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◎虎頭蜂 hornet /ˈhɔːrnɪt/
a black and yellow flying insect that can sting you. It is a type of large wasp.
註：虎頭蜂頭部狀似老虎，身體呈黑、黃兩色，是一種大型的黃蜂。
◎壁虎 gecko /ˈɡek.oʊ/
a small lizard with wide feet, found especially in warm countries
註：家中的壁虎，其實也是一種蜥蜴，通常見於溫暖的國家中。
◎老虎鉗 plier /ˈplaɪ.ɚ/
Pliers are a tool with two handles at one end and two hard, flat, metal parts at the other.
虎牙 ，又名犬齒canine tooth /ˈkeɪ.naɪn/ /tuːθ/
one of four pointed teeth in the human mouth
◎紙老虎 paper tiger /ˌpeɪ.pɚ ˈtaɪ.ɡɚ/
a person, organization, or country that appears to be very powerful or dangerous but in fact is weak（看起來很嚇人，但是卻虛有其表。）
◎秋老虎 Indian summer /ˌɪn.di.ən ˈsʌm.ɚ/
a period of calm, warm weather that sometimes happens in the early autumn（指初秋的一段暖和天氣。）
◎狼吞虎嚥 garbage down /ˈɡɑːr.bɪdʒ/ /daʊn/
大口的吞下食物，像在「倒垃圾」般。
II. 猜謎：
請閱讀下面這則英文故事，猜一個跟「老虎」有關的成語。
A tiger caught a fox while it was searching food in the forest. When the tiger was just about to eat it, the fox suddenly spoke: “Mr. Tiger, no hurries. Please listen to me. I was sent by Heaven to rule the animals. By eating me, you will violate the command of Heaven.” The tiger was half in belief and half in doubt. Then the fox continued: “If you don’t believe me, just follow me to see whether the animals are afraid of me.” The tiger thought it was better to give it a try and followed the fox through the forest.
Two spotted deer immediately ran away on seeing them; Rabbits and sheep also disappeared at once when they say the fox and the tiger; Even the wild boar and bear hid. The tiger didn’t realize that it was him that the beasts were really afraid of and let go of the fox.
您猜到了嗎？
答案是：狐假虎威（The Fox Borrows The Tigers Fierceness）
Meaning：someone who is using influential people’s power to bully or pressure others.
III. 外國人學中文（Foreigners Learning Mandarin）
過新年，一定要說些吉祥話討個吉利，2022虎年的吉祥話您想好了嗎？
下面有一些與「老虎」有關的吉祥話或用語，您也可以試著與身旁的外國人分享喔！
例如：祝您2022年天天「虎虎生風」，做事總能「如虎添翼」。
◎虎虎生風
（ㄏㄨˇㄏㄨˇㄕㄥ ㄈㄥ）--hǔ hǔ shēng fēng
Meaning：being vigorous and lively
◎如虎添翼
（ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄊ一ㄢ 一ˋ）--rú hǔ tiān yì
Meaning：like adding wings to a tiger, means taking something that was already powerful, like a tiger, and make it even more so
◎生龍活虎
（ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊㄏㄨㄛˊㄏㄨˇ）--shēng lóng huó hǔ
Meaning：full of life and energy
◎臥虎藏龍
（ㄨㄛˋㄏㄨˇㄘㄤˊㄌㄨㄥˊ）--wò hǔ cáng lóng
Meaning：people with secret hidden talents
◎初生之犢不畏虎
（ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊㄅㄨˋㄨㄟˋㄏㄨˇ）--chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
Meaning：new-born calves are not afraid of tigers, meaning young people are fearless
◎虎父無犬子
（ㄏㄨˇㄈㄨˋㄨˊㄑㄩㄢˇㄗˇ）--hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ
Meaning：like father, like son
◎不入虎穴，焉得虎子
（ㄅㄨˋㄖㄨˋㄏㄨˇㄒㄩㄝˋㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊㄏㄨˇㄗˇ）--bù rù hǔ xuè yān dé hǔ zǐ
Meaning：nothing ventured, nothing gained
◎馬馬虎虎
（ㄇㄚˇㄇㄚˇㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ）--mǎ mǎ hū hū
Meaning：just so-so
IV. 試試看將剛剛學到的吉祥話或成語，放入適當的句子中。
1. 球場上的男士們個個____，真看不出都已年過半百。
2. 做事應該認認真真；不能____。
3. 果然是_____，青出於藍更勝於藍。
4. 他小小年紀，就敢出外闖蕩，真是____。
5. 我們班上真是____，在各類比賽中都出盡風頭。
答案：1. 生龍活虎 2. 馬馬虎虎 3. 虎父無犬子 4. 初生之犢不畏虎 5. 臥虎藏龍
V. 「歇後語」：請試著將跟「老虎」有關的歇後語（Two-part Allegorical Sayings with TIGER）進行配對，請將前半截的「謎面」和後半截的「謎底」進行配對。
Two-part allegorical sayings, like idioms, proverbs and set phrases, enrich daily Chinese conversation and make the people who use them sound more intelligent.
