迷你對話學地道口語第1347期:掌上明珠
第一，迷你對話
A: Why does Jim look so unhappy?
Jim 怎麼看起來不高興啊？
B: Bill borrowed his new car and crashed into a tree.
Bill 借了他的車，撞到了樹上。
A: I heard there isn't serious damage.
我聽說撞得並不嚴重。
B: No, but the new car is the apple of his eye.
是的，但是那輛新車是他的掌上明珠。
第二，地道表達
the apple of one's eye
解詞釋義
The apple of one's eye的意思是“掌上明珠”。
拓展範例
E.g. He told her that she was the apple of his eye, that she was wound around his heartstrings.
他告訴她，她是他的掌上明珠，是他的心頭肉。
E.g. The black currant trees were the apple of Joseph's eye.
這些果樹是約瑟夫的寶貝。
E.g. John regarded the gold ring left by his dead wife as the apple of his eye.
約翰把他亡妻留下的這隻金戒指視爲珍寶。
E.g. Grandfather always made the most fuss of Gillian;she was the apple of his eye.
祖父總是極其寵愛吉林恩，她是他的掌上明珠。
第三，視野拓展
crash into：闖入...... 撞到......上
E.g. Don't brake suddenly, the car behind might crash into you.
別突然剎車，後面的那輛車可能會撞着你車的。
不嚴重。
譯：There is not serious damage.
