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轉自蘋果派生活英語

Variety Is the Spice of Life 人生要多彩多姿

●會話英語

Barney and Debbie are on vacation in Bangkok.
B: Barney　　D: Debbie
D:So where are you taking me out to dinner tonight, Barney?
B:Let's go to Phuket. It has the most beautiful sunsets that you will ever see. That's also where you can get a wide range of exotic foods.
D:Sounds good. What have you got in mind?
B:I've been dying to try monkey brains again.
D:What? You've got to be kidding. No way!
B:Come on. Haven't you learned that variety is the spice of life?
D:You just said "again." Have you tried it before?
B:Sure, it's delicious.
D:No wonder! Sometimes you act like a monkey!

●中譯

巴尼和黛比正在曼谷度假。
黛比：那麼今晚你要帶我到哪吃飯呢，巴尼？
巴尼：咱們去普吉島吧，在那兒妳會看到最美的日落，而且那兒有各種奇特的食物。
黛比：聽起來蠻不錯的。你想要吃什麼？
巴尼：我一直很渴望能再嚐嚐猴腦。
黛比：什麼？你一定是在開玩笑。門兒都沒有！
巴尼：別這樣嘛，妳難道不知道人生就是要多樣化才會有意思的嗎？
黛比：你剛才說「再」，你以前吃過嗎？
巴尼：當然，還挺好吃的。
黛比：難怪了！你的舉動有時候像隻猴子似的！

生活必備字詞
◎exotic (a.) 異國風情的；奇特的
The dancers wearing exotic costumes got the audience excited.

◎No way!　　門兒都沒有／不行！
A: Can I take your motorcycle for a spin?
B: No way!

生活用語解析
No wonder!（難怪！）
"no wonder (+ 主詞 + 動詞)「表難怪（……）」，是由"It is no wonder + that 子句"化簡而來，常置於句首，作副詞用，修飾全句。

例：
A:Rob can hardly make ends meet.
B:No wonder he didn't get me a birthday present.