大家都知道謠言傳播的速度是飛快的。有句話說(shuō),謠言已經(jīng)走了半個(gè)地球,而事實(shí)還剛剛在穿鞋。人們坐在一起閑聊,天南地北,說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短的,傳播流言菲語(yǔ),這是很普遍的一種活動(dòng)。美國(guó)有好多成語(yǔ)和俗語(yǔ)是形容這一方面的。例如to shoot the breeze。To shoot就是發(fā)射、開槍、發(fā)炮等,breeze就是陣陣微風(fēng)。To shoot the breeze這個(gè)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)使人腦子里出現(xiàn)了一幅畫面,也就是:一些好朋友沒事聚在一起閑聊天,毫無(wú)顧忌地想說(shuō)什么就說(shuō)什么。下面我們來(lái)聽聽一個(gè)大學(xué)生說(shuō)他昨晚在干什么:
"On Friday nights I usually go to a movie. But it was raining so hard last night I just stayed in the dorm to sit around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends."
這個(gè)大學(xué)生說(shuō):“一般來(lái)說(shuō),星期五晚上我總是去看電影的??墒?昨晚上雨下得好大呀,所以我就呆在宿舍里和兩個(gè)朋友一起聊天。”
下面這個(gè)人說(shuō)出了為什么他喜歡shooting the breeze。他的話恐怕也說(shuō)出了一般人心里的想法:
"One thing I enjoy about shooting the breeze -- you can relax and say anything you want to. You're among friends and nobody takes things seriously."
這個(gè)人說(shuō):“我很喜歡聊天,因?yàn)槟憧梢院芊潘?,想說(shuō)什么都行。你是和朋友在一起,沒有人會(huì)很認(rèn)真的?!?BR> as crooked as a dog's hind leg
[美俚]極不老實(shí)的, 極不正直的
"On Friday nights I usually go to a movie. But it was raining so hard last night I just stayed in the dorm to sit around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends."
這個(gè)大學(xué)生說(shuō):“一般來(lái)說(shuō),星期五晚上我總是去看電影的??墒?昨晚上雨下得好大呀,所以我就呆在宿舍里和兩個(gè)朋友一起聊天。”
下面這個(gè)人說(shuō)出了為什么他喜歡shooting the breeze。他的話恐怕也說(shuō)出了一般人心里的想法:
"One thing I enjoy about shooting the breeze -- you can relax and say anything you want to. You're among friends and nobody takes things seriously."
這個(gè)人說(shuō):“我很喜歡聊天,因?yàn)槟憧梢院芊潘?,想說(shuō)什么都行。你是和朋友在一起,沒有人會(huì)很認(rèn)真的?!?BR> as crooked as a dog's hind leg
[美俚]極不老實(shí)的, 極不正直的

