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地道美语听力练习:忍受屈辱

2012-11-17来源:和谐英语

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在美国，关于chicken的俚语非常之多。“chicken”可用来表示“胆小的；胆怯的”，形容一个人没有勇气做某件事情。

由鸡(chicken)构成的俚语有：

1. to count one’s chickens before they hatch：蛋未孵出，先数小鸡，也就是指望得太早。

例句：Don’t count the chickens before they are hatched because you will not know what is going to happen.
不要指望太高，因为你不晓得会发生什么。

2. to have one’s chickens come home to roost：造成不良的后果，自作自受to hurt oneself out of consequence

例句：If you don’t take his advice, you may have your chickens coming home to roost.
假如你不听他的劝告，你可能会自作自受。

quiz:
Do you know why English person use chicken to describe a person who is very timid?

答案见下期

上期答案：a