| Song | A Bad Taste in My Mouth |
| Artist | 英语听力 |
| Album | VOA慢速英语：词汇典故 |
| [00:00.10] | Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. |
| [00:16.48] | People use their mouths for many things. |
| [00:21.29] | They eat, talk, shout and sing. |
| [00:25.42] | They smile and they kiss. |
| [00:27.65] | In the English language, there are many expressions using the word "mouth." |
| [00:34.03] | But some of them are not so nice. |
| [00:37.04] | For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not badmouth me!" |
| [00:46.74] | Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings. |
| [00:56.69] | Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. |
| [01:02.68] | The speaker might say "I really put my foot in my mouth this time." |
| [01:07.66] | If this should happen, the speaker might feel "down in the mouth." |
| [01:13.93] | In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing. |
| [01:20.30] | Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. |
| [01:27.73] | The other person might protest "I did not say that. |
| [01:32.36] | Do not put words in my mouth!" |
| [01:35.17] | Information is often spread through "word of mouth." |
| [01:41.12] | This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other. |
| [01:47.49] | "How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. |
| [01:52.34] | "Oh, by ‘word of mouth.'" |
| [01:54.93] | A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. |
| [02:03.65] | This is an official spokesperson. |
| [02:06.79] | Government-run media could also be called "a mouthpiece." |
| [02:13.42] | Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. |
| [02:23.40] | When this happens, the friend might say "You took the words right out of my mouth!" |
| [02:31.57] | Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. |
| [02:39.29] | He might say that experience "left a bad taste in my mouth." |
| [02:45.58] | Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. |
| [02:56.08] | He might say "I had my heart in my mouth." |
| [03:00.95] | Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. |
| [03:10.39] | There is an expression for this, too. |
| [03:14.95] | You might say such a person was "born with a silver spoon in his mouth." |
| [03:21.11] | This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives "from hand to mouth." |
| [03:30.43] | This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life -- |
| [03:39.68] | like food. |
| [03:40.96] | Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. |
| [03:51.89] | For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as "a mouthy child." |
| [04:03.82] | The parents might even tell the child to "stop mouthing off." |
| [04:10.04] | But enough of all this talk. |
| [04:13.23] | I have been running my mouth long enough. |
| [04:18.12] | Words and Their Stories, in VOA Special English, was written by Jill Moss. |
| [04:35.70] | I'm Faith Lapidus. |
| [00:00.10] | Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. |
| [00:16.48] | People use their mouths for many things. |
| [00:21.29] | They eat, talk, shout and sing. |
| [00:25.42] | They smile and they kiss. |
| [00:27.65] | In the English language, there are many expressions using the word " mouth." |
| [00:34.03] | But some of them are not so nice. |
| [00:37.04] | For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say " Do not badmouth me!" |
| [00:46.74] | Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person' s feelings. |
| [00:56.69] | Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. |
| [01:02.68] | The speaker might say " I really put my foot in my mouth this time." |
| [01:07.66] | If this should happen, the speaker might feel " down in the mouth." |
| [01:13.93] | In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing. |
| [01:20.30] | Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. |
| [01:27.73] | The other person might protest " I did not say that. |
| [01:32.36] | Do not put words in my mouth!" |
| [01:35.17] | Information is often spread through " word of mouth." |
| [01:41.12] | This is general communication between people, like friends talking to each other. |
| [01:47.49] | " How did you hear about that new movie?" someone might ask. |
| [01:52.34] | " Oh, by ' word of mouth.'" |
| [01:54.93] | A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece. |
| [02:03.65] | This is an official spokesperson. |
| [02:06.79] | Governmentrun media could also be called " a mouthpiece." |
| [02:13.42] | Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. |
| [02:23.40] | When this happens, the friend might say " You took the words right out of my mouth!" |
| [02:31.57] | Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. |
| [02:39.29] | He might say that experience " left a bad taste in my mouth." |
| [02:45.58] | Or the person might have had a very frightening experience, like being chased by an angry dog. |
| [02:56.08] | He might say " I had my heart in my mouth." |
| [03:00.95] | Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. |
| [03:10.39] | There is an expression for this, too. |
| [03:14.95] | You might say such a person was " born with a silver spoon in his mouth." |
| [03:21.11] | This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives " from hand to mouth." |
| [03:30.43] | This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life |
| [03:39.68] | like food. |
| [03:40.96] | Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. |
| [03:51.89] | For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as " a mouthy child." |
| [04:03.82] | The parents might even tell the child to " stop mouthing off." |
| [04:10.04] | But enough of all this talk. |
| [04:13.23] | I have been running my mouth long enough. |
| [04:18.12] | Words and Their Stories, in VOA Special English, was written by Jill Moss. |
| [04:35.70] | I' m Faith Lapidus. |