Name: 習語!| 9個必須知道的成語，提高英語會話的流利程度｜高級英語課程 (IDIOMS! | 9 must-know idioms for English conversation fluency | Advanced English lesson)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:58:14.000Z
Duration: 17 min 20 s

大家好，身旁這位是我先生 David

未來簡單式

And today, we're going to go over nine  idioms that are related to fruits.

今天，我們要來複習 9 個成語，它們都跟「水果」有關

過去簡單式

This is a follow-up to the fruit vocabulary  video that we just did.

這是繼上次「水果字彙」影片之後的續集

The first idiom you may have heard of is  comparing apples to oranges.

第 1 個你或許已經聽過的成語是：把蘋果與柳橙拿來比較

It means that you're comparing two  things that shouldn't be compared.

它是說：你把 2 個不應該比較的東西拿來比較

Like they're so different that comparison  doesn't really work.

就像是完全不同的東西，拿來比較毫無意義

Those are two different fruit eating experiences.

這 2 種水果吃起來感覺完全不同

>> They're both fruits. That's about it. >> Yeah.

>> 他們 2 個都是水果。大概就是這樣 >> 沒錯

>> You can't compare them. >> No. He can't compare them.

>> 你不能比較它們 >> 是的，他不能比較它們

So the one that I thought about was something that comes up when people discuss sports is that

我想到的一個例子是：當大家在談論運動時，會被提到的話題

it's fun to compare teams from two different eras.

大家津津樂道地去比較 2 個不同世代的球隊

So right now, in American basketball, well  basketball, the NBA,

現在，在美國籃球，嗯，籃球，就是美國職籃

basketball has gone global now so there's lots everywhere but in the NBA,

籃球現已全球普及，所以到處都有籃球。而在美國職籃中

the Golden State Warriors are a historically good team.

They just won their 3rd championship in 4 years.

他們才剛贏得 4 年來的第 3 次總冠軍

>> 哇！ >> 他們 4 次爭冠有 3 次奪冠

And, so now, the discussion is comparing them with other teams from other eras and specifically,

那麼，現在，這個談論就是拿他們跟其他世代的球隊做比較，特別是

people are talking about the Bulls' team  from the 90s that have Michael Jordan.

大家會提到 90 年代有麥可喬丹的公牛隊

Everyone knows and remembers Michael Jordan's

大家都知道，也都記得麥可喬丹的

>> basketball play. >> Pretty much in consensus,

But it's really hard to compare those two  teams and say: Who is the best team of all time?

但真的很難去比較這 2 個球隊，並問：誰是史上最佳球隊？

Three-point shooting has become much  more common and much more important.

三分球已經變得極為普遍，也極為重要

There have been obviously rule changes  in the time since then.

從那之後，規則隨著時間有了明顯的改變

And so we can have debates about it but  comparing Jordan's Bulls

所以，我們可以就此事爭論，但比較喬丹的公牛隊

to the current Warriors is like comparing  apples to oranges.

與現在的勇士隊，就像是把蘋果與柳橙拿來比較 （2 者不能相互比較）

Because the sport itself has changed so much.

Yeah, I think that that's a big part of it.

好的，下一個成語，又跟蘋果有關

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

David，你認為這句成語是什麼意思？

So to me, it's this idea that, you know, an  apple tree drops its fruit close to where

我認為它是這樣的概念：你知道的，一棵蘋果樹掉下來的水果，會落在

the tree grew and it means, as we use it, that a child of someone is often very similar to their parent.

樹生長的附近，它的意思是，當我們用它時，係指某些人的小孩通常與他們的父母親極為相似

It means that there may be traits that are real similar and I think as we were getting ready, I think that it means

它指的也許是性格方面非常相似。我認為當我們慢慢懂事後，我認為它的意思

And I heard you say that and I didn't really agree.

>> 我剛聽你這樣講，我並不完全贊同 >> 噢，是哦？

I mean, definitely, we hear it negatively.

我是說，當然，我們聽到的都是負面意思

For example, if you know a  grown man with a really bad temper

比如說，如果你認識一位脾氣真的很壞的大人

and maybe you see his kid is starting to  develop a temper, has meltdowns,

也許你看見他的小孩開始發脾氣，生氣了

>> you could say: Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. >> Right.

