英语博客-北美风情 169、You can’t teach an old dog
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客-北美风情
In this episode, we look at expressions that tell us that people find it hard to change. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks and a leopard 1 can’t change its spots are two proverbs that aren’t really talking about animals. Maura and Harp 2 talk about the possible reasons that people don’t change easily, as in old habits die hard. Are all these expressions correct or do you think that people can change?
Maura: Today we’re looking at expressions that have to do with how difficult it is for people to change.
Harp: Do you believe people can change?
Maura: I think that people can change if they really want to.
Harp: Yup.
Maura: But there are obviously a lot of expressions out there that tell us that people can’t change very easily.
Harp: Yeah. We have some expressions that we’re gonna introduce that are all related to how people can’t change.
Maura: Yup. Now the first one is the expression you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
- I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
- The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。