一分鐘英語 第68期:Drama Queen 小題大做

Welcome to English in a Minute!

歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》欄目！

Does this phrase have something to do with royalty? Drama Queen

這個短語和皇室有什麼關係嗎？Drama Queen.

You have drama, you have queen.

你知道戲劇，你知道女王。

Put them together, and... what could it possibly mean?

不過把他們放在一起，它會是什麼意思呢？

We have been waiting for our food for more than 30 minutes.

我們已經等我們的菜超過30分鐘了。

Okay, I'm going to be a drama queen,

好吧，我有點小題大做了，

but I don't understand what could be taking so long.

但是我不理解是什麼讓我們花了這麼長時間。

Calm down, Meryl Streep! Don't overreact!

冷靜下來，梅麗爾·斯特里普！不要反應過度！

This restaurant is always busy at lunch time.

這家飯店在午飯時間總是很忙碌，

They have a lot of other customers, you know!

他們有許多其他的顧客。你知道的！

A drama queen is a person who acts as though things are much worse than they really are.

A drama queen是指一個將事情表現得要比實際情況更糟糕的人。

Someone who is a drama queen often overreacts to a situation.

有些小題大做的人經常對一個情景反應過度。

This is not exactly a nice thing to say about someone.

用這來形容某個人不是一件很好的事情。

And that's English in a Minute!

以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。