The english we speak(BBC教學)第21期:horse face 從本人那裏聽說的

Finn: Hello, I'm Finn and we're presenting today's The English We Speak on horseback. I'm joined by…Sorry about that_ by Feifei…

芬：大家好，我是芬。今天我們所說的英語將要在馬背上爲大家呈現。和我一起的是...不好意思，菲菲...

Feifei: Hello. Yes, we're taking a horse-riding holiday in the beautiful mountains of Wales.

菲菲：大家好。是的，我們正在威爾士的美麗山坡上享受騎馬的假日。

Finn: Isn't it glorious?

芬：這難道不美妙嗎？

Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.

菲菲：太美了。遠離倫敦百米。

Finn: Eh, talking about London – you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?

芬：額，說起倫敦，你知道我們的朋友馬克，你聽說他的新聞了嗎？

Feifei: No, what happened?

菲菲：沒有，發生了什麼？

Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.

芬：對他來說是好消息。他賣了他的冰激凌外賣公司。

Feifei: Wow!

菲菲：哇！

Finn: And he made 500,000 pound.

芬：而且他賺了50萬英鎊。

Feifei: Really? That's great news. Where did you hear that?

菲菲：真的嗎？這真是極好的新聞，你從哪聽說的？

Finn: Straight from the horse's mouth.

芬：直接從他嘴裏。

Feifei: Eh – from our horse? Our horse told you about Mark?

菲菲：額，從馬的嘴裏？我們的馬告訴你馬克的事？

Finn: No, straight from the horse's mouth means...

芬：不，直接從馬嘴裏意思是...

Feifei: I know what it means, just kidding! Straight from the horse's mouth means directly from the source of the news or information – so in this case our friend Mark told Finn himself about the ice-cream business. Right, Finn?

菲菲：我知道它的意思，我在開玩笑！直接從馬的嘴裏意思是直接從新聞或信息的來源獲得。所以在這裏我們的朋友馬克自己告訴了芬關於他冰激凌公司的事。對嗎，芬？

Finn: Absolutely. Listen to these examples:

芬：當然。聽聽這些例子吧：

A: Our university is going to start teaching courses in oceanography.

A:我們學校將要開設海洋學方面的課程了。

B: Really? How do you know that?

B:真的嗎？你怎麼知道的？

A: Straight from the horse's mouth – the head of the university told me.

A:直接從馬嘴裏知道的，學校的校長告訴我了。

A: Are you sure Michael is coming tomorrow? I haven't seen him for ages.

A:你確定邁克爾明天要來嗎？我好久沒有見他了。

B: Yes, straight from the horse's mouth. He phoned me yesterday to tell me!

B:是的，直接從馬嘴裏得知的。他昨天打電話告訴我了。

Feifei: Anyway, what's Mark going to do next?

菲菲：不論如何，馬克接下來打算怎麼辦？

Finn: Apparently he's starting a new ice-cream business – with lots of crazy flavours.

芬：很明顯他要新開一個冰激凌公司，擁有超級多的瘋狂口味。

Feifei: Like what?

菲菲：比如？

Finn: Grass-flavoured ice-cream.

芬：青草味的冰激凌。

Feifei: Really?

菲菲：真的嗎？

Finn: Sure - straight from the…

芬：當然了，直接從...

Feifei: Horse's mouth! Well, I think our horse friend might enjoy grass-flavoured ice-cream, but I'm not so sure myself. Anyway do check out for more phrases.

菲菲：馬嘴裏得到！好吧，我覺得我們的馬朋友可能會喜歡青草味的冰激凌，但是我就不一定了。不管怎樣，一定要查看來獲取更多的俚語。

Finn: Bye. Giddy up.

芬：再見。駕！