聽(tīng)力每日練習(xí) listen 961 Barking?Up?the?Wrong?Tree

 
2--Dogs bark. But are these two friends talking about dogs, or people?
 
1--Did you hear that Sam is trying to get a raise from his supervisor?
 
2--Yes! He's "barking up the wrong tree". Only the manager can give him a raise!
 
1--"Barking up the wrong tree" means to place attention on the wrong thing.
 
2--It comes from 19th century America when people often hunted with dogs.
 
1--The dogs would hunt animals called raccoons.
 
2--They could escape up a tree, with the dog barking on the ground.
 
1--But, raccoons could also jump to other trees, leaving the dog to "bark up the wrong tree".
 
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注解：
 
1.bark吠叫 
2.supervisor管理人
3.escape逃跑

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譯文：
 
1--當(dāng)你聽(tīng)見(jiàn)這個(gè)表達(dá)時(shí)，你會(huì)想起狗。找錯(cuò)對(duì)象
2--狗叫。但是這兩人在談?wù)摴愤€是朋友?
1--你聽(tīng)說(shuō)了嗎，山姆想要從他的主管那得到晉升。
2--聽(tīng)說(shuō)了。他找錯(cuò)對(duì)象了。只有經(jīng)理可以讓他晉升。
1--找錯(cuò)對(duì)象的意思是把注意力放錯(cuò)了地方。
2--這個(gè)短語(yǔ)來(lái)源于19世紀(jì)的美國(guó)，那時(shí)人們經(jīng)常用狗打獵。
1--獵狗會(huì)捕殺一種叫浣熊的動(dòng)物。
2--浣熊會(huì)爬上樹(shù)逃跑，而獵狗則在地上狂吠。
1--但是，浣熊也可能跳上別的樹(shù)，留下朝著錯(cuò)誤的樹(shù)吠叫的獵狗。