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PAGE PAGE 2 Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off  像無頭蒼蠅一樣 Mrs. Tsai: I’m going out, Rita. Do you want to come? Rita: Where are you going? Mrs. Tsai: To the day market. Rita: No, thanks! Mrs. Tsai: I thought you liked going there. Rita: I liked it when I was younger, but now it’s too crazy. Everyone’s running around like chickens with their heads cut off. It’s horrible. Mrs. Tsai: Thanks. Rita: For what? Mrs. Tsai: Reminding me that I need to get some chicken for dinner. 蔡太太:麗塔,我要出門。妳要不要一起來? 麗塔:妳要去哪裡? 蔡太太:去菜市場。 麗塔:不了,謝謝! 蔡太太:我還以為妳喜歡去那裡。 麗塔:我年輕的時候喜歡去,但現在對我而言太瘋狂了。每個人都像無頭蒼蠅一樣四處跑來跑去。很恐怖。 蔡太太:謝啦。 麗塔:謝什麼? 蔡太太:提醒我得買一些雞肉當晚餐。 俚語精解 cut off 指『砍下』,like a chicken with its head cut off 字面上的意思是『像被砍掉頭的雞一樣』。屠夫將雞頭砍下時,雞會全身激烈抽動,若沒抓緊還會四處亂衝,故本俚語是形容人『沒有目標地盲目亂闖』。 阿雄不知道把琳達寫給他的情書藏到哪裡去了,他怕阿花看了會抓狂,緊張地到處尋找,像要把整個家掀起來一樣: He was running around the house like a chicken with its head cut off. = He was running around the house like a headless chicken. (他像無頭蒼蠅一樣在家裡跑來跑去。) *headless [ `hEdlIs ] a. 沒有頭的 雞的泛稱是 chicken ,cock [ kak ] 或 rooster [ `rustK ] 是公雞,而母雞則叫 hen。 a henpecked husband 字面意思指『被母雞啄的老公』,引申為『怕老婆的老公』。peck [ pEk ] 指『啄』。 阿雄之所以翻遍全家找情書,就是因為他最害怕阿花生氣: He is known around the neighborhood as a henpecked husband. (左右鄰居都知道他是怕老婆的老公。) *neighborhood [ `nebK:hUd ] n. 鄰近地區 小雞則叫 chick,而 chick 在口語中也指『年輕性感的小妞』,就是大家俗稱的『馬子』。 琳達是他在酒吧認識的一位年輕美眉,比阿雄小了 30 歲呢! That cute chick who wrote him the love letter is Linda. (那位寫情書給他的俏妞叫琳達。) somebody is no spring chicken 字面意思是『某人已不再是隻春雞了』,比喻『某人已不再年輕』。 結果這封情書還是讓阿花看到了,阿花發飆後,哭得一把鼻涕一把眼淚的。阿雄趕忙哄她: Though you are no spring chicken, you are always my lovely babe. (雖然妳年紀不小了,但妳永遠都是我最可愛的寶貝。) 好康同在 1. day market  白天的市場 night market  夜市 例: In the night market, you can taste all kinds of snacks. (在夜市裡你可以嚐到各式各樣的點心。) *taste [ test ] vt. 品嚐 2. crazy [ `krezI ] a. 瘋狂的;著迷的 be crazy about…  為……而瘋狂;為……而著迷 例: A: I’m going out. B: Are you crazy? The typhoon is here! (甲:我要出門了。) (乙:你瘋了嗎?現在有颱風!) He is crazy about the girl who just moved in next door. (他為那個隔壁剛搬來的女孩著迷。) 3. horrible [ `hOrJb

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