[資訊] 風水輪流轉；十年河東，十年河西。

看板Eng-Class (英文板)作者uefang (雲飛(想出去玩))時間15年前 (2009/07/19 15:41)推噓4(4推 0噓 2→)

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Take by http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=204250 風水輪流轉；十年河東，十年河西。 2009/07/19 Every dog has his day. 【聯合報╱執筆／台科大應用外語系助理教授黃玟君】這句諺語直譯就是「每隻狗都有好運的一天」，has one's day就是「某人得意的一天」，因此這句話是說「每個人都有成功的機會」。此話通常用在鼓勵人「別灰心，儘管現在不得志，將來總有輪到你成功的一天」，例如：Don't despair. Be patient. Remember every dog has his day! （別絕望。要有耐心，別忘了風水會輪流轉）。這句話也可用在形容某人雖然不是那麼好，卻在因緣際會下有了好運，例如一個其貌不揚、各方面都平庸的男生，最後終於抱得美人歸，這時你便可以說： Well, every dog has his day! 要注意的是，這句諺語中雖然用到dog這個字，但沒有貶意，非「小人得志」之意，因此可以用在鼓勵身邊的人，要大家儘管一時喪志，還是要努力奮鬥，因為總有一天好運會降到自己頭上。實用對話Conversation A: I heard that Jack is making a fortune these days, and that he just purchased a new car and moved into the Debao. B: No kidding? Didn't he use to borrow money from you? A: Yep. I remember back when he used to sell umbrellas during that big drought and hot pots during that warm winter we had a couple of years back. B: Yeah. I remember that he used to lose money in all of his ventures. A: I never thought I'd see the day when he would be raking in the dough! B: Yeah, I guess every dog has his day. A: 聽說阿傑最近發了耶，剛剛買新車、搬進去「帝寶」說。 B: 真的喔？他以前不是還向你借過錢？ A: 是啊，還記得幾年前，他賣雨傘時遇到大旱災，賣火鍋時又遇上大暖冬。 B: 對啊，我記得他那時投資什麼就垮什麼。 A: 沒想到他竟然也有發達的一天啊！ B: 嗯，真是風水輪流轉啊。字彙Vocabulary fortune (n.) 財富 purchase (v.) 購買 kid (v.) 開玩笑 used to V 曾經…；以前會… umbrella (n.) 雨傘 drought (n.) 旱災 hot pot 火鍋 venture (n.) 冒險活動；投機事業 rake in the dough （口語）賺大錢 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 123.110.210.232