A monkey licks a block of ice with bananas encased in it during the Monkey Buffet Festival. Photo: Chaiwat Subprasom/ Reuters
The Monkey Buffet Festival is an annual event held in Lopburi, Thailand to promote tourism. The festival provides food and drink for the monkeys, as a way of thanking them for drawing visitors to the town.
在泰國(guó)華富里舉行的一年一度的“猴子自助餐節(jié)”是泰國(guó)為促進(jìn)旅游業(yè)增長(zhǎng)所設(shè)立的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)。在節(jié)日期間，人們?yōu)楹镒觽兲峁┴S富的水果食物以感謝它們?yōu)槲慰偷芥?zhèn)上參觀做出的努力。
今日短語(yǔ)
我們常用短語(yǔ) licking their lips 來(lái)形容人們正要吃好吃的東西。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)也可以用來(lái)形容人們對(duì)即將發(fā)生的事情非常期待和盼望的心情。
例句
My children were licking their lips when they entered the sweet shop.
You'll be licking your lips when you see the roast dinner I've made!
Dave was licking his lips ahead of the crucial football game.
請(qǐng)注意
短語(yǔ) lick your wounds 舔自己的傷口是說(shuō)一個(gè)人正在從失敗中恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)來(lái)自動(dòng)物世界，因?yàn)樵S多動(dòng)物們?cè)谑軅髸?huì)自己舔傷口。
That was an incredible cricket match! The winning team is celebrating on the pitch, whilst the losers have gone to lick their wounds in the clubhouse.
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