A Bad Taste in My Mouth-英语听力

[00:00.10]Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories.
现在是voa特别英语栏目词汇典故 [00:16.48]People use their mouths for many things.
人们用嘴做许多事 [00:21.29]They eat, talk, shout and sing.
他们吃饭，讲话，喊叫，唱歌 [00:25.42]They smile and they kiss.
他们微笑，亲吻 [00:27.65]In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth."
在英语中有许多使用嘴这个字的表达方式 [00:34.03]But some of them are not so nice.
但其中有些不那么友善 [00:37.04]For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not badmouth me!"
比如说，如果你说某人的坏话，那么这个人可能用“不要用你的脏嘴玷污我”来还击 [00:46.74]Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.
有时，人们会对朋友和家庭成员说一些伤人的，他们日后会后悔的话 [00:56.69]Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell.
或者告诉他们一些自己本不想说的话 [01:02.68]The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time."
那个说这话的人可能就说“我这次慎言无悔” [01:07.66]If this should happen, the speaker might feel "down in the mouth."
如果这发生了，那么那个说话的人就会垂头丧气 [01:13.93]In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
换句话说，他会因为说了这个错事而觉得难过。 [01:20.30]Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something.
另一个情况是某人错误地宣称另一个人说了某事 [01:27.73]The other person might protest "I did not say that.
另一个人就可能这样回击：我没这样说过 [01:32.36]Do not put words in my mouth!"
别把这话硬塞到我嘴里！ [01:35.17]Information is often spread through "word of mouth."
信息的传播经常依靠口头宣传 [01:41.12]This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other.
这是一个人们之间的常见沟通方式，就像朋友之间的对话 [01:47.49]"How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask.
“你听说过这部电影吗”，某人可能问 [01:52.34]"Oh, by ‘word of mouth.'"
“哦，听别人讲过” [01:54.93]A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece.
另外一个正式的信息获取方式是通过公司或者政府的代言人 [02:03.65]This is an official spokesperson.
这就是官方发言人 [02:06.79]Government-run media could also be called "a mouthpiece."
政务媒体也被称为政府的“喉舌” [02:13.42]Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say.
有时一个正在讲话的人会讲他的朋友将要讲的相同的事 [02:23.40]When this happens, the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth!"
当这一情况发生时，那个朋友可能会讲“你抢走了我要讲的话！” [02:31.57]Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person.
有时一个人因另一个人有着不好的经历 [02:39.29]He might say that experience "left a bad taste in my mouth."
他可能会说这个经历“给我留下了坏印象” [02:45.58]Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog.
或者一个人有着非常可怕的经历，就像是被一个愤怒的狗追 [02:56.08]He might say "I had my heart in my mouth."
他可能说“我的心都提到了嗓子眼” [03:00.95]Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family.
有的拥有许多钱的人因为出身在富裕家庭 [03:10.39]There is an expression for this, too.
我们对这种人也有一个表达方式 [03:14.95]You might say such a person was "born with a silver spoon in his mouth."
你可以说他“含着金汤匙出生的” [03:21.11]This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives "from hand to mouth."
和富人相反的就是“仅能糊口的人” [03:30.43]This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life --
这种人非常贫穷，贫穷到只有钱购买生活必需品 [03:39.68]like food.
比如说食物 [03:40.96]Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.
父母有时会扣留孩子嘴里的甜食作为他们做了错事的惩罚 [03:51.89]For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as "a mouthy child."
比如，如果一个孩子说了他不应该对父母说的话，她就会被描述成一个“口无遮拦”的人 [04:03.82]The parents might even tell the child to "stop mouthing off."
父母可能会对那个孩子说“闭上你的嘴” [04:10.04]But enough of all this talk.
但这个话题已经够了 [04:13.23]I have been running my mouth long enough.
我的嘴这么久一直没停 [04:18.12]Words and Their Stories, in VOA Special English, was written by Jill Moss.
词汇典故，voa特别英语，由吉尔莫斯所著 [04:35.70]I'm Faith Lapidus.
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