8.I know you were only playing possum.
我知道你只是在裝傻。
此語中的possum是“負鼠”,據說這種動物在遇到危險時會裝死,play possum 就是“像負鼠那樣裝死”,與漢語的“裝傻”可謂形合意切。
如:I know you were only playing possum. After all, it's unwise to anger the moniter. You've done right.
我知道你只是在裝傻。不管怎么說,得罪班長也很不明智。你做的對。