英語面試培訓(xùn)

英語口語練習(xí)：“兔抱衫”，原來加拿大俚語這么萌！

Our friends in Canada have many regional words and phrases that may amuse Americans: For example, a knit hat is known as a toque in most areas, and flip flops often go by the name thongs" class="hjdict" word="thongs" target=_blank>thongs .

美國的小伙伴加拿大有許多地方詞匯和習(xí)語，常常讓人忍俊不禁。比如，在加拿大大多數(shù)地區(qū)，編織帽（knit hat）被稱作無邊女帽（toque），人字拖（flip flops）叫做丁字鞋（thongs）。

But one province has a word for sweatshirts that could cause a kerfuffle, in the best way.

不過在加拿大的一個(gè)省，運(yùn)動(dòng)衫的叫法可能會(huì)引起一陣騷亂，是最無害的騷亂哦。

Data journalists recently surveyed more than 9,500 people across Canada about regional words and phrases, then organized those words into maps that show how popular certain terms are in a given place. This particular map has us itching to visit Saskatchewan, if only to hear them say “bunnyhug” instead of “sweatshirt.”

數(shù)據(jù)新聞工作者最近在加拿大各省對(duì)超過9500人進(jìn)行了采訪并收集了許多地方詞匯和習(xí)語，他們把這些習(xí)語歸納整理成了一張地圖，通過地圖可以看出特定的習(xí)語在特定地區(qū)的受歡迎程度。這張地圖讓我們心癢癢想去拜訪一個(gè)名叫薩斯喀徹溫的地方，哪怕只是為了聽他們說“兔抱衫”而不是“運(yùn)動(dòng)衫”。

Yup, that snuggly garment is commonly called a bunnyhug in Canada’s rugged, beautiful Saskatchewan province, CBC News has also reported. Information about the term’s origin is slim, though a 2007 article says it may have come from a 1950s dance called the bunny hop, in which participants wrapped their arms around the waist of the person in front of them.

沒錯(cuò)，在薩斯喀徹溫這個(gè)地勢崎嶇，風(fēng)景秀麗的地區(qū)，蓬松休閑的運(yùn)動(dòng)衫通常被稱作兔抱衫，加拿大廣播公司新聞也曾報(bào)道過。這種稱呼的詞源鮮有資料可考證，不過據(jù)一篇2007年的文章稱，這個(gè)稱呼可能起源于一種20世紀(jì)50年代的舞蹈，這種“兔子舞”要求參與者把自己的胳膊環(huán)繞在自己前面的人的腰上。