一分鐘英語 第18期:Hear A Pin Drop!

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If you have heard American English or watched an American TV show, you probably have heard this:" Hear a pin drop."

如果你聽過美式英語或者看過美國電視，你可能聽到過“Hear a pin drop（異常安靜）”。

What does this phrase mean?

這個短語是什麼意思呢？

Let's see whether we can find out by listening to an American English conversation.

下面來聽聽一個美式對話，看看我們能否找到該短語所要表達的意思。

A: I can't believe he said that. And then the room was so quite. Nobody said a word.

A：我不能相信他所說的。之後房間變得很安靜。沒有人說話。

B: Really?

A: Yeah, I mean it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

B：真的？

A：是呀，真是安靜的連針掉在地上都聽得見。

Pins are small and don't make noise when they fall to the floor.

針是很小的。當它們調到地上時，是不會發出很大的噪音的。

So when you say you can "hear a pin drop," it means that the room is silent.

所以當你說你可以“聽見針掉在地上的”，這意味著房間很安靜。

Usually, that's because the people are surprised or excited about something.

一般來說，是因為人們對某事感到驚訝或者興奮（地說不出話）。

And that's English in a Minute.

以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。