對 話
Jim：We’ve been in detention for an hour and a half now.
吉姆：我們已經被留校察看一個半小時了耶。
Dianne：I know. I want to go home.
黛安：我知道啊。真想回家。
Jim：Look at Mr. Johnson. Do you think he’s asleep?
吉姆：嘿，看一下強森老師。妳看他像睡著了嗎？
Dianne：It looks like it. But he could be playing possum.
黛安：看起來很像。但他也可能在裝睡。
Jim：Yeah, maybe he wants to trick us just to get mad at us again.
吉姆：對哦，搞不好他又想整我們，好對我們再發一頓脾氣。
Dianne：He’s so mean!
黛安：他真卑鄙！
Jim：Shh, not so loud! I think he heard you.
吉姆：噓，別說那麼大聲啦！我想他聽到妳的聲音了。
Dianne：Let’s make a run for it!
黛安：我們快逃吧！
Jim：Okay. Get your books, and we’ll quietly－－
吉姆：好。把課本收收，我們要悄悄地?
Dianne：Oh, hi Mr. Johnson!
黛安：喔，強森老師好！
[多學一點點]
★Play Possum裝死
play是「扮演」，而possum是「袋貂」，字意是「扮演袋貂」，實際是指「裝死」。袋貂為原產於澳洲的小型有袋動物，牠跟產於北美的負鼠（opossum）外型上相似，因此而得名。維吉尼亞負鼠有裝死習性，美國州際公路上被撞死的負鼠，很多是因被疾駛車輛嚇得倒地裝死而命喪輪下。
★trick vt. 陷害/戲弄/騙
例：The con artist tricked the old man out of all his money.（金光黨騙光了那個老人家的錢。）
沒有留言:
張貼留言