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One Rotten Apple Spoils the Barrel |
一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥 |
對話
Scott：I need to find another place to live in.
史考特：我需要另外找地方住。
Paul：I thought you loved living in the dorms.保羅：我還以為你喜歡住宿舍呢。
Scott：I did, but now we have to sign in and out all the time.
史考特：我喜歡啊，但現在我們進出都得簽名。
Paul：What happened?
保羅：發生了什麼事？
Scott：A guy in our building had a couple of his friends living in his room. They were there for five months.
史考特：我們這棟樓有位老兄讓他一票朋友住在他房間。他們一待就是5個月。
Paul：Now you're all having to pay the price.
保羅：現在你們全都必須付出代價了。
Scott：It just goes to show that one rotten apple spoils the barrel. Now we all have to carry a pass and sign in every evening.
史考特：這證明了一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。現在我們每晚都必須帶通行證還要簽到。
延伸學習
One rotten apple spoils the barrel.
一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。
Rotten是形容詞，表「腐爛的」，通常指食物或木頭。
例：The wood was rotten. （這塊木頭爛掉了。）spoil是動詞，表「破壞」；barrel則是「桶子」。
pone rotten apple spoils the barrel 字面上的意思是「一顆壞掉的蘋果會讓整桶的蘋果都跟著腐爛」，也就是中文所說的「一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥」。
pay the price 付出代價
pay the price表示付出代價，為某事付出代價後加for sth。
例：Fran is now paying the price for her wrong investment.（法蘭因為她錯誤的投資而付出了代價。）
It goes to show that 這證明了
例：It just goes to show what you can do when you really try.（這證明了你真的去試一試就可以知道你能做什麼了。）
pass 通行證
例：There is no admittance without a pass.（沒有通行證就不能進入。）
admittance n. 進入
sign in 簽到
例：They signed in at the reception desk.（他們在接待處簽到。）
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