地道英語：消息來源可靠
Straight from the horses mouth
(Galloping hooves)
Finn: Hello, Im Finn and were presenting this Authentic Real English on horseback. Im joined by
(Horse whinny)
Finn: Sorry about that - by Feifei...
Feifei: Hello. 大家好!是的，我們騎在馬背上，欣賞著威爾士美麗的山景。
Finn: Isnt it glorious?
Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.
(Horse whinny)
Finn: Eh, talking about London - you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?
Feifei: No, what happened?
Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.
Feifei: Wow!
Finn: And he made 500,000.
Feifei: Really? Thats great news. Where did you hear that?
Finn: Straight from the horses mouth.
(Horse whinny)
Feifei: Eh - from our horse? Our horse told you about Mark?
Finn: No, straight from the horses mouth means...
Feifei: I know what it means, just kidding! Straight from the horses mouth 的意思是指消息來自最直接、最可靠的來源。也就是說 Mark 本人呢告訴了 Finn 他賣了自己冰淇淋生意的消息。Right, Finn?
Finn: Absolutely. Listen to these examples:
A: Our university is going to start teaching courses in oceanography.
B: Really? How do you know that?
A: Straight from the horses mouth the head of the university told me.
A: Are you sure Michael is coming tomorrow? I havent seen him for ages.
B: Yes, straight from the horses mouth. He phoned me yesterday to tell me!
Feifei: Anyway, whats Mark going to do next?
Finn: Apparently hes starting a new ice-cream business - with lots of crazy flavours.
Feifei: Like what?
Finn: Grass-flavoured ice-cream.
Feifei: Really?
Finn: Sure I heard it straight from the...
Feifei: ...horses mouth!
(Horse whinny)
Feifei: Well, I think our horse friend might enjoy grass-flavoured ice-cream 青草味冰激淋，我覺得肯定不會好吃。好了，別忘了登陸 BBC Learning English 網站學習更多流行地道的英語表達。
Finn: Bye. Giddy up.
(Horse whinny and gallops off)
Straight from the horses mouth
(Galloping hooves)
Finn: Hello, Im Finn and were presenting this Authentic Real English on horseback. Im joined by
(Horse whinny)
Finn: Sorry about that - by Feifei...
Feifei: Hello. 大家好!是的，我們騎在馬背上，欣賞著威爾士美麗的山景。
Finn: Isnt it glorious?
Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.
(Horse whinny)
Finn: Eh, talking about London - you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?
Feifei: No, what happened?
Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.
Feifei: Wow!
Finn: And he made 500,000.
Feifei: Really? Thats great news. Where did you hear that?
Finn: Straight from the horses mouth.
(Horse whinny)
Feifei: Eh - from our horse? Our horse told you about Mark?
Finn: No, straight from the horses mouth means...
Feifei: I know what it means, just kidding! Straight from the horses mouth 的意思是指消息來自最直接、最可靠的來源。也就是說 Mark 本人呢告訴了 Finn 他賣了自己冰淇淋生意的消息。Right, Finn?
Finn: Absolutely. Listen to these examples:
A: Our university is going to start teaching courses in oceanography.
B: Really? How do you know that?
A: Straight from the horses mouth the head of the university told me.
A: Are you sure Michael is coming tomorrow? I havent seen him for ages.
B: Yes, straight from the horses mouth. He phoned me yesterday to tell me!
Feifei: Anyway, whats Mark going to do next?
Finn: Apparently hes starting a new ice-cream business - with lots of crazy flavours.
Feifei: Like what?
Finn: Grass-flavoured ice-cream.
Feifei: Really?
Finn: Sure I heard it straight from the...
Feifei: ...horses mouth!
(Horse whinny)
Feifei: Well, I think our horse friend might enjoy grass-flavoured ice-cream 青草味冰激淋，我覺得肯定不會好吃。好了，別忘了登陸 BBC Learning English 網站學習更多流行地道的英語表達。
Finn: Bye. Giddy up.
(Horse whinny and gallops off)
