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The Apple Doesn' t Fall Far from the Tree |
有其父必有其子 |
對話
Jennifer：Did you see the paper this morning?
珍妮佛：妳今天早上看過報紙了嗎？
Lulu：No, I didn’t. Anything interesting happened?
露露：沒有耶。發生了什麼有趣的事嗎？
Jennifer：Yeah! Mark Yao was arrested last night for robbing a bank.
珍妮佛：有啊！姚馬克昨晚因為搶銀行被逮捕了。
Lulu：I knew something like this would happen one day.
露露：我就知道這樣的事總有一天會發生。
Jennifer：Why?
珍妮佛：為什麼？
Lulu：He's always causing trouble. After all, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
露露：他老是惹麻煩。畢竟，有其父必有其子。
Jennifer：What?
珍妮佛：什麼？
Lulu：Mark's father has been in and out of jail for years. Mark's just like him.
露露：馬克的爸爸多年來常常進出監獄。馬克就跟他一個樣。
延伸學習
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
有其父必有其子
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”的意思是「蘋果落地，離樹不遠」、「有其父必有其子」，尤指「上樑不正下樑歪」。類似用法還有：a chip off the old block、Like father, like son.
bark up the wrong tree
找錯對象
bark是狗吠的意思，bark up the wrong tree是指找錯對象。例如：阿雄不見了1000元，氣沖沖地跑去找小吳理論，但錢不是小吳偷的，小吳就可以說： I didn’t steal yourmoney. You’re barking up the wrong tree.（我沒有偷你的錢。你錯怪我了。）
rob 搶劫
rob是搶劫的意思，rob sb of sth表示搶劫某人的某物。例：The bad guy robbed the old woman of her bag.（這個壞人搶走了老婦人的包包。）
be put in jail 被關進監獄
jail為監獄，be put in jail 表示被關進監獄。例：John was put in jail for robbing the bank.（約翰因為搶劫銀行被關進了大牢。）
明天課文
Drop Somebody/Something like a Hot Potato甩掉燙手山芋
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