美語情景對話 第173期:j蜘蛛 The Spider

It was interesting as well while we were out on the farm, there were thousands of trees I think out on the farm, so we saw lots of different insects and little animals as well. The most exciting thing I saw was a red back spider, because the red back is one of the most poisonous spiders in Australia. So I had been traveling there for over a year I think at that stage and I'd never seen a red back spider, but I'd seen lots of colorful spiders, so that every time I saw a new colored spider I'd go and have a look and maybe play with it a bit or take a photo, something like that, so while I was picking the macadamia nuts with my friends I saw a really brightly colored spider, so I decided to, to get a stick and and kind of turn over a leaf and see what it was doing, and then I was kind of looking at it for awhile and then suddenly I realized, "Oh, my God! It's red and black, it's a red back spider!" So I thought, OK, I'd better stop playing with this guy, and leave him alone. So after over a year in Australia I saw my first red back on this macadamia farm and then later on that night, just before I was going to bed, I walked into the room I was staying in with my friend, and there on my bed was baby redneck spider, red back spider, sorry and I couldn't believe it. After one year, no red backs and then two in one day. It was a bit crazy really so I had to get someone to help me to get rid of it, cause it was a bit scary.

這非常有趣，我們去農場的時候，我想那農場有數千棵樹，我們還看到了許多不同種類的昆蟲和小動物。最讓我興奮的是我看到了一隻紅背蜘蛛，而紅背蜘蛛是澳大利亞最毒的蜘蛛之一。當時我已經在那裏旅行了一年多的時間，我從未見到過紅背蜘蛛，但是我看見了許多顏色鮮豔的蜘蛛，所以當時我看到一隻不同顏色的蜘蛛我就會過去仔細端詳它們，可能還會擺弄一下那隻蜘蛛，或是給它們拍照，我會做類似這樣的事情，我和朋友在摘澳洲堅果的時候，看到了一隻顏色格外鮮豔的蜘蛛，所以我決定去找個樹枝或是類似的東西，翻開樹葉去看看它在做什麼，之後我觀察了它一會兒，突然我意識到，“哦，我的天哪！它是紅色和黑色的蜘蛛，它是隻紅背蜘蛛！”所以我想，好吧，我最好不要再擺弄它了，就讓它待着吧。那是我在澳大利亞一年多的時間裏第一次在澳洲堅果農場看到紅背蜘蛛，那天晚上，就在睡覺前我走進房間，和我的朋友待在一起，當時我的牀上竟然有小的紅頸蜘蛛，哦，對不起，是小的紅背蜘蛛，我當時簡直不敢相信。之後一年以後，沒有紅背蜘蛛了，有時一天會出來兩隻。那真有點瘋狂，因此我不得不找人來幫我除掉它，因爲那真有點可怕。

重點講解：
1. at that stage
意思同at that time，表示當時；在這一階段；
eg. The rest of the proposals had not been included at that stage.
其餘的提案就不在此階段予以考慮。
eg. It is really a bitter pill to swallow at that stage.
在當時，那真是一件不得不忍受的苦事。
2. leave alone
不管；不理；不干涉；讓單獨呆着
eg. I cannot bear to leave him alone.
我不忍心讓他獨自留下。
eg. When the boss gets mad, leave him alone.
當老闆生氣時，不要理他。
3. get rid of
扔掉；丟棄；擺脫；甩掉；趕走
eg. The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons.
因爲經濟原因，車主必須把汽車處理掉。
eg. He believed that his manager wanted to get rid of him for personal reasons.
他認爲經理是出於個人原因想開除他。