美国习惯用语-第111讲:shrimp/crab
<p>美国习惯用语-第111讲:<span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>/<span word="crab">crab</span></p><p>不管是英文还是中文，人们往往用动物的名称来形容人，例如骂人的时候说某人像猪，像狗，或者赞扬某人鹤立鸡群等。美国人有时把人形容为像一只虾。虾在英文里就是："<span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>"。</p><p>大约八百年前，<span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>这个字首先是用来指那些个子矮小的人。后来人们才把虾称为<span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>。但是，现在人们还是经常叫个子矮小的人<span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>。我们来举一个有关体育的例子：</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="Basketball">Basketball</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="tall">tall</span> <span word="people">people</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="player">player</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Mugsy">Mugsy</span> <span word="Bogues">Bogues</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="along">along</span>. <span word="Mugsy">Mugsy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>--<span word="only">only</span> 1.6 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="tall">tall</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="he">he</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="quick">quick</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="clever">clever</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="equal">equal</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="giants">giants</span>."</p><p>这句话的意思是："篮球是适合个子高的人打的球。可是偶然也会出现像马格西博格这样个子矮小的球员。马格西博格体格实在是矮小，身高只有一米六。但是他机智灵活，和那些个子高大的球员一样地打球。"</p><p>下面我们来举一个有关政客的例子：</p><p>例句-2: "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="Napoleon">Napoleon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="shorter">shorter</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="everybody">everybody</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="him">him</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="you">you</span>\'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shrimp">shrimp</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="tremble">tremble</span>."</p><p>这句话的中文意思是："法国伟大的领导人拿破比他周围的人都矮，所以你可以说他像只小虾。但是作为一只小虾，他却震憾了整个欧洲。"</p>
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