“華而不實的東西”怎么說？

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“華而不實的東西”怎么說？

　　White elephant 華而不實的東西

　　(Finn and Feifei on a visit to the zoo)

　　Feifei: Hi. Im Feifei and joining us here in the zoo to present Authentic Real English is Finn.

　　Finn: Hello.

　　Feifei: Whats the matter, Finn? 怎么不高興呢?動物園這么多動物，多好看呀!

　　Finn: Yes, I love animals too. But I dont know what Im going to do with that white elephant .

　　Feifei: 你不知道應(yīng)該如果應(yīng)對 a white elephant? 你是說遠處的那頭白象?

　　Finn: No. The one my uncle is giving me.

　　Feifei: 什么?你叔叔送你一頭象?

　　Finn: He is moving to South Africa and hes giving away some of his things.

　　Feifei: 如果我要搬到南非的話，估計我也會把帶不走的東西都送人。可是你真打算養(yǎng)一頭大象嗎 Finn?

　　Finn: Thats the problem. I am not. Well, it is beautiful

　　Feifei: 是呀，大象長得太好看了。

　　Finn: and it is powerful

　　Feifei: 非常健壯。

　　Finn: But it needs too much petrol!

　　Feifei: 汽油?給大象喝?

　　Finn: Yes. Old sports cars need a lot of petrol, you know.

　　Feifei: 就說嘛，嚇死我了。我以為你要給大象喝汽油。Finn 是說跑車很費油。

　　Finn: Yes, of course! It wasnt talking about an actual elephant.

　　Feifei: 你聽，大象也松了一口氣。

　　Finn: Yes, he did. In English, when you call something a white elephant, you mean its large, costs a lot of money to keep and has no useful purpose.

　　Feifei: 我們用 white elephant 這個短語來描述貴而無用的，華而不實的東西。不過我知道你喜歡騎自行車，跑車對你來說用處不太大吧。

　　Finn: Thats right. Lets listen to some examples of how to use this expression.

　　Ive paid a lot of money for this posh designer dress that I never use. It is a white elephant!

　　The new airport is a white elephant! Its got four runways and its equipped with the latest technology, but not many people visit this region.

　　Feifei: White elephant 還可以用來描述一樣看起來漂亮，但是在實際生活中浪費空間的東西。

　　Finn: Thats right.

　　Feifei: 所以說呀，這些華而不實的玩意兒可遠遠比不上動物園里這些大象的人氣。

　　Finn: Feifei, shall we go and have a look?

　　Feifei: 好的，咱們?nèi)タ纯纯蓯鄣拇笙髠?and these are certainly not white elephants! Bye.

　　Finn: Bye.