迷你对话学地道口语第720期:胡说八道

 Subject:That is a lot of bull¹.

迷你对话A: Manager, I want to ask for a leave tomorrow because I have a party.

经理，因为我明天要参加一个聚会，所以想请假一天。

B: That is a lot of bull! Remember, your job always comes first.

一派胡言！记住，工作永远第一。

地道表达bull1. 解词释义Bull有“公牛”的意思，在这里是俚语，是指“胡说八道”“完全错误的事情”，相当于bullshit。Bullshit虽然粗俗却很流行，bull或B.S.是bullshit的委婉说法。A lot of bull也可以说为a load of bull.

2. 例句拓展e.g. Don't hand me that line of bull, Roscoe.

Roscoe，别给我来这一套。

e.g. In short, all his rationalizing is pure bull.

总而言之，他的一切自我开脱纯粹是胡扯。

e.g. That's a load of bull! I don't believe a word of it.

完全胡扯!我一点也不信。

e.g. I am so fed up with your bull, cut the crap.

真是受够了，废话少说。

Ps 1：ask for leave的意思是“请假”，也可以说为：ask for leave of absence。例如：

Mr. Smith, I have to ask for leave for a few hours.

史密斯先生，我得请几个小时的假。

He ask for leave of absence to visit his mother in hospital.

他请假去探望住院的母亲。

Ps 2：表示“某件事情放在第一位”，我们可以这样说：Something comes first. 相当于something take the first place or something is put first/put in the first place。例如：

Study always comes first.

学习总是放在第一位。

Money does not come first. Health and happiness should be put in the first place.

金钱不是放在第一位，健康和快乐才是要放在第一位。

1 bull   

n.公牛，买进证券投机图利者，看涨的人

参考例句：

• It's only a hair off a bull's back to them.这对他们来说，不过九牛一毛。
• Many dogs closed around the bull.很多狗渐渐地把那只牛围了起来。