雅思口語考試常用俚語盤點：愛打聽八卦

　　據(jù)說一個女人等于500只鴨子，這個等式是從制造噪音的角度來講的。雖然有些夸張，但是確實塑造了女人們的“大眾形象”：聚在一起愛聽八卦、愛打聽。剛巧，有俚語“to have itching ears”可以專門形容這類人。注意啦，英語中“愛窺探秘密的人”會“耳朵發(fā)‘癢’”。

　　這種說法來頭還不小，出自《圣經(jīng)·新約·提摩太后書》第4章第3節(jié)?；降氖雇奖Ａ_勸勉其門徒Timothy(提摩太)要精彩布道，用意趣橫生的講解激發(fā)聽眾的興趣：For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine;but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.(有時候，他們會厭煩聽純正的教義，但如果你能激發(fā)聽者聽的欲望，他們就會聚擁于師傅周圍。)

　　顯然，保羅口中”to have itching ears“(聽的欲望)可不是讓信徒“聽八卦”，但隨著歲月的流逝，“to have itching ears”現(xiàn)常用來喻指“好打聽，愛聽新奇的事”。看下面這個例句：Yesterday Mrs.Humphry asked me whether I had heard my neighbors quarrelling with each other;she has itching ears.(昨天，漢弗萊太太問我是否聽見鄰居吵架了;她就愛聽個新鮮事。)

　　問一句：Ladies and gentlemen, do you have itching ears?