迷你对话学地道口语第525期:令大吃一惊,吓一大跳

Subject: I will Throw the professor some curves.

迷你对话

A: I will state many special opinions. I will throw the professor some curves.

我将陈述许多新观点。我会让教授大吃一惊。

B: That is very exciting! How would you do?

真是令人兴奋！你怎么做呢？

地道表达

throw sb some curves

1. 解词释义

Throw sb some curves这个短语来自棒球场上，打球者以为投手会投出直球，但是眼前飞来的却是curve，意思是“让某人大吃一惊，让某人吓一跳”。其英文解释为：to confuse someone by doing something tricky or unexpected.

2. 拓展例句

e.g. When you said "house" you threw me a curve. The password was supposed to be "home."

当你说到house这个词的时候，吓了我一大跳，密码应该是home。

e.g. John threw me a curve when we were making our presentation, and I forgot my speech.

我们在做自我陈述的时候，约翰让我大吃一惊，我忘记了自己的演说。

Ps：state an opinion：陈述观点