迷你对话学地道口语第第32期:喉结，咽喉
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
[00:00:01] Tom has grown six inches within a year.
汤姆一年内长高了六英寸。
[00:04:27] He has reached puberty.
他已经到了发育期。
[00:07:12] His mind and body both will change a lot.
身心都会发生很大的变化。
[00:10:48] Yeah, do you see his Adam's apple?
是呀，你看见他的喉结了吗？
[00:14:04] It becomes bigger.
变大了。
[00:16:19] Time is flying.
时间过的真快呀。
[00:18:05] I still remember everything when he was a child.
我现在还记得他小时候的情景。
习语：
Adam's apple
讲解：
改习语意思是：喉结，咽喉。此语出自《圣经》。根据《旧约·创世纪》第二章和第三章，上帝创造了人类始祖亚当和夏娃之后，让他们住在伊甸园里。夏娃受了魔鬼的诱惑，吃了善恶树上的果实，又让亚当也吃了，于是两人违背了上帝的禁令。有人根据此典故想像亚当在吃禁果时，有一块果肉哽于喉头前部，所以男人的喉结比女人的喉结明显，突出。因此喉结在英语中被早期的解剖学家称为“Adam's apple”.此语中的 apple 并非仅指苹果，许多果子都可以被称为apple.
迷你对话：
A:Tom has grown six inches within a year.
汤姆一年内长高了六英寸。
B:He has reached puberty. His mind and body both will change a lot.
他已经到了发育期，身心都会发生很大的变化。
A:Yeah, do you see his Adam's apple? It becomes bigger.
是呀，你看见他的喉结了吗？变大了。
B:Time is flying. I still remember everything when he was a child.
时间过的真快呀。我现在还记得他小时候的情景。
词海拾贝：
body and mind：身心
reach puberty：进入青春期