美語情景對話 第1284期:What animals are dangerous in your country? 在你的國傢什麼動物比較危險?

Jingwei: Hi, I'm Jingwei.

京薇：嗨，我是京薇。

Joseph: I'm Joseph.

約瑟夫：我是約瑟夫。

Jingwei: We're both from Singapore. The question today is...

京薇：我們兩個人都來自新加坡。今天的問題是……

Joseph: Well, are there any dangerous animals in your country?

約瑟夫：你們國家有危險的動物嗎？

Jingwei: Huh, we don't see much animals. Snakes probably. Or the monitor lizard. It's a huge lizard. It can grow up to maybe four meters.

京薇：哈哈，我們沒看到什麼動物。可能是蛇吧。或者是巨蜥。那是巨大的蜥蜴。它可以長到四米長。

Joseph: I guess, but like when our canoeist paddle in the reservoir, they see the monitor lizards frequently but they are rather docile to be honest, so they wouldn't be one of the more dangerous animals to me. To me one of the most dangerous animals would probably be the household cat.

約瑟夫：我想划艇運動員在水庫划槳時經常看到巨蜥，說實話那些巨蜥比較溫順，所以對我來說巨蜥不是危險的動物。我認爲其中一個最危險的動物可能是家養的貓。

Jingwei: The household cat.

京薇：家養的貓。

Joseph: Well ...

約瑟夫：嗯……

Jingwei: The domesticated cat?

京薇：馴化貓嗎？

Joseph: Yep, I mean, you look at it and it's all cute and you don't think it can do anything, and then suddenly like, whoa, it jumps out of nowhere. Yeah, it can be pretty dangerous.

約瑟夫：對，看上去那些貓很可愛，你會認爲它們不會做什麼事，可是它會突然跳出來。那可能會很危險。

Jingwei: That's because you scare them.

京薇：那是因爲你嚇到它們了。

Joseph: Well, I guess it's kind of my fault. But yeah, cat's can be really dangerous if you don't handle them well.

約瑟夫：我想那可能是我的錯。不過如果處理不當，貓可能會很危險。

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重點講解：
1. up to 高達；多達；
例句：Over the next 22 years, it says, the region will need up to nine trillion dollars in new infrastructure to meet its energy needs.
報告說，在未來22年裏，亞太地區需要花費9萬億美元用於改善基礎設施，以滿足能源需求。
2. to be honest 老實說；說實在的；
例句：To be honest, he is too aggressive.
平心而論，他太倔強了。
3. out of nowhere 突然(發生)；一下子(冒出來)；
例句：I was in the garden, and he appeared out of nowhere.
我正在花園裏，他不知從哪裏就冒出來了。