每年的 3 月 3 日是聯合國大會（United Nations General Assembly）設立的 「世界野生動植物日 World Wildlife Day」，它旨在提高人們對野生動植物的認識。你喜歡動物嗎？英語裡有不少包含動物名稱的片語、習語。這些片語通常利用自然界裡動物的習性來映射人類生活中的場景。比如：用 「the lion’s share 獅子的份額」 表示 「最大的份額」。做下面六道題，考考自己對此類片語的理解。
1. If Jane gets 75% of the cake, and John gets 25%, you can say ______.
a) Jane got the lion’s share
b) John got the lion’s share
c) Jane got the tiger’s share
d) John got the tiger’s share
2. If there is a big problem which is very important but nobody wants to talk about it, we can say that there is: ______.
a) an octopus around the light
b) an elephant in the room
c) a tiger under the bed
d) a zebra in the kitchen
3. This idiom means you are going to pay very close attention to someone’s behaviour.
a) to watch like a tiger
b) to watch like a lion
c) to watch like a shark
d) to watch like a hawk
4. Someone bad who is pretending to be good can be described as ______.
a) a tiger in a clown’s hat
b) a wolf in sheep’s clothing
c) a scorpion in a jacket
d) a wasp in a bee’s coat
5. Without my glasses, I can’t see anything. I’m ______.
a) as blind as a mole
b) as short-sighted as a zebra
c) as blind as a bat
d) as short-sighted as a snake
6. Someone who is very clumsy is like ______.
a) a lion in kindergarten
b) a fish in a barrel
c) a rabbit in headlights
d) a bull in a china shop
答案
1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d.
