語文天地遊戲第五十八則
趣味英語之「身體諺語」

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英語有很多與我們身體不同部位或器官有關的諺語,特點是字短意長。當中更有不少英文諺語跟其字面意義相當接近,例如「Someone spoke evil of you bebind your back」跟其字面中文意思差不多,解作有人在背後說了你的壞話。只要多看多學習,靈活運用,想要掌握變化多端的英文諺語並不困難。現選錄了一些與我們身體有關的諺語,請大家試試為下列的句子找出正確的答案。

(1) I gave my friend a _______ to cry on when I met him at the coffee shop.

(2) You are an old _______ at teaching.

(3) I was soaked to the _______ after walking in the rain for only a few minutes.

(4) The sight of the dead dog on the road turned my _______.

(5) I yelled at the top of my _______ to get the man's attention.

(6) The customer is a pain in the _______ and is always complaining about something.

(7) I tried to ask the girl in my class out for a date but the words stuck in my _______ and I couldn't say a thing.

(8) You have to learn it by _______.

(a) neck  (b) hand  (c) heart  (d) lungs

(e) throat  (f) shoulder  (g) stomach  (h) skin

答案︰

(1) ________ (2) ________ (3) ________ 

(4) ________ (5) ________ (6) ________ 

(7) ________ (8) ________

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上期語文天地遊戲答案︰

(1) f (2) g (3) e (4) c

(5) b (6) d (7) h (8) a

經抽籤後,得獎者名單如下︰

1) A&R PR CA Cheng Pui-yee

2) SW CA Lai Yuet-fong

3) 財務科助理文書主任陳耀光

4) L5 L&B PR ACO Luk Siu-ha, Sandra

5) GR STDIV CA Chu Wai-lin, Rostra

6) OSSU STDIV WPC Sze Siu-har

7) FS 10E CCB WPC Law Ying

8) PSU 2 NTKDIV WSGT Cheng Pui-ling

(由警隊善用兩文三語工作小組供稿)

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