☞你可以天天說英語 － ☞Curiosity Killed the Cat 好奇殺死貓╱因好奇而惹禍上身

對 話

Jack：Marcus, what are you doing?

傑克：馬克斯，你在幹嘛？

Marcus：Oh, nothing.

馬克斯：喔，沒什麼啦。

Jack：Come on, tell me. What is it? I want to know.

傑克：少來，快告訴我。是什麼事啊？我想知道。

Marcus：Jack, please don』t worry about it. I』ll talk to you later.

馬克斯：傑克，別問那麼多。我等會兒再告訴你。

Jack：Just tell me! Please, please, please!

傑克：快跟我講！拜託，拜託，拜託！

Marcus：Okay, Okay! I』m doing a project for the marketing department. And you know what?

馬克斯：好啦！我正在幫行銷部門做一個企劃案。然後，你知道嗎？

Jack：What?

傑克：知道什麼？

Marcus：Since you』re so interested, you have to help me finish it!

馬克斯：既然你這麼感興趣，你得來幫我一起完成！

Jack：Oh. Looks like curiosity killed the cat.

傑克：噢，看來好奇心真的會殺死貓！

[多學一點點]

★curiosityn.好奇心

★out of curiosity出於好奇心

例：Tom peeped into the keyhole just out of curiosity.（湯姆從鑰匙洞裡偷窺，只因好奇心使然。）