Scatterbrain 迷糊、健忘的人

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你的身邊有沒有那麼一個 “愛忘事的、糊裡糊塗的人”？在日常交流中，名詞 “scatterbrain” 就指 “迷糊、健忘的人”。“Scatterbrain” 的形容詞是什麼？怎麼用？聽節目，學習在口語會話中正確地使用這個詞。

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Jiaying
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目，我是佳瑩。

Rob
And I’m Rob. Do you know someone who is disorganised or forgetful? We have a word to describe them – it’s ‘scatterbrain’.

Jiaying
Scatterbrain. 這個詞指 “腦子裡總是迷迷糊糊、愛忘事的或心思不集中的人”：The information in this person’s brain is scattered and disorganised.

Rob
‘Scatterbrain’ is sometimes used jokingly with people you know. So, if you have a friend who always loses things or forgets things, you can call them a ‘scatterbrain’. That’s the noun. The adjective is ‘scatterbrained’.

Jiaying
“Scatterbrain” 的形容詞是 “scatterbrained（健忘的，糊塗的）”。舉一個例子，我的室友就總是忘事。My roommate is scatterbrained. 她昨天就因為忘帶鑰匙，把自己鎖在瞭門外。

Rob
Oh, I do that all the time. Luckily, my neighbour has a spare key.

Jiaying
原來你也愛忘事。You are a scatterbrain too! Let’s hear about some more scatterbrains in these examples.

Examples
She forgot my birthday again. She’s such a scatterbrain!

Oh, I’m such a scatterbrain – I know I put the tickets somewhere safe and now I can’t remember where they are!

He’s so scatterbrained – he can’t remember where he left his wallet.

Jiaying
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。上面我們介紹瞭名詞 “scatterbrain” 的意思和用法，它指 “迷糊、健忘的或思想不集中的人”，是一個非正式用語，所以要註意使用的對象和場合。

Rob
Similar words include ‘birdbrain’, ’empty-headed’ or ‘ditzy’. But I like ‘scatterbrain’ because of its almost literal meaning. And let’s be honest, a scatterbrain only forgets small things that can be annoying – they get sorted in the end.

Jiaying
Like forgetting your front door key! I hope you didn’t forget it today – I’m coming round for tea later.

Rob
Err… Oops! I think I have.

Jiaying
Scatterbrain! See you next time.

Rob
Bye!