| 歌曲 | A Bad Taste in My Mouth |
| 歌手 | 英语听力 |
| 专辑 | VOA慢速英语：词汇典故 |
| [00:00.10] | Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. |
| [00:16.48] | People use their mouths for many things. |
| [00:21.29] | They eat, talk, shout and sing. |
| [00:25.42] | They smile and they kiss. |
| [00:27.65] | In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth." |
| [00:34.03] | But some of them are not so nice. |
| [00:37.04] | For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not badmouth me!" |
| [00:46.74] | Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings. |
| [00:56.69] | Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. |
| [01:02.68] | The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time." |
| [01:07.66] | If this should happen, the speaker might feel "down in the mouth." |
| [01:13.93] | In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing. |
| [01:20.30] | Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. |
| [01:27.73] | The other person might protest "I did not say that. |
| [01:32.36] | Do not put words in my mouth!" |
| [01:35.17] | Information is often spread through "word of mouth." |
| [01:41.12] | This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other. |
| [01:47.49] | "How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. |
| [01:52.34] | "Oh, by ‘word of mouth.'" |
| [01:54.93] | A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. |
| [02:03.65] | This is an official spokesperson. |
| [02:06.79] | Government-run media could also be called "a mouthpiece." |
| [02:13.42] | Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. |
| [02:23.40] | When this happens, the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth!" |
| [02:31.57] | Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. |
| [02:39.29] | He might say that experience "left a bad taste in my mouth." |
| [02:45.58] | Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. |
| [02:56.08] | He might say "I had my heart in my mouth." |
| [03:00.95] | Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. |
| [03:10.39] | There is an expression for this, too. |
| [03:14.95] | You might say such a person was "born with a silver spoon in his mouth." |
| [03:21.11] | This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives "from hand to mouth." |
| [03:30.43] | This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life -- |
| [03:39.68] | like food. |
| [03:40.96] | Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. |
| [03:51.89] | For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as "a mouthy child." |
| [04:03.82] | The parents might even tell the child to "stop mouthing off." |
| [04:10.04] | But enough of all this talk. |
| [04:13.23] | I have been running my mouth long enough. |
| [04:18.12] | Words and Their Stories, in VOA Special English, was written by Jill Moss. |
| [04:35.70] | I'm Faith Lapidus. |
| [00:00.10] | Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. |
| [00:16.48] | People use their mouths for many things. |
| [00:21.29] | They eat, talk, shout and sing. |
| [00:25.42] | They smile and they kiss. |
| [00:27.65] | In the English language, there are many expressions using the word " mouth." |
| [00:34.03] | But some of them are not so nice. |
| [00:37.04] | For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say " Do not badmouth me!" |
| [00:46.74] | Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person' s feelings. |
| [00:56.69] | Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. |
| [01:02.68] | The speaker might say " I really put my foot in my mouth this time." |
| [01:07.66] | If this should happen, the speaker might feel " down in the mouth." |
| [01:13.93] | In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing. |
| [01:20.30] | Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. |
| [01:27.73] | The other person might protest " I did not say that. |
| [01:32.36] | Do not put words in my mouth!" |
| [01:35.17] | Information is often spread through " word of mouth." |
| [01:41.12] | This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other. |
| [01:47.49] | " How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. |
| [01:52.34] | " Oh, by ' word of mouth.'" |
| [01:54.93] | A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. |
| [02:03.65] | This is an official spokesperson. |
| [02:06.79] | Governmentrun media could also be called " a mouthpiece." |
| [02:13.42] | Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. |
| [02:23.40] | When this happens, the friend might say " You took the words right out of my mouth!" |
