迷你对话学地道口语第2067期:信口雌黄,不假思索随口地说

情景对话：

A: I heard that Rose would be your headmaster.

我听说罗丝要当你们的校长了。

B: Who told you that?

谁告诉你的？

A: It's bob.

鲍勃说的。

B: Bob? he always talks off the top of his head.

鲍勃？他总是信口雌黄。

词海拾贝:

off the top of one’s head：不假思索地随口而说

e.g. I can't tell you the answer off the top of my head.

我不能不经考虑就告诉你答案。

e.g. She answered the teacher's question off the top of her head.

她随口就回答了老师的问题。

e.g. When Lorraine was asked to recite, she talked off the top of her head.

当要Lorraine背诵的时候，她张口就背。

e.g. You know, I didn't study for this English quiz. So when the teacher called my name, I was frozen. Then standing up to recite the poem, I found myself doing it off the top of my head! Can you believe that?

你可知道，我没有为这次英语课的测验好好念书。所以，当老师叫我名字的时候，我真是愣住了。然后，我站起来背那首诗。我发现自己不加思索地随口而出，你相信不相信？

e.g. Sorry, I can't give you the exact figure off the top of my head. But I guess the percentage of working women in the American labor force right now is about 47%.

对不起，我现在一下子不能给你精确的数字。但是，我猜工作的妇女在美国整个劳力中大约百分之四十七吧。