2--Hey, I saw your friend Anna yesterday.
 
1--She was telling me about your birthday party. And she said that it was the best party that she had been to all year.
 
2--Wow, that's why my ears were burning.
 
1--If people say "my ears were burning," it means someone was talking about them, but that they weren't there to hear it.
 
2--Imagine a message being sent to you when people are talking about you.
 
1--This comes from Ancient Rome, when people believed "burning ears" and other sensations signaled current or future events.
 
2--If it was in the right ear, the person was praised.
 
1--The left ear meant evil may come.
 
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注解：
 
1.painful痛苦的 
2.Imagine想象
3.praised表扬

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译文：
 
1--下面这个例子中的两个词在一起使用时，听起来很痛苦。
2--嘿，我昨天看见你朋友Anna了。
1--她跟我说了你的生日party。她说这是她今年参加过的最好的party。
2--哇喔，怪不得昨天我耳朵着火了（ my ears were burning）。
1--如果有人说“我的耳朵着火了”，意思是某人正在谈论他/她，而他/她却不在谈话现场。
2--当人们在谈论你时候，想象信息传给了你（使的你耳朵发红发烫像是燃起来一样）。
1--这是来自古罗马，人们相信“燃烧着的耳朵”和其他一些感觉预示着当前或者未来的一些事情。
2--如果某人是右耳朵燃烧，那么这个人是被表扬了。
1--如果是左耳那么可能会发生不好的事情。