Cat got your tongue？一言不發

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak,I』m Rob, and joining me is Feifei.

大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語，我是羅布，今天和我一起的是菲菲。

Hello.

大家好。

Bless you!Are you ok?Have you got a cold?

願上帝保佑你！你還好吧？感冒了嗎？

No, not a cold. Something』s making me sneeze.Errr... Rob, is that a cat on your lap?!

不，不是感冒。有什麼東西讓我打噴嚏了。呃…羅布，你膝蓋上那是一隻貓嗎？！

Yes. Meet Tiddles. I decided to bring him to the office because he gets lonely at home on his own… don』t you Tiddley-widdly? It』s a good idea, don』t you think?Feifei? You』ve gone all quiet – you』ve usually got something to say. Feifei?Can you speak? Cat got your tongue?

是的。來見見小不點兒吧。他自己在家太孤單了，所以我決定帶他來辦公室…是不是呀小不點兒？這可是個好主意，你覺得呢？菲菲？你太安靜了，你平時總會說些什麼的啊，菲菲？你還能說話嗎？貓咪把你的舌頭借走了嗎？

No!Your cat has not got my tongue – or anything else –I』m allergic to cats.

不！你的貓沒有借走我的舌頭，也沒有借走別的什麼東西，我對貓過敏。

Oh dear Feifei -but saying 』cat got your tongue?』 means 』you』re very quiet』 or 』you』ve got nothing to say』.

噢親愛的菲菲，但是說「貓把你的舌頭借走了嗎」意思是「你太安靜了」或「你一言不發」。

Really?!Well let』s hear some examples of this phrase…

是嗎？讓我們來聽聽關於這個短語的幾個例子吧…

What』s the matter?Cat got your tongue? I did say we』d use up all our money on the car!

怎麼了？你怎麼一言不發？我剛才說我們車上的錢都要用完了！

Has the cat got your tongue? You usually go on about how amazing your boyfriend is.We split up.

你怎麼一句話都不說？你通常都會嘮叨你的男朋友有多棒啊。我們分手了。

So 』cat got your tongue?』 is an informal question you might say to someone who isn』t saying much.

所以說「貓把你的舌頭借走了嗎？」是一種非正式的問題形式，你可以對那些話不多的人說這句話。

Oh I get it now. You weren』t saying much because you were too busy sneezing!

噢我現在明白啦。你忙著打噴嚏，所以說不了太多話！

No Rob. I was angry because you know I am allergic to cats –don』t you remember me saying that I can』t be in the same room as one? Rob? Rob! What』s wrong? Cat got your tongue now?

不是的羅布。我很生氣，因為你知道我對貓過敏，你不記得我說過我不能和貓待在同一個屋子裡嗎？羅布？羅布！你怎麼了？你現在啞口無言了嗎？

It appears Tiddles needed the toilet…but it』s too late now.I』m all wet!

看來小不點兒需要去廁所啊…但是現在已經晚了。我身上全濕了！

Oh Rob. You stink! I』m off.Bye.

噢羅布。你好臭啊！我走了。再見。

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