The english we speak(BBC教學)第303期:Get somebody's goat 火冒三丈

Neil's brought a goat into the studio to help teach an English expression. This has really annoyed Feifei.

尼爾把一隻山羊帶進了演播室，幫助講解一個英語表達方式。這一舉動讓菲菲非常惱火。

Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil and joining me is Feifei... and Fred... my goat.

尼爾：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是尼爾，今天和我一起主持節目的是菲菲還有我的山羊弗雷德。

Feifei: Hi everyone. Neil, why have you brought this... goat into the studio? It smells.

菲菲：大家好。尼爾，你爲什麼把山羊帶進演播室？很難聞啊。

Neil: Fred doesn't smell! I've brought my goat into the studio to teach our listeners an expression you can use when something annoys you.

尼爾：弗雷德身上沒有難聞的味道！我來我的山羊帶來演播室是爲了教聽衆一個表達方式，有人惹惱你的時候你可以用這個表達方式。

Feifei: Well, having smelly animals in the studio annoys me.

菲菲：有味道的動物在演播室裏惹惱我了。

Neil: Well, in that case, Feifei, you can say, 'Smelly animals in the studio get my goat.'

尼爾：菲菲，在這種情況下，你可以說“有味道的動詞在演播室裏惹怒我了。”

Feifei: To get somebody's goat — an expression you can use when something annoys you.

菲菲：get somebody's goat這個表達方式可以在某事惹惱你時使用。

Neil: That's right. You can say something 'gets your goat' if it annoys you. You know what, Feifei? It gets my goat when people say my pet Fred is smelly.

尼爾：沒錯。如果有件事讓你很生氣，你可以說這件事惹怒了你。菲菲，你知道嗎？人們說我的寵物弗雷德有味道時我很生氣。

Feifei: Ha! Here are some examples of people using the expression 'get somebody's goat'.

菲菲：哈！下面是應用這個表達方式的例句。

Examples

例句

These queues at the post office really get my goat. I've been waiting for half an hour!

郵局前面排的長隊讓我很煩躁。我已經等了半個小時了！

Argh, I don't believe it — I've got a parking ticket! Traffic wardens really get my goat!

啊，我不相信，我被開了違章停車罰單！交通管理員真的是把我給惹怒了！

These calls from people selling insurance get my goat. They've rung seven times already this morning.

賣保險的人一直給我打電話真是惹惱我了。今天上午他們已經打了七次電話了。

Neil: To get somebody's goat — an expression you can use when something annoys you.

尼爾：get somebody's goat這個表達方式可以在某事惹你生氣時使用。

Feifei: Notice that we often use 'really' with this expression. Train delays really get my goat.

菲菲：注意，這個表達方式常和really搭配使用。火車晚點真的讓我很生氣。

Neil: It seems to me quite a lot of things get your goat, Feifei.

尼爾：菲菲，我覺得有很多事會惹你生氣啊。

Feifei: Not really, Neil — apart from Fred.

菲菲：並不是這樣的，尼爾，除了弗雷德。

Neil: Are you saying my goat gets your goat?

尼爾：你是說我的山羊惹惱你了嗎？

Feifei: Yes! Your goat really gets my goat!

菲菲：對！你的山羊讓我非常生氣！

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重點講解：
1. in that case 那樣的話；在那種情況下；
例句：In that case, I have no more to say.
要是那樣，我就沒什麼可說的了。
2. It seems to sb. 某人覺得……；
例句：It seems to my grandfather that my father is still a child.
在我祖父看來，我爸爸仍然是個小孩。
3. apart from 除了…外（別無）；
例句：Apart from a slihgt error, the answer is correct.
除了一點兒小錯，答案是正確的。