For crying out loud!!

Cry 解作哭泣或狂呼，相信不用多說。不過，Cry 也可組成不同的俗語，今天我們就和大家介紹Crying it Loud的用法：

For crying out loud ：是不耐煩地、或者是厭煩地表示驚訝。我們要舉的例子是一個怒氣沖衝的爸爸在跟他兒子説話：

例(1)：For crying out loud, son! When are you going to do what I've told you and clean up your room! I just looked in there again and it's so messy I had to look twice to make sure your bed was still there under all that junk.

爸爸説：啊呀，我的兒子呀！ 你到底何時才聽我說，把你的房間打掃乾淨！我剛才去看，你的房間真是亂成一團，連你的床都看不到，都給那些亂七八糟的東西給埋在下面了！

這些俗語或多或少反映不同地方的文化和常見現象：房間太臟、太亂、不打掃房間，是許多美國的青少年都存在的問題，也是他們和家長經常發生矛盾的一個起因。可能是由於美國是一個物質豐富的社會(過度借貸，買左先講？)，中産人士一般都不斷地買東西，因此每個人的衣服、用品越來越多。到了一定時間總得清理一下，送掉一些才能保持整潔。不過，十幾歲的孩子總是不太善於做這些事的。

再多看一個例子：

不只是香港，很多美國大學生都住在宿舍的二人或三人房間。但也有些同學會在校外合租一單位，每人一個臥室，但是客廳、廚房等合用。當然，每個人的性格和習慣都不同，因此矛盾是難免的。下面就是一個學生正準備去打網球，發現他的網球拍給他的同住的同學拿走了。他火冒三丈地説：

例句-2: For crying out loud! Jack took my tennis racket again. How many times have I told him I don't mind letting him use it, but he at least has to ask first in case I need it myself!

我的天呀！Jack又把我的網球拍拿走了。我己跟他説了無數次，我不是介意，但是他至少得問我一聲，萬一我自己要用怎麼辦？

未得別人同意就隨便拿人家東西用的壞習慣可不是美國特有的，筆者在大學就遇過不少內地生是這樣子了。雖然，大多數人都討厭這種沒有禮貌的行為。

英文 和 馬騮

猴子也算是人類的近親了。它們看到人們做什麼，都能學得似模似樣，而英文當中自然少不了猴子！

1. Get one's monkey up

"To get one's monkey up" 又作 "to put one's monkey up"，意思是發怒，生氣。例如：
She gets her monkey up if you tell her she is wrong.（如果你说她错了，她会火冒三丈。）

2. I will be a monkey's uncle.

"I will be a monkey's uncle." 在俚語中表示驚訝。在它的前面常可見感嘆詞"Well"。例如：
He really left his wife? Well, I will be a monkey's uncle.（他真的丢下他的妻子？哎呀，我怎麼不知道呢。）

3. Has a monkey on one's back

"To has a monkey on one's back" 在美國俚語中指"染上毒癮"（to have drug addiction）。例如：
Even the little boy has a monkey on his back.（甚至這小男孩也染上了毒癮。）

4. Monkey business

"Monkey business" 也可以称为"funny business "，指"不正大光明 / 不正当的行为"(tricks or unlawful or unfair activities)。例如：
They suspected monkey business at the polls.（他們怀疑投票处有舞弊行为。）

5. Not give a monkey's fart

"Not give a monkey's fart" 又作 "not give/care a damn"，意思是"对某人某事不在乎"。例如：
I don't give a monkey's fart about what they think.（至于他們怎麼考虑，我一点也不在乎。）

6. Play the monkey

"To play the monkey" 又作"to play the fool"或"to play the goat"，意思是"出洋相，做傻事"。例如：Be serious! Don't play the monkey.（正经点！别出洋相。）

聽歌學英文 - Fly me to the moon

Fly me to the moon可算是經典名曲，最初這首歌是1954年由Kaye Ballard錄音，當時是以In Other Words之名推出。後來Portia Nelson也翻唱了這首歌，而「Fly Me to the Moon」這個名字則是Johnny Mathis在1956年推出專輯之時出現的。這首歌被不少歌手翻唱過，當中包括黎明(收錄於《北京站》專輯)、鍾嘉欣(《My Love Story》專輯)、宇多田光、茱莉倫敦(Julie London)等。

今次讓大家聽聽Julie London演繹的版本：

歌詞：

Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On a-Jupiter and Mars

In other words, hold my hand

In other words, baby, kiss me

Fill my heart with song

And let me sing for ever more

You are all I long for

All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true

In other words, I love you

Fill my heart with song

Let me sing for ever more

You are all I long for

All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true

In other words, in other words

I love ... you

部分生字 / 詞語組合：

(有否留意大部分生字大家都認識呢？)

• Worship - 崇拜(指神)
• Adore - 崇拜(指人) - 當然可以有如歌詞般兩者皆用，但程度就顯得非常誇張了。
• In other words - 換句話說
• Long for - 盼望、期待己久

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我非你杯茶…也可盡情地喝吧??

