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第44講：get off on the wrong foot; put ones ...
今天我們要給大家介紹兩個(gè)由 foot 這個(gè)字組成的習(xí)慣用語。 Foot 在中文里就是敖擰鋇囊饉�。�?foot 這個(gè)字形成的俗語在英文里也不少，它們的意思有的是正面的，例如：to put one's best foot forward。這是指盡量給人一個(gè)好的印象。那么，有的人一開始就給人一個(gè)壞印象是怎么說的呢？ You should say: to get off on the wrong foot。 To get off on the wrong foot，這是指某人一開始就沒給人一個(gè)好印象，或一開始由于某種行為而把事情弄糟了。下面這句話里說的這個(gè)人就是一個(gè)例子：
"When Joe went to his new job, he got off on the wrong foot -- on the first morning he upset his new boss by arriving at the store two hours late. And right now he's out looking for a job again."
這個(gè)人說：“喬找到了一份新的工作,可是他剛開始到那家店里去上班時(shí)就給人一個(gè)壞印象。第一天上班他就晚到兩個(gè)小時(shí)，讓他的老板好不高興。現(xiàn)在他又在找工作了�！�
To get off on the wrong foot 這個(gè)俗語實(shí)際上可以適用于任何情況。下面一個(gè)例子是一個(gè)男學(xué)生在說他交女朋友的情況：
"I finally got a date with that new girl in class but I sure got off on the wrong foot with her: I had car trouble and got to her place almost two hours late."
他說：“那天我終于和班上新來的那個(gè)女同學(xué)約好了出去玩�？墒牵�(dāng)天我的車出了問題，晚了兩個(gè)小時(shí)才去接她，所以我一開頭就把事弄糟了�！�
有意無意做錯(cuò)事、說錯(cuò)話的情況是很經(jīng)常的。下面我們要講的一個(gè)俗語就是無意中說錯(cuò)了話而傷害了別人，或者叫自己很不好意思。這個(gè)俗語就是：to put your foot in your mouth。
我們來舉個(gè)例子看看什么樣的情況才 to put your foot in your mouth：
"When Sally told that silly joke about the sailor with one leg she really put her foot in her mouth. She didn't know the man across the dinner table had a brother at home in a wheelchair."
這句話翻成中文就是：“沙莉吃晚飯時(shí)說了一個(gè)笑話，拿一個(gè)只有一條腿的水手開玩笑。她可不知道坐在飯桌對面那個(gè)人的哥哥就是個(gè)殘廢，行動都得靠輪椅。”
Sally如果事后了解情況的話,她肯定會說: "Well, I certainly have put my foot in my mouth."
下面我們再來舉一個(gè)例子:
"I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I'd forgotten that his wife died six months ago."
這人說：“我昨晚在那個(gè)聚會上無意中說錯(cuò)了話。我讓布朗先生替我向他的太太問好。不知怎么回事，我忘了他太太已經(jīng)在半年前去世了。”
今天我們給大家介紹了兩個(gè)由 foot 這個(gè)字組成的習(xí)慣用語。第一個(gè)是 to get off on the wrong foot。 To get off on the wrong foot 是指一個(gè)人在做某件事的時(shí)候一開始就給人一個(gè)壞印象，或者一開
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