地道美語怎麼說 第39課:直覺
DONNY 在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是於苗要問的：直覺。
YM:DONNY, 你知道麼？我要去參加“價格猜猜猜”節目啦!
DONNY:“價格猜猜猜”?! I know that show! You guess the price of a product, and if you get it right, you take the product home. Right?
YM:沒錯！我直覺一向很準，我去一定會贏! 對了，直覺用美語怎麼說啊？
DONNY:You can say hunch. h-u-n-c-h, hunch.
YM:那"我直覺一向很準"，就是"My hunch is always right." 對嗎？
DONNY:That's correct. Or you can use the phrase "gut feeling". It also means hunch.
YM:Gut feeling? Gut 腸子，Gut feeling腸子的感覺，就是直覺嘍!
DONNY:沒錯! For example, I have a gut feeling that I'm gonna fail my mid-term exam.
YM:Haha, but I have a hunch that you're gonna pass!
DONNY:Then I hope your hunch is right! 對了，於苗，Before you go on the show, we should practice. How much do you think my glasses cost?
YM:啊？你的眼鏡啊......你冷不妨叫我猜，我還真有些緊張。
DONNY:Don't worry. Take a wild guess!
YM:什麼叫 wild guess? 狂野的猜測？
DONNY:A wild guess means you have little evidence to support your guess.
YM:哦，take a wild guess 就是隨便瞎猜! 那可不行，瞎猜贏不了比賽! 我的猜測一定要有根據，靠點譜兒，那又該怎麼說呢？
DONNY:That would be an educated guess. “Educated” is spelled e-d-u-c-a-t-e-d.
YM:educate 是教育，an educated guess 就是根據經驗、常識作出的猜測。
DONNY:That's Right!
YM:Hmm, well, I am guessing your glasses are worth 25 dollars!
DONNY:Wow... Yumiao, you're really good at this! The correct answer is 26 dollars!
YM:Yeah! I won! I won!
DONNY:別激動了! Tell me what you've learned today!
YM:第一，直覺叫 hunch 或 gut feeling；
第二，瞎猜叫 take a wild guess；
第三，有根據的推測是 an educated guess!
