迷你對話學地道口語第815期:置若罔聞

Subject：Your turned a deaf ear.

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第一，迷你對話

A: The tickets have been sold out.

票已經全部售完。

B: I had told you to make good preparation in advance, but you turned a deaf ear.

我早就告訴您叫您提前準備，但是你不聽。

第二，地道表達

turn a deaf ear

1. 解詞釋義

Turn a deaf ear的字面意思爲“耳朵變聾了”，比喻爲“裝聾作啞”或“置若罔聞”，簡而言之就是指裝作沒聽見。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. If you turn a deaf ear to the masses' criticism, sooner or later you will have to pay for it.

聽不進羣衆意見, 早晚要吃苦頭的。

e.g. How could you turn a deaf ear to her requests for help?

你怎麼能對她的請求幫助置之不理 呢 ?

第三，咬文嚼字

1. be sold out：賣完

e.g. This show, too, was virtually sold out before it opened.

這場演出的門票也是幾乎在開演前就銷售一空了。

e.g. The stores are sometimes sold out of certain groceries.

有時商店裏的某些雜貨會有脫銷的現象。

2. in advance：提前

e.g. I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting

我已請每個人在會議之前提交問題。

e.g. It is a good idea to place your order well in advance.

早早就提前下單是個好主意。

3. make a good preparation：做好準備

e.g. He had made a good preparation for the final exams so he aced it.

因爲他對期末考試做好了準備，所以他考得了滿分。