單字解析
1. old wives' tale n. (尤指老婦人所持的) 愚蠢的迷信, 無稽之談
例:Danny: You shouldn't wash your hair for one month after you give birth, Jenny.
Jenny: Come on. That's just an old wives' tale.
(丹尼:珍妮,妳生產後一個月內都不可以洗頭。)
(珍妮:得了吧。那只是無稽之談罷了。)
2. hurt vt. & vi. (使) 疼痛  
動詞三態均為hurt。
例:Maggie hurt her feet by wearing high heels all day.
(美琪穿了一整天的高跟鞋腳都痛了。)
Putting acupuncture needles in your body doesn't hurt.
(將針灸用的針插到你的身體裡是不會痛的。)
3. play soccer 踢足球
注意:
『play + 運動名稱』中間不能置任何冠詞 (the/a), 如: play soccer、play baseball (打棒球)、play basketball (打籃球)、play volleyball (打排球)、play badminton (打羽毛球)、play tennis (打網球) 等。
例:Billy always plays soccer with his friends on weekends.
(比利在週末時都會和朋友一起踢足球。)
4. spicy a. 辛辣的; 加有香料的   
例:Indian food is very spicy.
(印度料理非常辛辣。)
5. irritate vt. 刺激, 使疼痛
例:You'd better clean that wound before it gets infected.
(你最好在傷口感染前清理一下。)
6. wound n. 傷 (口)  
例:Steve likes to wear weird clothes.
(史提夫喜歡穿著奇裝異服。)
Tom may not be very smart but he isn't dumb, either.
(湯姆也許不是很聰明,但他也不笨。)
*dumb a. 笨的
7. weird a. 怪異的
例:Steve likes to wear weird clothes.
(史提夫喜歡穿著奇裝異服。)
Tom may not be very smart but he isn't dumb, either.
(湯姆也許不是很聰明,但他也不笨。)
*dumb a. 笨的
8. believe in... 相信……的真實性; 信仰……
例:I don't believe in feng shui.
(我不相信風水。)
*feng shui是風水的羅馬拼音詞, 相當於英文的geomancy n.
Mr. Lin is a Christian; he believes in Jesus.
(林先生是基督徒,他信仰耶穌。)
9. Or I'll never hear the end of it. 否則我的耳根就別想清淨。
= Or people will never stop teasing me about it.
*tease vt. 取笑, 揶揄

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