迷你對話學地道口語第2067期:信口雌黃,不假思索隨口地說

情景對話：

A: I heard that Rose would be your headmaster.

我聽說羅絲要當你們的校長了。

B: Who told you that?

誰告訴你的？

A: It's bob.

鮑勃說的。

B: Bob? he always talks off the top of his head.

鮑勃？他總是信口雌黃。

詞海拾貝:

off the top of one’s head：不假思索地隨口而說

e.g. I can't tell you the answer off the top of my head.

我不能不經考慮就告訴你答案。

e.g. She answered the teacher's question off the top of her head.

她隨口就回答了老師的問題。

e.g. When Lorraine was asked to recite, she talked off the top of her head.

當要Lorraine背誦的時候，她張口就背。

e.g. You know, I didn't study for this English quiz. So when the teacher called my name, I was frozen. Then standing up to recite the poem, I found myself doing it off the top of my head! Can you believe that?

你可知道，我沒有爲這次英語課的測驗好好唸書。所以，當老師叫我名字的時候，我真是愣住了。然後，我站起來背那首詩。我發現自己不加思索地隨口而出，你相信不相信？

e.g. Sorry, I can't give you the exact figure off the top of my head. But I guess the percentage of working women in the American labor force right now is about 47%.

對不起，我現在一下子不能給你精確的數字。但是，我猜工作的婦女在美國整個勞力中大約百分之四十七吧。