英语口语:PigsMightFly太阳从西边出来了

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   Pigs Might Fly 太阳从西边出来了

   Have you ever seen a pig fly?

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   Neil: Welcome to another Real English programme from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil and with me today is Yang Li.

   Yang Li: 大家好,在今天的地道英语节目中我们一起学习成语,是吗 Neil?

   Neil: Yes we are, and that idiom is – pigs… might… fly. Pigs might fly.

   Yang Li: 字面意思是说猪可能会飞。可是我就不明白了,猪压根儿不会飞,那这儿为什么说猪可能会飞呢?

   Neil: Well, that’s exactly it Yang Li, pigs don’t fly. So we say ‘pigs might fly’ when there is no chance of something happening at all.

   Yang Li: Ah 我明白了。在英语里,当我们想表达一件不可能发生的事情时,就可以用 pigs might fly 这个成语。能给我们举些例子吗?

   Neil: Of course. Say for example you’re running a marathon for the first time and you’re not a very confident runner. A friend says to you – how long do you think it will take? Four hours? You would say – and pigs might fly because you know there is no chance of that happening.

   Yang Li: 如果你不是一个非常擅长长跑的人,你决定参加马拉松,一个朋友说你在四个小时内可以跑完,这时你就可以说 pigs might fly;也就是说绝对不可能!

   Neil: Here are some more examples.

   Example

   A: I bought a lottery ticket yesterday.

   B: Just think, you could buy a new sports car.

   A: And I’d buy a house in Hawaii... and pigs might fly!

   A: Look... Brad Pitt…he is just gorgeous.

   B: Why can’t a man like that ask us on a date?

   A: Yeah pigs might fly!

   Yang Li: Neil 其实汉语里我们也有一个相似的表达,太阳从西边出来了!因为太阳永远不会从西边出来!

   Neil: Ah interesting. I am enjoying learning Chinese, you know?

   Yang Li: But how is it going? Are you fluent yet?

   Neil: Ha, pigs might fly! Anyway, that’s today’s idiom – pigs might fly.



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