戴尔英语红宝书 第105期

 

Topic: She’s the black sheep of the family.

Victor：Nancy我们今天来谈论一个有趣的词汇black sheep。

Nancy：She’s the black sheep of the family.

Victor：What’s that Nancy?

Nancy：The black sheep Victor， means the “bad person” in the family.

Victor：就是我们中文里面经常讲到的害群之马。

Nancy：Every family has one.

Victor：Very bad.

Nancy：My uncle used to say that he was the black sheep in our family.

Victor：Nancy的舅舅经常说他是家里的害群之马。Why Nancy?

Nancy：Because he was the only one who was a smoker¹， Victor.

Victor：原来Nancy的舅舅是家庭里面唯一吸烟的人。

Nancy：But he finally quit.

Victor：Good.

Nancy：So， she’s the black sheep of the family.

Victor：She’s the black sheep of the family.

Nancy：That’s all for now!

1 smoker   

n.吸烟者，吸烟车厢，吸烟室

参考例句：

• His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
• He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。