聽力每日練習(xí) listen 1030 Elephant?in?the?Room

 
2--But that is not the case with this idiom. Elephant in the Room
 
1--I really don't want to go to the meeting today.
 
2--Why? Just sit there, and nod your head like I do.
 
1--But nobody is willing to talk about The elephant in the room.
 
2--What elephant?
 
1--The fact that our company has no money! Broke!
 
2--Oh, that elephant in the room. Yeah, don't bring that up.
 
1--Nobody wants to talk about that.
 
2--An elephant in the room is a problem that everyone knows about but does not want to talk about.
 
1--It also refers to a truth everyone knows but ignores.
 
2--A problem shouldn't be ignored, and neither should an elephant in a room with you!
 
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注解：
 
1.willing樂意的
2.ignores忽視
3.neither也不

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譯文：

1--大家都知道一只大象很容易就會被發(fā)現(xiàn)。
2--但這可不是我們今天習(xí)語要講的意思。Elephant in the Room
1--我真不想?yún)⒓咏裉斓臅h。
2--為什么？坐在那兒，像我一樣點(diǎn)頭就行了。
1--但是大家都不想談?wù)撨@個避諱的話題。
2--跟大象有什么關(guān)系？
1--我們公司一窮二白的事?。∥覀兤飘a(chǎn)了！
2--哦，原來說的是大家都不愿提及的意思啊。對，別提這件事。
1--沒人想談?wù)撨@種事啊。
2--避而不談之事表示大家都知道卻刻意回避的事情。
1--它也指眾所周知但卻故意忽視的事實。
2--不能逃避問題。房間里的大象同樣不能夠被無視！