in a place with beautiful nature, I need to go outside.

梅格：嗯，我會說我天生擅長在大自然進行的活動，比如徒步旅行等，我尤其擅長皮划艇。我喜歡皮划艇，如果我去擁有美麗自然景色的地方，我很難抗拒不去戶外活動。

Todd: So what about baking? Isn't baking sort of just natural for you. Don't you just love to bake? Isn't it in your blood?

託德：那烘焙呢？對你來說，烘焙不是自然而然的事情嗎？你不是很喜歡烘焙嗎？那是不是你天生就擅長的事情？

Meg: I do also love to bake. Yeah. I guess hiking and baking are both in my blood together, kind of two different activities. So baking especially when I can make very creative and decorative desserts, to share with people, so I don't like to bake for myself, but sharing with others, it's quite enjoyable for me. Do you have any activities or things that are in your blood?

梅格：我也喜歡烘焙。對，我想徒步旅行和烘焙都是我天生擅長的事情，不過這是兩種不同的活動。尤其是，我可以做極具創意的裝飾性甜點，可以和他人分享，我不喜歡爲自己烘焙美食，我喜歡和他人分享，這對我來說是非常享受的事情。你有沒有天生就擅長的活動？

Todd: Well, I think one is just teaching. I love teaching. I just want to teach all the time. Even if I won the lottery, I would be a teacher. I just like thinking of lessons, thinking of new ideas for lessons, trying technology with lessons, so even on my free time, I like thinking about it. And another thing is jogging. Even though, most people are surprised because I'm a little fat. I'm about 20 pounds overweight, but I run almost every day.

託德：我想其中一件事是教學。我喜歡教學。我想一直從事教學工作。即使我中了彩票，我也會繼續當老師。我喜歡備課，喜歡爲課程設計新想法，喜歡將科技融入課堂，我就連空閒時間都在思考教學工作。另一件我擅長的事是慢跑。雖然很多人對此感到驚訝，因爲我有點兒胖。我大概超重20磅，不過我幾乎每天都會慢跑。

Meg: I think I've seen you running before.

梅格：我想我以前看到過你跑步。

Todd: Yeah, I literally run every day. Like if I don't run, I feel terrible, like it's the most relaxing thing for me.

託德：對，我基本上每天都會跑步。如果我不跑步，我會感覺很糟，跑步對我來說是最放鬆的事情。

Meg: Yeah.

梅格：好。

Todd: I can go two or three days - two days maybe - but I can't go three or four days without running.

託德：如果不跑步，我可以忍受兩三天，可能能忍受兩天，不過我不能忍受三四天都不跑步的生活。

Meg: So jogging is really in your blood?

梅格：你很擅長慢跑？

Todd: Yeah, and I started when I was a kid. You know the movie Forest Gump, where he just starts running.

託德：對，我從小時候就開始慢跑了。你知道《阿甘正傳》那部電影吧，和阿甘開始跑步的年齡差不多。

Meg: Right, yes, yes.

梅格：哦，對，我知道。

Todd: That was me as a kid.

託德：我小時候就是那樣的。

Meg: Run Forest Run!

梅格：阿甘，跑！

Todd: I would just run out of my driveway, also in the country, and just go running for an hour.

託德：我在行車道上跑步，也會在鄉村小路跑，大概跑一個小時。

Meg: Wow!

梅格：哇哦！

Todd: Just to run, I thought it was fun.

託德：就只是跑步，我認爲那很有樂趣。

Meg: Well, that's great.

梅格：嗯，那很棒。

Todd: Yeah, it's definitely in my blood.

託德：對，那絕對是我擅長的事情。

Todd: OK, so we'll talk a little about feelings. So when you get criticized, do you take it to heart?

託德：好，我們來談談情感。你遭受批評時，會放在心上嗎？

Meg: I think my first reaction, is to take it to heart, so sometimes I might be a little oversensitive when I first get criticized, but after some time passes and I'm able to think about it, usually I can see how that criticism can be useful, and I can try to make a change or improve something. Or I can decide that I don't care about that person's opinion. What about you? What do you do? How do you respond?

梅格：我想我的第一反應是很介意，我第一次被批評時可能會有些過於敏感，不過過一段兒時間之後，我會開始思考，通常我會弄清楚那種批評有多大用處，我會盡力做出改變或改善。或者我可能會決定，不去在意那個人的看法。你呢？你會怎麼做？你有何反應？

Todd: Yeah, I used to take things to heart a lot, but as I've gotten older, as many people do, now a lot of it just rolls off my back, as we say, like water off a duck's back, so it doesn't bother me at all

託德：嗯，我之前經常把那種事情放在心上，不過隨着年齡的增長，我也和許多人一樣，不去在意那些事情，就如我們所說，把那些當作耳邊風，所以那些完全不會令我困擾。

Meg: Yeah.

梅格：好。

Todd: Yeah, I just realize everybody has different opinions and don't worry about it.

託德：對，我意識到每個人都有不同的觀點，不用太在意。

Meg: Yeah, I think that's a good attitude to have.

梅格：對，我認爲那是個不錯的態度。

Todd: Yeah, OK, so the next one also about feelings and opinions. So are you more likely to bite your lip, or speak your mind when you disagree with somebody?

託德：好，下一個和情感及觀點有關的問題。在你不同意其他人的觀點時，你是會一言不發還是會說是出你的想法？

Meg: I think it depends on the situation, so if I feel like someone else is being treated unfairly or there are some rules that are there for a reason that should be followed, I am ore likely to speak my mind, but if it's something personal, or just related to me I might bite my lip to try to keep the peace. What would you do, bite your lip or speak your mind?

梅格：我認爲這要視情況而定，如果我認爲其他人受到了不公正的對待或應該遵守一些規定，我很可能會說出我的想法，但是如果是個人問題或是和我有關的事情，那我可能會一言不發，儘量保持平靜。你呢，你是會一言不發還是會說出你的想法？

Todd: Well, I have a big mouth, so no, I always speak my mind. So I have a really big mouth. I just never keep it inside. Yeah, it's really hard for me to bite my lip.

託德：嗯，我是個大嘴巴，我一直都會把自己的想法說出來。我是個大嘴巴。我不能把話放在心裏。對我來說，很難讓我做到一言不發。

Meg: Hmm.

梅格：嗯。

Todd: Yeah, so. That can be a bad thing.

託德：好。那可能不太好。

Meg: But sometimes good.

梅格：有時也可以是好事。

Todd: Yeah, say it like it is, as they say.

託德：對，就如人們所說，實話實說。

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重點講解：
1. go over 仔細檢查；認真討論；用心思考；
例句：Now let's go over all the lessons we studied.
現在讓我們把學過的功課再複習一遍吧。
2. in one's blood 天生的；遺傳的；生來就有的；
例句：Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.
他天生擅長交際：他的祖先曾是封建領主。
3. take sth. to heart 對…耿耿於懷；爲…感到不快；
例句：If someone says something critical I take it to heart.
如果有人提出批評，我會十分介意。
4. water off a duck's back 毫無效果的；不起作用的；
例句：All the criticism is water off a duck's back to me.
批評對我來說左耳進右耳出，毫無影響。
5. speak one's mind 坦率直言；說心裏話；
例句：Martina Navratilova has never been afraid to speak her mind.
瑪蒂娜·納芙拉蒂洛娃從來不害怕說實話。