听力每日练习 listen 1030 Elephant in the Room

 
2--But that is not the case with this idiom. Elephant in the Room
 
1--I really don't want to go to the meeting today.
 
2--Why? Just sit there, and nod your head like I do.
 
1--But nobody is willing to talk about The elephant in the room.
 
2--What elephant?
 
1--The fact that our company has no money! Broke!
 
2--Oh, that elephant in the room. Yeah, don't bring that up.
 
1--Nobody wants to talk about that.
 
2--An elephant in the room is a problem that everyone knows about but does not want to talk about.
 
1--It also refers to a truth everyone knows but ignores.
 
2--A problem shouldn't be ignored, and neither should an elephant in a room with you!
 
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注解：
 
1.willing乐意的
2.ignores忽视
3.neither也不

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译文：

1--大家都知道一只大象很容易就会被发现。
2--但这可不是我们今天习语要讲的意思。Elephant in the Room
1--我真不想参加今天的会议。
2--为什么？坐在那儿，像我一样点头就行了。
1--但是大家都不想谈论这个避讳的话题。
2--跟大象有什么关系？
1--我们公司一穷二白的事啊！我们破产了！
2--哦，原来说的是大家都不愿提及的意思啊。对，别提这件事。
1--没人想谈论这种事啊。
2--避而不谈之事表示大家都知道却刻意回避的事情。
1--它也指众所周知但却故意忽视的事实。
2--不能逃避问题。房间里的大象同样不能够被无视！