Bird

　　Basic need

　　音形義

　　Everyday Expressions

　　n. 鳥

　　She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她 出門一次，既買了東西又參觀了博物館，真是一舉兩得。)

　　n. 家伙，人

　　She is a strange bird.

　　衍生詞語

　　birdy (小鳥球,高爾夫兩桿進洞球。一桿進洞球---eagle。

　　常見搭配 Useful Phrases

　　益鳥 --- a useful bird

　　害鳥 --- a pernicious bird

　　候鳥 --- a bird of passage

　　不死鳥(長生鳥) --- the bird of wonder (phoenix)

　　鳥瞰圖，要點 --- bird’s eye view

　　習(xí)語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs

　　bird in the bush --- 沒把握的事

　　bird in the hand --- 有把握的事

　　the birds and the bees --- (對孩子解釋的)有關(guān)兩性關(guān)系的基本常識

　　early bird---最早的人,早起的人

　　flip/ give somebody the bird --- 罵人的話(give somebody the finger)

　　生活用語 Street Talks

　　A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds(毫無價值的/無聊 的)

　　B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.

　　A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)

　　A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.

　　B: You’re kidding!

　　C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?

　　A: We’re talking about Wallace.

　　C: What about him?

　　B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!

　　C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜歡盯著女人看的男人)

　　A: What are you doing up here?

　　B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.

　　A: Do you see that?

　　B: What?

　　A: That guy just gave you the bird!

　　電影對白 Transcripts

　　對話 Little Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird...

　　Forrest: Mama always said that God is mysterious. He didn’t turn Jenny into a bird that day. Instead, he had the police say that Jenny didn’t have to stay in that house no more. 《阿甘正傳》