小测验 — 用包含动物名称的英语表达描述人类生活场景

陈小将

每年的 3 月 3 日是联合国大会（United Nations General Assembly）设立的 “世界野生动植物日 World Wildlife Day”，它旨在提高人们对野生动植物的认识。你喜欢动物吗？英语里有不少包含动物名称的短语、习语。这些短语通常利用自然界里动物的习性来映射人类生活中的场景。比如：用 “the lion’s share 狮子的份额” 表示 “最大的份额”。做下面六道题，考考自己对此类短语的理解。
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.