你可以天天说英语－Cast Pearls before Swine

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对 话

Tina：I can't believe you took me to that dance
performance. It was terrible.

蒂娜：真不敢相信你竟然会带我去看那场舞蹈表演。难看死了。

Dave：Are you serious? That dance has been
described as brilliant. Beautiful.　A masterpiece.

戴夫：你是认真的吗？大家都说那出舞作非常出色、优美，堪称经典耶。

Tina：You forgot one more description:
boring.

蒂娜：你忘了还有一个形容词：无聊。

Dave：I guess I was casting pearls before swine.
You just don't appreciate good performance.

戴夫：我想我一定是在对牛弹琴吧。你根本不懂得欣赏有水准的表演。

Tina：Yes, I do!

蒂娜：我当然懂！

Dave：Oh, yeah? Like what?

戴夫：噢，是吗？像是什么？

Tina：Well... I thought that the thing on TV with
the cat jumping into the car was pretty good.

蒂娜：嗯?我觉得电视上那个有只猫跳进一部车的玩意儿蛮不赖的。

Dave：That was just a commercial!

戴夫：拜托，那只是支广告！

Tina：I thought it was brilliant. Beautiful. A
masterpiece.

蒂娜：我觉得它非常出色、优美，堪称经典之作。

[多学一点点]

★Performance n. 表演

★describe A as B 将 A 描述作 B

例：The chef's new dish has been described
as　the taste from heaven?（这名厨师的新菜式被喻为"天堂的滋味"。）