每天三分钟学英语 第180期:外国人说have two left feet可不是"有两只左脚"的意思

 情景对话：

Cam: Lily has no talent.

Lily没有才能。

Mitchell: Because she's seven. No one has talent at seven.

因为她才七岁。没有人七岁就有才能的。

Cam: I did. Tons of it. Sheepshearing, cornhusking, hay baling. It was hard for me to pick just one to showcase at my first Little Prince Pageant². In the end, I went with waltzing.

我有啊。很多呢。刮羊毛，剥玉米，卷干草。对于我来说，在我第一次小王子盛会里只能选一项目来表演是不容易的。最后我选择了华尔兹。

知识点：

Sheepshearing 刮羊毛

相当于：Shear¹ sheep

Cornhusking 剥玉米

相当于：Husk corn

Hay Balling 卷干草

相当于：Ball hay

Horse riding 骑马

Let's go horse riding.

我们去骑马吧。

Eyes rolling 翻白眼

I saw your eyes rolling.

我看到你翻白眼了。

继续剧情：

Mitchell: You waltzed at seven?

你7岁就会跳华尔兹了？

Cam: Barely. My partner had two left hooves.

差不多，我的舞伴有两只左蹄。

知识点：

Hoof³ 蹄

Hooves 复数形式

Have two left feet 笨手笨脚

在这里指“不会跳舞”。

例句一：

Ow! You keep stepping on my toes. Boy, you really do have two left feet.

你总是踩我的脚，天啊！你真的不会跳舞。

例句二：

A: Do you wanna dance?

你想跳舞吗？

B: I don't think so. I've got two left feet. I'll look like an idiot.

不想跳，我根本就会跳舞，跳起来像个傻子一样的。

1 shear   

n.修剪，剪下的东西，羊的一岁；vt.剪掉，割，剥夺；vi.修剪，切割，剥夺，穿越

参考例句：

• Every spring they shear off the sheep's wool and sell it.每年春天他们都要剪下羊毛去卖。
• In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.在赫伯里兹，剪羊毛的时间比其他任何地方都要晚。

2 pageant   

n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧

参考例句：

• Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。

3 hoof   

n.(马，牛等的)蹄

参考例句：

• Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间，他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
• I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。