2009年4月20日 星期一

☞你可以天天說英語 - ☞Rain Cats and Dogs 下傾盆大雨

對 話

Jimmy:It』s raining cats and dogs. Did you bring in the books from outside?

吉米:雨下得超大的。你有沒有把書拿進來?

Steve:No, I just left them there.

史帝夫:沒有,我把它們留在外面。

Jimmy:Steve, are you crazy?They will be ruined!

吉米:史帝夫,你瘋了嗎?書會爛掉啦!

Steve:Those books were so boring.I』d rather watch TV.

史帝夫:那些書無聊死了。我還寧可看電視。

Jimmy:We used to have a TV, remember?

吉米:我們以前有一台電視機,記得嗎?

Steve:Oh, yeah. Um...

史帝夫:噢,對。呃?

Jimmy:You threw it in the river because there were too many commercials, right?

吉米:因為廣告太多,你把它丟到河裡,對吧?

Steve:Okay, maybe I should have thought twice about that.

史帝夫:好啦,或許我當時應該多考慮一下。

[多學一點點]

Rain Cats and Dogs字面上的意思是「下貓狗雨」,其實是指「下傾盆大雨」。日常口語也常用「It』s pouring with rain.」及「It』s coming down in buckets.」來表達同樣的意思。

例:It』s raining cats and dogs outside, and that』s why I look like a drowned rat.(現在外頭雨下超大的,那正是我看起來像隻落湯雞的原因。)

★ruin vt. 破壞╱n. 廢墟

例:The sudden downpour ruined our entire trip.(突如其來的大雨讓我們的旅程全泡湯了。)

★downpour n. 傾盆大雨

例:The once splendid palace now lay in ruins.(這座曾經光輝奪目的皇宮現在已成一片廢墟。)

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