In this lesson you will learn about the idiom 'all ears' and how to use it in your conversations.

我們將在本課討論英文俚語'all ears’，以及如何應用在談話中

Let's learn about the idiom 'all ears'.

現在就來學習'all ears'

That's great. I'm interested in idioms. 'All ears' means listening to something very carefully, right?

太棒了，這個俚語太有趣了。'All ears'意思就是全神貫注地聽，對吧？

That's correct. When we are very eager to listen to something or somebody, we can use the idiom 'all ears'.

是的，當我們非常想知道某件事或某個人，這個俚語就派得上用場了

Alright! So, 'all ears' means listening to something very attentively.

'all ears'意指全神貫注地聽

Correct. Let me give you an example: 'We were all ears when the news came on.'

我們來看個例子：「我們都全神貫注地聽著新聞」

Good! So when somebody is extremely interested in listening to something, we can say the person is 'all ears'.

所以當某個人對某件事特別有興趣時，我們就形容這個人正在「傾聽」或「全神貫注地聽」

Yes. The professor asked the students to be all ears because he was explaining them a complex theory.

教授要學生全神貫注聽他講解複合理論

Well, I have some news for you, too.

我為你帶來訊息

Hmm...Hurry up and tell me. I'm all ears!

趕快告訴我，我正聽著呢！

The end-of-term results will be out today.

期末結果將要揭曉了

Really?! I'll check my result when I get home.

真的嗎？我一到家會馬上核對結果

Okay. Then let's listen to some conversations first.

接下來讓我們先聽聽幾段對話

Alright!

好的

Listen Sarah, are you still upset with me?

莎拉，你還在對我生氣嗎？

I don't want to talk about it.

我不想談

Sarah, please listen to me.

莎拉，聽我說

Yeah! Go on, I'm all ears!

好啊，我洗耳恭聽

Lucy, there's good news for you about the lucky draw!

露西，你在幸運大抽獎裏的手氣真好！

Huh?! Tell me quick, Sarah. I'm all ears.

趕快告訴我，我正聽著呢！

You won a cooking pan!

你抽中了一個平底鍋

Oh, I'm so happy! You know what? I was thinking about buying one!

太高興了，你怎麼知道的？我才在想買一個呢！

Mark, did you hear about the explosion on Maple Street?

馬克，你有沒有聽到關於楓樹街的爆炸？

No! Tell me! I'm all ears.

不！告訴我！我洗耳恭聽

Apparently, a gas leak caused a house to explode. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

很顯然是瓦斯氣爆，幸好沒人受傷

Wow, that was both good and bad news.

真是件令人喜憂參半的新聞

'We were all ears when the news was on.'

我們聚精會神聽著新聞

Hurry up and tell me. I'm all ears!

趕快告訴我，我正在用心聽！

Yeah! Go on, I'm all ears!

繼續說下去，我正貫注聽著呢！

Tell me quick, Sarah. I'm all ears.

馬上告訴我，莎拉，我專心在聽著

Tell me! I'm all ears.

告訴我吧！我洗耳恭聽