茶話會第166期:教老狗新把戲
關鍵詞：You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 因循守舊者很難接受新事物。
短語釋義：
今天節目的背景音樂非常有意思。不妨來聽一下歌詞：I can't seem to do nothing right, maybe I need to change my style. 我不能好像什麼事兒都做錯，可能我需要改一改我的風格了。Been this way for a long long while, maybe there's a few things I oughta fix, can you teach an old dog new tricks. 我這樣子很久很久了，可能有些事兒我得彌補一下。最後的"Can you teach an old dog new tricks"先不急着來翻譯。今天呢我們就來說一說“教老狗新把戲”。我們來看到今天的圖片，一隻狗在玩電腦，旁邊兩個人在談論：I was wrong, you can teach an old dog new trick. 我錯了，其實呀你是可以教老狗新把戲的。在英語裏面有個約定俗成的表達：You can't teach an old dog new tricks，字面意思是老狗學不會新把戲，其實這句話用來比喻你很難使因循守舊的人接受新事物。所以理解了這句表達，那麼也就能理解漫畫的深層含義了。其實是說即使新循守舊，你也可以改變他的觀念。在有些場合下"you can't teach an old dog new tricks"也有“老人難以適應新事物”的意味。
情景領悟：
1. Stop trying to teach an old dog new tricks; you are just wasting time.
別想教老狗新花樣,你只是白花時間。
're never going to teach your father at the age of 79 to use a computer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, you know.
別指望教你那79歲的父親電腦了，年長的人學不會新事物。
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