今次不是聽歌學英文，但筆者還有印象，六年前在卡拉OK(當時還有加州紅)挑戰陳奕迅《浮誇》一曲，走音就不在話下，不過當中有句歌詞：「我非你杯茶…也可盡情地喝吧」，當年就不是很多同學都明白，只是在關注那音域有多闊…

另外，網絡名人腦魔二世曾公開追求紫妹，但遭紫妹斷言拒絕，更於某日對腦魔說：「你唔係我杯茶」。(這裡....是高登嗎？)

其實上述兩句均是來自英文當中：「You are not my cup of tea」，是用來拒絕追求者的。不過，翻譯到中文之後，有不少人除了用來拒絕追求者外，還於其他自己不感意慾嘗試的，都用上「這杯茶」。既然懂得在中文當中使用，那麼在日常英文溝通理論上也用得上吧，不過請記得這句話只在日常場合使用，官方場合的英文則不要用這句了！

除此之外，其實不少港式中文都受到英文影響，除了港式英文外，還有港式中文的！

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 6 - A Cancelled Meeting

有時在公司，如果事前準備得辛辛苦苦，結果會議卻取消了，有否試過？

'George, could you do me a favour?'
'Yes, sure.'
'Show Mr Frascatti to the conference room, would you? The meeting’s due to start soon.'
'No. Haven't you heard? It's off; the manager's cancelled it because he wants to sort out advertising displays himself.' 'What? They' ve cancelled a major meeting, just because the boss wants to see to the advertising for a change? I don't know what to make of this company. Well, I'd better go and explain things to Mr Frascatti. But goodness knows what he will think of this.'

• Be off (!)- If you cancel something which has been arranged you say it is off e. g. ‘Saturday's match is off — there's been too much rain.’
• Sort out(N1,N2,P1) - If you arrange things in order, or organise them in some way you sort them out.
• Make of(N2,P2) - This is usually used in interrogative or negative sentences e. g. ‘What do you make of this? I can't make anything of it at all.’
• Think of(N2,P2) - If Mr Frascatti were not impressed he would say ‘I don't think much of how you handle things here,’ or ‘I don't think much of it.’
• Show to(N1, P1) - 見On the plane
• See to(N2,P2) - 見In the Morning

N1 － 動詞與介詞可以分開 ／ 和物體名詞(Object Noun)或名詞詞組(Noun phrases)同用

N2 － 動詞與介詞不分開 ／ 和物體名詞(Object Noun)或名詞詞組(Noun phrases)同用

P1 － 動詞與介詞可以分開 ／ 和物件代名詞(Object pronoun)同用

P2 － 動詞與介詞不分開 ／ 和物件代名詞(Object pronoun)同用

G - 動名詞(Gerund)跟隨使用

! - 動詞與介詞不分開, 沒有直接的物件

提提你：不知道大家在英文科開始作文了嗎？很多時候考試的A級文章都不一定用上非常深奧的詞語，反而懂得使用簡單的動詞和前置詞作適當配搭，才能吸引老師。

Phrasal Verbs(片語) 5 - Running

有試過馬拉松嗎？今次主角跑得不夠快，但他又不想放棄…

He was running as hard as he could, but he realised that he was not strong enough to be a good marathon runner. In the distance he could just make out the shapes of the leading runners, getting further ahead every minute. 'You'll have to speed up if you're going to catch them,’ he thought to himself. 'Just go on, just keep going.' With every pace he could feel himself running out of stamina; he could hardly see the leaders now, and he could no longer think of winning. But he would not give up without a fight.

這次文章中部分出現的片語：

• Make out(N1 N2 P1) - On a cloudy day it is difficult to make things out in the distance.
• Go on(! G)- We decided to go on in spite of the rain.
• Run out of(N2,P2) - You run out of strength, stamina, or ideas.
• Run out(!) - When you have no more idea, you have run out.
• Think of(P2,G) - The runner cannot think of winning
• Give up(!) - The runner will not give up, he will go on to the end.
• Speed up(N1,N2,P1,!) - You'll have to speed up if you're going to catch them.(另見On the Plane)

N1 － 動詞與介詞可以分開 ／ 和物體名詞(Object Noun)或名詞詞組(Noun phrases)同用

N2 － 動詞與介詞不分開 ／ 和物體名詞(Object Noun)或名詞詞組(Noun phrases)同用

P1 － 動詞與介詞可以分開 ／ 和物件代名詞(Object pronoun)同用

P2 － 動詞與介詞不分開 ／ 和物件代名詞(Object pronoun)同用

G - 動名詞(Gerund)跟隨使用

! - 動詞與介詞不分開, 沒有直接的物件

日後還有其他相關的網誌教學，請記得密切留意！

聽歌學英文 - Feist - Mushaboom

今次是一首很輕快的音樂，不過同樣是來自加拿大 - Feist - Mushaboom。歌曲於2004年以單曲形式推出，"Mushaboom"這個名字則來自加拿大一小城。

歌詞：

Helping the kids out of their coats
But wait the babies haven't been born oh
Unpacking the bags and setting up
And planting lilacs and buttercups oh

But in the meantime we've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay

Old dirt road,
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
knee deep snow
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Watching the fire as we grow
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
o-o-o-o-old

I got a man to stick it out
And make a home from a rented house oh
And we'll collect the moments one by one
I guess that's how the future's done oh

How many acres, how much light
Tucked in the woods and out of sight
Talk to the neighbours and tip my cap
On a little road barely on the map

Old dirt road,
mushaboom, mushaboom)
knee deep snow
mushaboom, mushaboom)
Watching the fire as we grow,
mushaboom, mushaboom)
o-o-o-o-old
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Old dirt road rambling rose
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Watching the fire as we grow
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Well I'm Soldddddddddddddddd

部分生字 / 詞語組合：(這次真的不算太多...)

• Barely - 勉強 / 僅
• Rented house - Rent 可指租金或租借，Rented house則指租回來的屋 / 單位。
• Meantime - 同時
• Arces - 畝(土地單位)

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