Kittens are always playful.
Sam: Look at your brother playing with the kitten.
Lara: Yes, he really enjoys teasing her with that piece of string.
Sam: He's holding it up so she has to jump for it.
Lara: Kittens are always playful, aren't they?
Sam: Yes they are, that's why they're such fun.
Lara: It's a pity they seem to lose much of their playfulness when they get older.
山姆：看你弟正在和小貓玩耍。
拉臘：不錯(cuò)，他很喜歡拿那根細(xì)繩逗弄小貓。
山姆：他高高拿起繩子，誘小貓?zhí)S。
拉臘：小貓一般都很頑皮，你說(shuō)是嗎？
山姆：不錯(cuò)。所以它們才會(huì)那么有趣。
拉臘：可惜它們長(zhǎng)大后，似乎就不這樣愛玩了。
拉臘說(shuō)：Kittens are always playful.Kitten是'小貓'，兒語(yǔ)略作kitty，兼用來(lái)說(shuō)成年的貓，例如："Here, kitty." cried the child（那孩子大叫：“貓貓，來(lái)這里！'）雌貓總是非常關(guān)心小貓的安全，有時(shí)甚至不許主人走近。所以，to have kittens（有小貓）即'十分緊張或煩惱'，例如：She was having kittens until her husband was reported safe（她聽到丈夫安全，才放下心頭大石）。拉臘的弟弟喜歡逗弄小貓。'逗弄'英文叫tease，例如：
（1） Stop teasing the cat by pulling its tail（不要再拉貓兒尾巴逗弄它了）。
（2） Tom teased the dog with a bone held just out of its reach（湯姆拿著一根骨頭，在狗兒剛剛構(gòu)不著的地方逗它）。以'所欲可望而不可即'手法逗弄人家，英文叫tantalize.這個(gè)字有一個(gè)典故：古時(shí)里底亞（Lydia）國(guó)王坦塔羅斯（Tantalus）獲罪于天，解送冥府受刑，站在深及脖子的水中，懸在面前的是一碩果累累的樹技。但他每次伸手取果子充饑，樹枝就會(huì)自動(dòng)升到他剛剛構(gòu)不著的地方；每次低頭要喝水，水就會(huì)自動(dòng)退下去，使他一滴不能沾唇。這就是tantalize一字的來(lái)源，例如：
（1） He held the bone tantalizingly before the dog/He tantalized the dog with the bone（他拿著骨頭，可望而不可即的逗那只狗）。
（2） She was so much tantalized by the sight of chocolate that she almost abandoned her diet plan（她看見巧克力，食指大動(dòng)，幾乎放棄節(jié)食大計(jì)）。
Sam: Look at your brother playing with the kitten.
Lara: Yes, he really enjoys teasing her with that piece of string.
Sam: He's holding it up so she has to jump for it.
Lara: Kittens are always playful, aren't they?
Sam: Yes they are, that's why they're such fun.
Lara: It's a pity they seem to lose much of their playfulness when they get older.
山姆：看你弟正在和小貓玩耍。
拉臘：不錯(cuò)，他很喜歡拿那根細(xì)繩逗弄小貓。
山姆：他高高拿起繩子，誘小貓?zhí)S。
拉臘：小貓一般都很頑皮，你說(shuō)是嗎？
山姆：不錯(cuò)。所以它們才會(huì)那么有趣。
拉臘：可惜它們長(zhǎng)大后，似乎就不這樣愛玩了。
拉臘說(shuō)：Kittens are always playful.Kitten是'小貓'，兒語(yǔ)略作kitty，兼用來(lái)說(shuō)成年的貓，例如："Here, kitty." cried the child（那孩子大叫：“貓貓，來(lái)這里！'）雌貓總是非常關(guān)心小貓的安全，有時(shí)甚至不許主人走近。所以，to have kittens（有小貓）即'十分緊張或煩惱'，例如：She was having kittens until her husband was reported safe（她聽到丈夫安全，才放下心頭大石）。拉臘的弟弟喜歡逗弄小貓。'逗弄'英文叫tease，例如：
（1） Stop teasing the cat by pulling its tail（不要再拉貓兒尾巴逗弄它了）。
（2） Tom teased the dog with a bone held just out of its reach（湯姆拿著一根骨頭，在狗兒剛剛構(gòu)不著的地方逗它）。以'所欲可望而不可即'手法逗弄人家，英文叫tantalize.這個(gè)字有一個(gè)典故：古時(shí)里底亞（Lydia）國(guó)王坦塔羅斯（Tantalus）獲罪于天，解送冥府受刑，站在深及脖子的水中，懸在面前的是一碩果累累的樹技。但他每次伸手取果子充饑，樹枝就會(huì)自動(dòng)升到他剛剛構(gòu)不著的地方；每次低頭要喝水，水就會(huì)自動(dòng)退下去，使他一滴不能沾唇。這就是tantalize一字的來(lái)源，例如：
（1） He held the bone tantalizingly before the dog/He tantalized the dog with the bone（他拿著骨頭，可望而不可即的逗那只狗）。
（2） She was so much tantalized by the sight of chocolate that she almost abandoned her diet plan（她看見巧克力，食指大動(dòng)，幾乎放棄節(jié)食大計(jì)）。