VOA詞彙故事- 秋褲，小精靈和大人物

This week, we answer a question from Evelio in Colombia.

He writes: Why is a sort of men&34;long johns&34;秋褲&34;long johns,&34;long johns&34;long johns&34;秋衣褲&34;long underwear&34;長內褲&39;s Royal Air Force did not know why a plane was experiencing problems,

現在我們來說下一個在軍隊誕生的詞彙。

當英國皇家空軍成員不知道飛機出現什麼問題時，

they claimed that a small imaginary creature was inside the aircraft. They had a name for this creature: a gremlin.

他們就會說飛機裡有一個小的假想生物。

他們給它起了個名字叫小精靈。

American soldiers began using the term gremlin during the war.

On a television program in the 1960s, a man reported seeing one outside of the plane in which he was flying.

美國士兵在戰爭時開始使用這個單詞。

20世紀60年代的一個電視節目報導稱，有個人在他乘坐的飛機外面看到一個精靈。

A gremlin&39;ve got to believe me!

有個小精靈在毀滅這架飛機！你們得相信我！

Today Americans use &34; when talking about small magical creatures.

The U. S. military is one place where following orders is very important.

現在美國人用&34;這個單詞表示小的神奇生物。

在美國軍隊裡，聽從命令是非常重要的。

Soldiers called someone a &34; if that person had power over them.

Today, we use this term when talking about someone who has the respect of others.

如果有人比他們權利大，士兵們就叫他&34;。

如今，我們用這個詞指那些受人尊敬的人。

Here is an example of how to use it in a sentence: My father&39;s Ask a Teacher for this week.

把問題發送到郵件[e-mail] 這就是今天的名師問答的內容。

I'm Jill Robbins.

吉爾·羅賓斯為您報導。