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Welcome to English in a Minute!
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目！
You would think that an elephant would be easy to see.
大家都知道一只大象很容易就会被发现。
But that is not the case with this idiom.
但我们今天要讲的习语可不是这个意思。
Elephant in the Room
房间里的大象，人们忌讳的麻烦
I really don’t want to go to the meeting today.
我真不想参加今天的会议。
Why? Just sit there,and nod your head like l do.
为什么？坐在那儿，像我一样点头就行了。
But nobody is willing to talk about The elephant in the room.
但是大家都不想谈论这个避讳的话题。
What elephant? The fact that our company has no money! Broke!
跟大象有什么关系？我们公司一穷二白的事啊！我们破产了！
Oh, that elephant in the room.
哦，原来是说大家都不愿提及的意思啊。
Yeah, don’t bring that up. Nobody wants to talk about that.
对，别提这件事。没人想谈论这种事啊。
An elephant in the room is a problem that everyone knows about but does not want to talk about.
房间里的大象是指大家都知道却刻意回避的事情。
It also refers to a truth everyone knows but ignores.
它也指众所周知但却故意忽视的事实。
A problem shouldn’t be ignored, and neither should an elephant in a room with you!
问题不应该被忽视。房间里的大象同样不能够被无视！
And that’s English in a Minute!
以上就是今天的《一分钟英语》栏目！
