☞你可以天天說英語 － ☞Cast Pearls before Swine 對牛彈琴

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Tina：I can』t believe you took me to that dance performance. It was terrible.

蒂娜：真不敢相信你竟然會帶我去看那場舞蹈表演。難看死了。

Dave：Are you serious? That dance has been described as brilliant. Beautiful. A masterpiece.

戴夫：妳是認真的嗎？大家都說那齣舞作非常出色、優美，堪稱經典耶。

Tina：You forgot one more description: boring.

蒂娜：你忘了還有一個形容詞：無聊。

Dave：I guess I was casting pearls before swine. You just don』t appreciate good performance.

戴夫：我想我一定是在對牛彈琴吧。妳根本不懂得欣賞有水準的表演。

Tina：Yes, I do!

蒂娜：我當然懂！

Dave：Oh, yeah? Like what?

戴夫：噢，是嗎？像是什麼？

Tina：Well... I thought that the thing on TV with the cat jumping into the car was pretty good.

蒂娜：嗯?我覺得電視上那個有隻貓跳進一部車的玩意兒蠻不賴的。

Dave：That was just a commercial!

戴夫：拜託，那只是支廣告！

Tina：I thought it was brilliant. Beautiful. A masterpiece.

蒂娜：我覺得它非常出色、優美，堪稱經典之作。

[多學一點點]

★Performance n. 表演

★describe A as B將 A 描述作 B

例：The chef舊 new dish has been described as 贈 taste from heaven?（這名廚師的新菜式被喻為「天堂的滋味」。）