>> 你可以說：「有其父必有其子。」 >> 沒錯

And that's negative but I also think it can be used just as easily in a neutral or a positive situation.

那是負面的意思，但我也認為它也能同樣容易的用在一個中性或正面的情況

For example, as you know, Stoney has taken to music big time, singing all the time, playing on,

比如說，如你所知，Stoney 投入在音樂上很多時間，一直在唱歌，演奏

playing drums on anything that looks a  little bit like a drum.

在任何一件看起來很像鼓的東西上打鼓

And then I went on to get a Master's Degree in opera.

之後我就去取得歌劇的碩士學位

So, I feel like with singing and me and Stoney, you could say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

所以，我覺得像在唱歌上，我跟 Stoney 的情形，你可以說：有其父必有其女

I don't know. Maybe you think it's negative.

我不知道，也許你認為它有負面意思

You may have heard a person described as a 'bad apple'

你可能已經聽過被說成是「壞蘋果」的人

and this basically just means 'not a good person'.

這基本上表示「不是一個好人」

你能不能想到有誰是「壞蘋果」？

>> I could think of a couple but I'll refrain. >> Yeah.

>> 我是想到一對夫妻，但我不能講出來 >> 是啊

So someone who's very negative or not cooperative, hard to be around, or does something really terrible,

有人想法很負面，或不肯與人合作，難以相處，或做一些很糟的事

is a liar, is a cheater, you could say: he's a bad apple.

是個說謊者，騙子，你可以說：他是一個「品行不良」的人

plays on this idea of a bad apple and that's something like: A bad apple spoils the whole bunch.

運用「壞蘋果」的概念，有句成語像是： 一顆老鼠屎，壞了整鍋粥

I think that's from the idea that when the apple is rotting,

我認為它來自這樣的概念：有顆蘋果一旦開始腐爛，

that mold can literally spread to the next  apple in the bunch.

黴菌會在這堆蘋果中逐步擴散開來

To me, that comes up, I was thinking of  an example, I was doing a training

我這裡可以提出的東西，我想到一個例子，我以前做教育訓練時

and there was a group of people at a back table

and they were really disengaged, they  were kind of talking to each other

他們完全無心上課，一直在後排座位上交談

in the back, and not just whispering but audibly talking.

>> While you were trying to present something? >> While I was presenting and...

>> 而你當時正在賣力講課？ >> 我當時正在講課

>> It kind of, it soured the whole room. >> Yeah.

>> 它有一點，把整間教室的上課氣氛搞差 >> 對

And everybody then was kind of distracted and looking back trying to figure out what was going on.

每個人那時都有點分心，而且往後看，很想搞清楚怎麼回事

And so that one bad table of people  kind of soured the whole room.

所以，那一桌心不在焉的人搞壞整間教室的氣氛

讓我們從「蘋果」移到「香蕉」

Okay, if someone is 'bananas', then they're crazy.

好的，如果某人是「香蕉」，就表示他們抓狂了

It can mean lots of different things, right?

它可以表示許多不同的意義，對吧？

它可以表示瘋狂的，精力充沛的，像是，嗯，

你可以說：這些小孩子玩瘋了！

If there's a birthday party and they're all super hyper.

如果有個生日派對，他們全都嗨翻了

Um, when else could you use it?  How else would you use it?

嗯，你還有哪些時候會用它？         你還以哪些方式來用它？

There's another use that is more like someone is not in touch with the here and now or is having a psychiatric,

是有另外一種運用，比較像是指一個人，他的心智脫離現況，或有精神上的問題

I don't know, situation, where people would say:  Yeah, I think he's kind of going bananas.

我不知道，這種情況大家會說：是的，我認為他有點失心瘋

It's not a kind or friendly way to refer to that.

這不是一種厚道的，或友善的說法

You would sort of only use that in very informal settings where you know people really well.

你大概只會用在極為隨興，且都是熟人的場合中

But it means, it can mean 'going crazy' in that sense too, like, really lose in touch with the here and now.

在此意義上，它也可以表示「瘋了」，但它的意思是心智完全脫離現況

Yeah. So you could say 'he is going bananas', you could also say 'he's bananas'.

是的，所以你可以說「he is going bananas」， 你也可以說「he's bananas 」

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