一分鐘英語 第52期:Tip of the Iceberg 冰山一角
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Welcome to English in a Minute!
歡迎來到《英語一分鐘》欄目!An iceberg is a large mass of ice floating on the water.
冰山是一大塊漂浮在海洋的冰體。Here is an idiom about icebergs: "TIP OF THE ICEBERG"
下面有一個關於冰山的諺語:“冰山一角”
Did you see that story about the university scandal?
你聽說過那件關於大學醜聞的事了嗎?A professor got in trouble for giving 90 percent of his students As.
一個教授惹上了麻煩,因為他給他90%的學生都打了ASome hadn't even come to semester!
但其中一些學生甚至沒有去上課。一整個學期都沒上!It's a huge scandal. That's probably just the tip of the iceberg.
這真是個大大的醜聞啊。這或許只是冰山一角。I bet there are More teachers, and maybe even administrators involved.
我敢打賭肯定還有更多的老師甚至可能學校的管理層都參與其中If something is the tip of the iceberg, it's a small part of a much larger issue.
如果說某事是冰山一角,那麼指的是它是某個大問題的一小部分。Most of an iceberg is actually underwater.
冰山的大部分山體是在水下的。The bigger danger is below the surface.
主要的危險實際上隱藏在表面之下。People usually use this idiom when talking about a problem.
人們常常用這個諺語來描述問題And that's English in a Minute!
以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。