Allegorical sayings come in two parts. The first part is an allegory (such as 八仙過海, “Eight Immortals cross the ocean”) and the second part is an explanation that describes the context you’re in (such as 各顯神通, “each displays his/her own unique talents”).
「歇後語」，一般由兩個部分構成，前半截是形象的比喻（謎面），後半截是解釋、說明（謎底）。
「歇後語」，具有鮮明的特色，濃郁的生活氣息幽默風趣，耐人尋味。古代的歇後語雖然很少見於文字記載，但在民間廣泛流傳著。
謎面：
1. 老虎拉車
（ㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇㄌㄚ ㄔㄜ）--lǎo hǔ lā chē [literal meaning]：a tiger pulling a cart
2. 猴子騎老虎
（ㄏㄡˊ˙ㄗ ㄑㄧˊㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇ）--hóu zi qí lǎo hǔ [literal meaning]：a monkey riding a tiger
3. 老虎尾巴綁掃帚
（ㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇㄨㄟˇ˙ㄅㄚ ㄅㄤˇㄙㄠˋㄓㄡˇ）--lǎo hǔ wěi ba bǎng sào zhǒu [literal meaning]：a tiger's tail attached to a broom
4. 扯著老虎尾巴喊救命
（ㄔㄜˇㄓㄨˋㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇㄨㄟˇ˙ㄅㄚ ㄏㄢˇㄐㄧㄡˋㄇㄧㄥˋ）--chě zhù lǎo hǔ wěi ba
hǎn jiù mìng [literal meaning]：yelling for help by catching a tiger's
tail
5. 窗戶上畫老虎
（ㄔㄨㄤ ㄏㄨˋㄕㄤˋㄏㄨㄚˋㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇ）--chuāng hù shàng huà lǎo hǔ [literal meaning]：drawing a tiger on the window
6. 老虎打哈欠
（ㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇㄉㄚˇㄏㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ）--lǎo hǔ dǎ hā qiàn [literal meaning]：a yawning tiger
7. 老虎頭上的蒼蠅
（ㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇㄊㄡˊㄕㄤˋ˙ㄉㄜ ㄘㄤ ㄧㄥˊ）--lǎo hǔ tóu shàng de cāng yíng [literal meaning]：a fly on the tiger's head
8. 唐伯虎追秋香
（ㄊㄤˊㄅㄛˊㄏㄨˇㄓㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄤ）--táng bó hǔ zhuī qiū xiāng [literal meaning]：táng bó hǔ pursue qiū xiāng
9. 脫褲子打老虎
（ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄨˋㄗˇㄉㄚˇㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇ）--tuō kù zǐ dǎ lǎo hǔ [literal meaning]：beating a tiger with one’s pants off
10. 老虎的兒子
（ㄌㄠˇㄏㄨˇ˙ㄉㄜ ㄦˊㄗˇ）--lǎo hǔ de ér zǐ [literal meaning]：son of a tiger
謎底：
A. 嚇唬誰
（ㄒㄧㄚˋㄏㄨˇㄕㄟˊ）--xià hǔ shéi [literal meaning]：scare who?
