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本文選自Kyle XY 《神奇凱爾》，Nicole嘗試用菊花茶幫助Kyle入睡，Kyle的奇異舉動引起了Josh的興趣。
Nicole: Chamomile always does the trick for me. It's very soothing. It's gonna help you sleep.
Josh: Tastes like horse pee.
Nicole: Josh...
Josh: It does.
Kyle: What does horse pee taste like?
Josh: How would I know?
Kyle: You just said ...
Nicole: It's an expression. A rude one ... Here, Kyle, try the tea. It's hot though...be careful.
Nicole: No, not the teabag. The water ... you drink the tea.
Josh: Alien...
Nicole: What are you doing?
Josh: “Eats teabag” I'm keeping a list. What makes Kyle an alien.
Nicole: It's good?
Kyle: It's good.
重點講解：
1.chamomile 蘋果菊，春黃菊，甘菊
2.soothing 讓人感到安慰的，暖和的
例如：a soothing voice 讓人感到安慰的嗓音
3. pee=urinate, urine vi. 撒尿，尿尿
例如：I need to pee. 我要撒尿。
4. do the trick for sb. 奏效，起作用，達到目的
例如：A bit more flour should do the trick. 再加點面粉會管用的。
5. It's an expression. 這是一種表達方式。對話中Josh說菊花茶喝起來味道像馬尿，這只是一種表達方式，意思是說這種茶味道不好，而不是字面的意思。相當于figure of speech的意思，是一種修辭方式，例如：I didn't really mean she was in outer space, it's just a figure of speech. 我不是說她真在外層空間，這只是打個比方。