| [02:31.57] | Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. |
| [02:39.29] | He might say that experience " left a bad taste in my mouth." |
| [02:45.58] | Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. |
| [02:56.08] | He might say " I had my heart in my mouth." |
| [03:00.95] | Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. |
| [03:10.39] | There is an expression for this, too. |
| [03:14.95] | You might say such a person was " born with a silver spoon in his mouth." |
| [03:21.11] | This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives " from hand to mouth." |
| [03:30.43] | This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life |
| [03:39.68] | like food. |
| [03:40.96] | Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. |
| [03:51.89] | For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as " a mouthy child." |
| [04:03.82] | The parents might even tell the child to " stop mouthing off." |
| [04:10.04] | But enough of all this talk. |
| [04:13.23] | I have been running my mouth long enough. |
| [04:18.12] | Words and Their Stories, in VOA Special English, was written by Jill Moss. |
| [04:35.70] | I' m Faith Lapidus. |
| [00:00.10] | xiàn zài shì voa tè bié yīng yǔ lán mù cí huì diǎn gù |
| [00:16.48] | rén men yòng zuǐ zuò xǔ duō shì |
| [00:21.29] | tā men chī fàn, jiǎng huà, hǎn jiào, chàng gē |
| [00:25.42] | tā men wēi xiào, qīn wěn |
| [00:27.65] | zài yīng yǔ zhōng yǒu xǔ duō shǐ yòng zuǐ zhè gè zì de biǎo dá fāng shì |
| [00:34.03] | dàn qí zhōng yǒu xiē bù nà me yǒu shàn |
| [00:37.04] | bǐ rú shuō, rú guǒ nǐ shuō mǒu rén de huài huà, nà me zhè gè rén kě néng yòng" bú yào yòng nǐ de zàng zuǐ diàn wū wǒ" lái huán jī |
| [00:46.74] | yǒu shí, rén men huì duì péng yǒu hé jiā tíng chéng yuán shuō yī xiē shāng rén de, tā men rì hòu huì hòu huǐ de huà |
| [00:56.69] | huò zhě gào sù tā men yī xiē zì jǐ běn bù xiǎng shuō de huà |
| [01:02.68] | nà gè shuō zhè huà de rén kě néng jiù shuō" wǒ zhè cì shèn yán wú huǐ" |
| [01:07.66] | rú guǒ zhè fā shēng le, nà me nà gè shuō huà de rén jiù huì chuí tóu sàng qì |
| [01:13.93] | huàn jù huà shuō, tā huì yīn wèi shuō le zhè gè cuò shì ér jué de nán guò. |
| [01:20.30] | lìng yí gè qíng kuàng shì mǒu rén cuò wù dì xuān chēng lìng yí ge rén shuō le mǒu shì |
| [01:27.73] | lìng yí ge rén jiù kě néng zhè yàng huí jī: wǒ méi zhè yàng shuō guò |
| [01:32.36] | bié bǎ zhè huà yìng sāi dào wǒ zuǐ lǐ! |
| [01:35.17] | xìn xī de chuán bō jīng cháng yī kào kǒu tóu xuān chuán |
| [01:41.12] | zhè shì yí ge rén men zhī jiān de cháng jiàn gōu tōng fāng shì, jiù xiàng péng yǒu zhī jiān de duì huà |
| [01:47.49] | " nǐ tīng shuō guò zhè bù diàn yǐng ma", mǒu rén kě néng wèn |
| [01:52.34] | " ó, tīng bié rén jiǎng guò" |
| [01:54.93] | lìng wài yí gè zhèng shì de xìn xī huò qǔ fāng shì shì tōng guò gōng sī huò zhě zhèng fǔ de dài yán rén |
| [02:03.65] | zhè jiù shì guān fāng fā yán rén |
| [02:06.79] | zhèng wù méi tǐ yě bèi chēng wéi zhèng fǔ de" hóu shé" |
| [02:13.42] | yǒu shí yí gè zhèng zài jiǎng huà de rén huì jiǎng tā de péng yǒu jiāng yào jiǎng de xiāng tóng de shì |
| [02:23.40] | dāng zhè yī qíng kuàng fā shēng shí, nà gè péng yǒu kě néng huì jiǎng" nǐ qiǎng zǒu le wǒ yào jiǎng de huà!" |
| [02:31.57] | yǒu shí yí ge rén yīn lìng yí ge rén yǒu zhe bù hǎo de jīng lì |
| [02:39.29] | tā kě néng huì shuō zhè gè jīng lì" gěi wǒ liú xià le huài yìn xiàng" |
| [02:45.58] | huò zhě yí ge rén yǒu zhe fēi cháng kě pà de jīng lì, jiù xiàng shì bèi yí gè fèn nù de gǒu zhuī |
| [02:56.08] | tā kě néng shuō" wǒ de xīn dōu tí dào le sǎng zi yǎn" |
| [03:00.95] | yǒu de yōng yǒu xǔ duō qián de rén yīn wèi chū shēn zài fù yù jiā tíng |
| [03:10.39] | wǒ men duì zhè zhǒng rén yě yǒu yí gè biǎo dá fāng shì |
| [03:14.95] | nǐ kě yǐ shuō tā" hán zhe jīn tāng chí chū shēng de" |
| [03:21.11] | hé fù rén xiāng fǎn de jiù shì" jǐn néng hú kǒu de rén" |
| [03:30.43] | zhè zhǒng rén fēi cháng pín qióng, pín qióng dào zhǐ yǒu qián gòu mǎi shēng huó bì xū pǐn |
| [03:39.68] | bǐ rú shuō shí wù |
| [03:40.96] | fù mǔ yǒu shí huì kòu liú hái zi zuǐ lǐ de tián shí zuò wéi tā men zuò le cuò shì de chéng fá |
| [03:51.89] | bǐ rú, rú guǒ yí gè hái zi shuō le tā bù yīng gāi duì fù mǔ shuō de huà, tā jiù huì bèi miáo shù chéng yí gè" kǒu wú zhē lán" de rén |
| [04:03.82] | fù mǔ kě néng huì duì nà gè hái zi shuō" bì shang nǐ de zuǐ" |
| [04:10.04] | dàn zhè gè huà tí yǐ jīng gòu le |
| [04:13.23] | wǒ de zuǐ zhè me jiǔ yī zhí méi tíng |
| [04:18.12] | cí huì diǎn gù, voa tè bié yīng yǔ, yóu jí ěr mò sī suǒ zhe |
| [04:35.70] | wǒ shì fēi sī lā pí dé sī |