B. 千方百計
（ㄑㄧㄢㄈㄤㄅㄞˇㄐㄧˋ）--qiān fāng bǎi jì [literal meaning]：in thousands of methods and hundreds of approaches
C. 下來就玩完了
（ㄒㄧㄚˋㄌㄞˊㄐㄧㄡˋㄨㄢˊㄨㄢˊㄌㄜ˙）--xià lái wán wán le [literal meaning]："game over" after getting down
D. 拍不得
（ㄆㄞㄅㄨˋㄉㄜˊ）--pāi bù dé [literal meaning]：untouchable
E. 既不要臉，又不要命
（ㄐㄧˋㄅㄨˋㄧㄠˋㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄡˋㄅㄨˋㄧㄠˋㄇㄧㄥˋ）--jì bù yào liǎn yòu bù yào mìng [literal meaning]：not only shameless but also fatal
F. 威風掃地
（ㄨㄟㄈㄥㄙㄠˇㄉㄧˋ）--wēi fēng sǎo dì [literal meaning]：complete loss of majesty
G. 找死
（ㄓㄠˇㄙˇ）--zhǎo sǐ [literal meaning]：wanting to die
H. 誰趕（敢）
（ㄕㄟˊㄍㄢˇ）--shéi gǎn[literal meaning]：who dares to direct behind
I. 口氣真大
（ㄎㄡˇㄑㄧˋㄓㄣㄉㄚˋ）--kǒu qì zhēn dà [literal meaning]：what a big breath
J. 別小看他
（ㄅㄧㄝˊㄒㄧㄠˇㄎㄢˋㄊㄚ）--bié xiǎo kàn tā [literal meaning]：don't look down on him
答案：1H、2C、3F、4G、5A、6I、7D、8B、 9E、10J
★ 虎兒的個性與2022運勢 ★
Tigers will encounter their "birth sign year" (běn mìng nián本命年) in 2022. Tigers are expected to face many challenges when their birth year recurs every twelfth year. Wearing red will bring good luck in a birth sign year.
2022年是屬虎的「本命年」，每十二年會輪一次，屬虎的朋友將面臨諸多挑戰。穿紅色系的衣服，會在本命年帶來好運。
Love: 2022 is a good year for Tigers to get married. Single Tigers will have a big chance to find a boyfriend/girlfriend.
愛情運：2022年是屬虎的朋友締結婚姻的好年。單身虎會有很大的機會找到男朋友或女朋友。
Career: Tigers will have opportunities to get promoted in 2022. After working hard for many years, Tigers will finally get approval from their leaders. Tigers, don't be too high-profile, otherwise you may incur trouble and jealousy from petty colleagues.
事業運：2022年屬虎的朋友將有升遷機會。經過多年的努力，虎兒終於得到主管的認可。虎兒，注意不要太高調，否則可能會招來小氣同事的麻煩和嫉妒。
Wealth: Tigers should be careful of entering into monetary relationships with others in 2022. Don't expect a big windfall or massive achievement. Reasonably spending their money will help Tigers to go through 2022 smoothly. In their birth sign year, Tigers are not suggested to invest much in stocks or funds.
財富運：屬虎的朋友在2022年要小心處理金錢關係。不要指望獲得巨大的意外收穫或重大的成就。理性的開支，將幫助虎兒平安順利度過2022年。因為是本命年，故不建議在股票或基金上進行過多投資。
Lucky colors: brown；Brown symbolizes prudence. Wearing brown clothes will make you look more reliable to your business partners.
幸運色：棕色
棕色象徵謹慎。穿著棕色的衣服會讓你在商業夥伴面前看起來更可靠。◇
