迷你對話學地道口語第525期:令大吃一驚,嚇一大跳

Subject: I will throw the professor some curves.

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迷你對話

A: I will state many special opinions. I will throw the professor some curves.

我將陳述許多新觀點。我會讓教授大吃一驚。

B: That is very exciting! How would you do?

真是令人興奮！你怎麼做呢？

地道表達

throw sb some curves

1. 解詞釋義

Throw sb some curves這個短語來自棒球場上，打球者以爲投手會投出直球，但是眼前飛來的卻是curve，意思是“讓某人大吃一驚，讓某人嚇一跳”。其英文解釋爲：to confuse someone by doing something tricky or unexpected.

2. 拓展例句

e.g. When you said "house" you threw me a curve. The password was supposed to be "home."

當你說到house這個詞的時候，嚇了我一大跳，密碼應該是home。

e.g. John threw me a curve when we were making our presentation, and I forgot my speech.

我們在做自我陳述的時候，約翰讓我大吃一驚，我忘記了自己的演說。

Ps：state an opinion：陳述觀點