The english we speak(BBC教學)第53期: with a pinch of salt不完全相信

Kaz: Hi. You're listening to The English We Speak. I'm Kaz and today I'm having dinner at Li's house.

卡茲：大家好，您正在收聽我們所說的英語。我是卡茲，今天我在李的家裏吃晚餐。

Li: Hi, I'm Li and I've prepared some chocolate mousse for dessert.

李：大家好，我是李，我晚餐準備了一些巧克力慕斯。

Kaz: Oh thanks. I love chocolate mousse. Mmm, it's delicious.

卡茲：哦謝謝。我喜歡巧克力慕斯。嗯，這很美味。

Li: Good! Anyway, what was I saying? Oh yes, I don't know if I want to stay in this house. I mean, Chris thinks it's haunted and that there are ghosts here! He says he can sense their presence...

李：很好！不管怎樣，我剛纔在說什麼？哦是的，我不知道是否想帶着這個房子裏。我的意思是，克里斯覺得這個房子鬧鬼而且這裏有一些鬼！他說他能感覺到它們的存在。

Kaz: ReAlly? I can't sense anything.

卡茲：真的嗎？我感覺不到任何東西。

Li: Shhh... listen? Can you hear something?

李：噓...聽？你能聽到嗎？

Kaz: No Li, I can't hear anything - just the wind outside. If you want my advice, you should take it with a pinch of salt.

卡茲：不，李，我聽不到任何東西——只有外面的風。如果你需要我的建議，你應該不要全部相信這個。

Li: OK, I will... Yuck! That's disgusting.

李：好的，我會的...噁心！這太噁心了。

Kaz: Li, what are you doing?

卡茲：李，你在幹什麼？

Li: I just ate my chocolate mousse with a pinch of salt, as you suggested, and it's absolutely disgusting.

李：我剛剛在巧克力慕斯里加上了少量的鹽，正如你所建議的，但這完完全全令人噁心。

Kaz: Li, I was talking about what Chris said about ghosts in your house. In English, if you take something with a pinch of salt, it means you don't completely believe it.

卡茲：李，我剛纔說的是關於克里斯說的你房間裏有鬼的事。在英語中，如果你把某事加上少量的鹽，意思是你並不完全相信這件事。

Li: Really? What a weird expression. So if I take something with a pinch of salt, it means I doubt whether something is true.

李：真的嗎？真是個奇怪的表達。那麼如果我把某事加上少量的鹽，這意思是我質疑這件事是否正確。

Kaz: Yes, and sometimes Chris does exaggerate, so you shouldn't always believe everything he says.

卡茲：是的，有些時候克里斯的確擴大事實，所以你不應該總是相信他說的所有事。

Li: Let's hear some examples:

李：讓我們來聽一些例子:

Apparently they're going to sell the company and make everyone redundant.

顯然他們不會賣掉公司來讓所有人被解僱。

You should take it with a pinch of salt; it's only a rumour.

你應該別完全相信這個，這只是個流言。

The other day he told me he speaks 23 languages fluently.

那天他告訴我他會流利地說23種語言。

I take everything he says with a pinch of salt because I know he likes to exaggerate.

我並不完全相信他說的因爲我知道他喜歡誇張。

Li: Ah, right. So when Chris told me there were spirits or ghosts in my house, I should take it with a pinch of salt. Maybe he's just making it up to scare me!

李：啊，是的。所以當克里斯告訴我我的房子裏有靈魂或鬼魂，我應該不完全相信。或許他只是編造來嚇我！

Kaz: I'm sure he just said it as a joke. Do you want some more chocolate mousse - without a pinch of salt this time?

卡茲：我確定他只是當做玩笑說的。你想再來點巧克力慕斯嗎——這次是沒有鹽的？

Li: Good idea. Mmm, it does taste really nice without salt.

李：好主意。嗯，不加鹽確實嚐起來很好。

Li: What was that?

李：那是什麼？

Kaz: It's probably the wind?

卡茲：那或許是風？

Li: It's not the wind. Someone's in the house! Look, there's someone coming into the room!

李：那不是風。有人在屋子裏！看，有人正在進到房間裏！

Voice: Ooooo, Oooooooo, I'm a ghost!

聲音：嗚，嗚，我是鬼魂！

Kaz: What the...? Hang on a minute, I recognise that voice.

卡茲：什麼？等一下，我聽出這個聲音了。

Li: Chris, Chris? Is that you? Why are you covered in a white sheet?

李：克里斯，克里斯？那是你嗎？你爲什麼披着白色的牀單？

Chris: I'm a ghost that's come to haunt you... I heard you made some chocolate mousse, Li, so I came over to eat some... Ooooo...

克里斯：我是來訪問你的鬼魂...我聽說你做了一些巧克力慕斯，李，所以我來吃一些...嗚...

Li: You scared us! I really do have to take what you say and do with a pinch of salt.

李：你嚇到我們了！我真的應該不完全相信你說的和做的。

Chris: Mmm... delicious!

克里斯：嗯...好吃！

All: Bye!

一起：再見！

Li: Unbelievable!

李：難以置信！