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2024.05.14 04:02
第六部 第六课: zip , drama queen
- 李华和 Michael 这个週末什麼功课都没有，原来準备好好玩一玩，可是后来计划落空．李华会学到两个常用语： zip 和 drama queen。
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- 嗨，Michael, 哎，你这个週末有功课要做吗？
- Nope. I don't have to do zip. I'm free the whole weekend.
- 你不用做 zip? 那是什麼意思呀？Zip 不是衣服上的拉链吗？
- No, I mean zip as in zero or nothing. I don't have zip means I don't have anything to do.
- 哦～，zip 可以解释為 「零」、「什麼也没有」．那你的意思是你週末什麼事也没有，对不对？
- Yes. If you ask me for money and I don't have any, I could say I haven't got zip. Get it?
- 知道啦，你没有钱，我本来也没有想问你借钱啊。
- Good. Now, do you have any money I could borrow. I want to buy a coke.
- "No, I don't have zip." 哎，我这麼说对不对？
- Yes, you used it right, but I really want to buy a coke.
- 你真的要问我借钱啊？ Michael, 我可真是没有钱，我不骗你。
- Oh well, I guess I'll have to go to the bank before we can do anything interesting this weekend. If I don't have any cash, then we won't be able to do zip.
- 没错，你啊要不到银行去取钱，那週末我们哪儿也去不了了．We won't be able to do zip.
- Now you've learned the word zip. The bank is over there. I'll get some cash and I'll come right back.
- OK. 快一点喔，我饿了，要去吃晚饭了．哎，Michael, 你多取点钱，I don't have zip in my pockets.
- Alright.
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- 哎哟，Michael, 我们週末出去玩的计划全被打乱了．我们的歷史教授从电脑上发给我们一个新作业，星期一就要交了．哎哟！我真气死了。
- Oh, don't be such a drama queen. The assignment can't be that bad, and I know for a fact that you do have free time.
- 你叫我什麼啊？ Drama queen? Drama 是戏剧， queen 是女王．疑？这两个词合在一起．嘿，我虽然不知道 drama queen 的具体意思啊，但是我肯定你是在讽刺我，对不对？
- Not really. A drama queen is a girl who exaggerates her problems, usually to get attention. Your problem really isn't that bad, but you make it sound like the end of the world.
- 哦～，drama queen 原来是说一个女孩，為了引起别人的注意，夸张了她面临的问题．哎哟，就是小题大作嘛．哎！我可不是小题大作哦，我是因為没有时间完成作业，所以我才心烦意乱。
- Oh, please. You are being a little too dramatic about this homework assignment.
- 只是一个作业，嘿！你说得倒简单哎！算了算了，不跟你争了啦．可能是我还不清楚 drama queen 的含意．哎，Michael, 你再给我举个例子，好不好？
- Do you remember my friend, Angela, who called me crying because she couldn't find her math book?
- 当然记得囉．她呀，為了找不到她的数学书，给你打电话的时候还哭了，我啊真是难以相信．她好像老是有什麼事感到不高兴似的。
- She is such a drama queen. She makes a huge deal out of losing a book or a bad haircut. Once, she wouldn't talk to me for a week because I forgot to call her back.
- 哎，对，她啊总是大惊小怪，小题大作的，丢了一本书也不高兴，剪头髮剪得不好也不高兴．哎，你忘了给她打回电，她当然要生气囉，一个星期不跟你讲话就算客气的了．我啊可没有像她那样，所以别叫我 drama queen 喔．
- Hmm, Yeah, you're not quite as bad.
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- 今天李华学到了 zip 和 drama queen 两个常用语， zip 就是「零」，「什麼也没有」的意思； drama queen 是指那种「喜欢小题大作、大惊小怪的女孩子」。
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