點滴英語天天學第238期:雅思詞彙(75)

1. 詞彙：a fly on the wall

釋義：One who is able to observe something closely but invisibly and without interfering in the situation, or a person who watches others without being noticed. （不被察覺的旁觀者，隱蔽的或不引人注意的旁觀者）

例句：I would love to be a fly on the wall in John's house when he finds out his wife bought a new car without telling him.

當約翰發現他的妻子在沒有告訴他的情況下買了一輛新車的事情時，我真想成爲約翰家的窺探者。

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at their team meetings.

我很想在他們的團隊會議上成爲一個旁觀者。

What I'd give to be a fly on the wall when Draper finds out what's happened to his precious cargo!

當德雷珀發現他珍貴的貨物出了什麼問題時，我真想成爲一個不被覺察的旁觀者。（我多麼希望能夠看到戴維斯發現他珍貴的貨物出事時的樣子啊。）

I’d love to be a fly on the wall when the committee is discussing the report I wrote!

當委員會討論我寫的報告時，我真想成爲一個不被覺察的旁觀者。

2. 詞彙：fot kicks

釋義：Only for the sake of fun, excitement, or distraction. （爲了好玩，爲了刺激，爲了分散注意力）

例句：Living in such a small, rural town, there wasn't much to do for kicks other than drive around in our car all night.

住在這樣一個小鄉村小鎮上，除了整夜開着車到處轉，沒有什麼好玩的。

There's a group of kids who go around smashing car windows for kicks.

有一羣孩子爲了尋找刺激，到處去砸車窗。

We just did it for kicks. We didn’t mean to hurt anyone.

我們只是爲了好玩，並不是有意傷害某人。

— Why did he steal the car? —— Just for kicks. He was bored.

— 他爲何去偷車？—— 只是爲了尋找刺激，他太無聊了。