犯錯誤的英語詞匯典故

第第頁犯錯誤的英語詞匯典故

WelcometoVOALearningEnglish’sprogramWordsandTheirStories.

Lifeisnotperfect.Thingsgowrong.Wemakemistakes.Wehavemishapsandfailures.

Butmistakes,mishapsandfailuresarenothingcomparedtoafiasco!

Afiascoissomethingthatgoescompletelywrongofteninaridiculousorembarrassingway.Itisdramaticandsometimesabsurd.Theseareallimportantwordswhentalkingaboutfiascos.Theyarewhatmakefiascosdifferentfromothertypesoffailures.

FiascoisanItalianwordmeaning“bottle.”TheItaliansusethewordfiascoinaphrasethatliterallymeans“tomakeabottle.”ButItaliansalsouseittomean“adramaticmess.”Manyworde*pertsarenotsurewhy“makingabottle”meanssomethingisacompletefailure.

AccordingtotheO*fordEnglishDictionary,“fiasco”enteredEnglishinthemid-1800s.Atthattimeitmeanta“breakdowninadramaticormusicalperformance.”Basically,atheatricalscrewup.

Perhapsthebestwaytoe*plainfiascoiswithastory.

Ourstorybeginsatanoutdoorwedding.Abeautifultentissetupoutside.Agroupofjazzmusiciansareplaying.And100guestsaredressedintheirbestclothes.

Unfortunately,thebride’sbestfriend,themaidofhonor,issick.Sheistakinglotsofmedication.Shealsoneverdrinksalcohol.Buttoday,shecelebratesherbestfriend’smarriagewithaglassofchampagne.

Themi*tureofalcoholandmedicineaffectsherterribly.Notrealizingwhatsheisdoing,shedanceswildlyonthedancefloor.Sheyellsloudly,“Ilovethesetwopeople!”

Thisusuallywouldnotbeaproblem.Buthertimingisbad.Sheinterruptsthebrideandgroomduringtheirfirsttraditionaldanceasmanandwife.

Peoplelaughnervously.Perhapstheythinkthisispartoftheceremony.So,thisisafau*pas,amistake.Buttheweddingisnotawreckoradisaster.Itcanbefi*ed.

Wearestillfarfromafiasco.

Butasthebestmanleadsthemaidofhonorbacktoherseat,hisfootcatchesonthetablecloth.Candlesfallandcatchthetableclothonfire.Thefirequicklyspreadstothecurtains.Peoplejumpup,screaming.

Justthenafiretruckappears.Asadozenfiremenrunintothetent,theyknockoverthefour-story,$2000weddingcake.

Thecakecrashestothefloor.Thefiremensliponthecake.Thentheirhosetripsagroupofpeoplewhofallbackwardintothebirdcage.Thebirds--meanttocelebratepeaceandlove--arenowfreakingoutandflyingintopeople’shair.

Nowtheweddingisadisaster,butstillnotfiasco.

Themaidofhonorfleesthesceneinthee*pensive,rentalbridalcar.Butaropefromthetentgetscaughtinthedoor.Asshepusheshardonthegaspedal,thetentcrashestothegroundwithalltheguestsandbirdsstillunderit.

Theentireweddingpartyandaflockoffrightenedbirdsescapefromunderthetentjustastherentalcardrivesintothelake.Theyallrunovertoseeifthemaidofhonorisokay.

Butwithtoomanypeoplestandingonthewoodenpier,thedockbreaks.Dozensofweddingguestssplashintothelake.

WelcometotheworldofFIASCO!

Nooneishurt.Peopleoftenaren’tseriouslyhurtinafiasco.Thatwouldmakeitatragedy.Butitissafetosaythatthisweddingisafiasco!

Fiascosmaybecompletefailures.Butsometimestheyareourbeststories.

I’mAnnaMatteo.

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ridiculous–adj.e*tremelysillyorunreasonable

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