3/25/99        Lesson.11  One for the books

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☆Dialogue

  A: He's a nitwit. What half-baked idea does he have now?
　
　B: He's sure he can become a millionaire by buying 100 lottery tickets. He think still be a piece of cake.
　
　A: That's one for the books! It's no cinch making money.
　
　B: He talks through his hat. You have to take everything he says with a grain of salt.
　
　A: Just watch! He'll have egg on his face.

☆Vocabulary

　Nitwit 			n.) idiot , fool
　Half-baked 			adj.) foolish , silly , bad
　A piece of cakes  		n.) easy 
　One for the books!		n.) That's unusual, That's remarkable
　A cinch			n.) easy
　Talk through one's hat       	v.) make exaggerated or inaccurate statement 
　Take with a grain of salt	v.) listen with skepticism
　Have egg on one's face 	v.) be embarrassed

☆Explanation

　nitwitは仲間同士で"馬鹿なやつ"と軽くからかうときに You nitwit! と使います。
　
　One for the booksはThat's ridiculousとほど同じ意味です。　
　皮肉をこめて "なんておかしな、なんて馬鹿な！"
　
　A piece of cakesこれは頻繁に使われますので絶対覚えてください。
　"お茶の子さいさい、笑っちゃうほど簡単"、でもちょっと無理して言っ
　てるかな？
　
　Talk through one's hatは、"尾ひれをつけて言う"