Subject: A cat look at a king.

迷你對(duì)話

A: Franklin was not mystery. He could, seize the opportunity.

富蘭克林并不是神奇人物。他只是能抓住機(jī)會(huì)。

B: People like you should not say so.

像你這樣的人不應(yīng)該這樣說(shuō)。

A: Why shouldn’t I? A cat may look at a king.

我為什么不能說(shuō)？人人都可以發(fā)表自己的意見(jiàn)。

地道表達(dá)

A cat may look at a king.

1. 解詞釋義

A cat may look at a king.的字面意思是“貓也可以看國(guó)王。”，比喻為“人人都平等。”即為：無(wú)名小卒也可以評(píng)論大人物。不要因?yàn)閯e人的資格不夠老或經(jīng)驗(yàn)不多，就不讓別人發(fā)表自己的看法和意見(jiàn)。

2 拓展例句

e.g. A cat may look at a king. I did but take a shot of the eye at Master Matcham.

貓兒也可以對(duì)皇帝看上一眼吶。我對(duì)麥青少爺也不過(guò)是瞧上那么一眼罷了。

e.g. When the lady asked the boy what he was staring at so rudely, he remarked, " You, of course! A cat may look at a king, mayn't he?"

當(dāng)這位太太責(zé)問(wèn)那個(gè)小男孩無(wú)禮地盯著看什么時(shí)，小孩說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然看你啰！貓還能看國(guó)王呢，是嘛？”