迷你对话学地道口语第830期:白痴蠢材

 　　Subject: He is such a bean brain.

　　第一，迷你对话

　　A: He is such a bean brain. He actually did not know my favorite flower is orchid¹.

　　他真是个大笨蛋，竟然不知道我钟爱的花是兰花。

　　B: What did you expect? All men are the same.

　　你又期望什么呢？所有的男人都一样。

　　第一， 地道表达

　　bean brain

　　1. 解词释义

　　A bean brain的字面意思是“一个豆子那么大的脑袋”，比喻“（一个人）笨得要命”“白痴，蠢材”的意思。

　　2. 例句拓展

　　e.g. He's just full of wind and a bean brain!

　　他空话连篇, 是个蠢材!

　　e.g. In examination² a bean brain ask questions that the wise cannot answer .

　　在考场里，蠢材会问些天才也答不出的问题。

　　e.g. He is not a bad fellow, though he is a bean brain in his profession.

　　他这个人不错，虽然就他的本行来说，他纯粹是个笨蛋。

　　e.g. What a bean brain! Couldn't he use his eyes?

　　十足的笨蛋！他没长眼睛吗？

1 orchid   

n.兰花，淡紫色

参考例句：

• The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.兰花这类植物我从来没种过。
• There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.有35,000多种兰花分布在世界各地。

2 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。