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2024.05.11 05:31
第六部 第九课: to stick around , guilt trip
- 今天 Michael 和李华去一个夜总会听音乐，因為他们的朋友 Jack 要带他的乐队来演出．李华会学到 to stick around 和 guilt trip 。
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- (Talking loudly over crowd) Michael! (coughs) 哎，这地方真让人难受哎，声音这麼大，还有那麼多人抽烟．呵！这些乐队也真是够呛的！
- I know Li Hua, the show isn't very good. But Jack's band is going to be playing soon. Let's stick around until their performance is over, OK?
- 喔…，Jack 的乐队什麼时候来啊？疑，你说什麼 "stick around"？ 你的意思就是先不要走，是不是？
- That's right. I said "let's stick around." That means to stay or remain in a place.
- 哦， to stick around 就是要在一个地方再待一会儿．懂啦，你的意思啊就是要我们等 Jack 的乐队来了，表演完了以后再走．哎，Michael, 那乘我们在等他的时候，你再给我举几个例子，好不好？
- Hmmm... Well, you remember Angie Summers, right? She finished her Ph.D. last spring, but has decided to stick around and do some post-doctoral work before she starts looking for a job.
- 喔，我当然记得 Angie Summers 啦．她啊今年春天拿到了博士学位，可是决定在开始找工作前先不离开学校，做一些博士后的工作．哎，所以，在这裡， to stick around 就是她继续待下去，不离开学校．哦…， Michael，我们还要等 Jack 等多久嘛？
- Ah…, I don't know. Let's just stick around for another half hour or so. If Jack doesn't show up, we can leave.
- 好，那再等他半小时，否则啊我可真要受不了了！
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- 啊…，谢天谢地，总算完了，我要再在裡面呆下去，就要聋了。
- Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Li Hua. But if we hadn't waited for Jack to perform, he would have given us a huge guilt trip about it on Monday.
- 要是我们不等 Jack 的话，他会给我们什麼啊？ A guilt trip？ Guilt 不是感到有罪、感到内疚吗？那 Trip 是旅行．哦！你是说 Jack 会觉得非常抱歉啊？
- No, I meant he'd make us feel guilty.
- 啊？他，让我们感到内疚？
- That's right. A "guilt trip" means guilty feelings one has about doing something wrong. To "give someone a guilt trip" means to try and make him feel guilty.
- 等等等等，这我得弄清楚了．A guilt trip 就是一个人做错了什麼事而觉得内疚，好像他犯了错误．To give someone a guilt trip 就是让别人感到内疚．嘿，Jack 的乐队水平那麼差，让我们来听这种音乐，他应该觉得内疚才对呀！
- I agree! So when was the last time you had a guilt trip about something?
- 嗯～，我最后一次觉得内疚是什麼时候啊？那就是我要跟我男朋友分手的时候啊，是我要跟他分手的，我到现在心裡还感到有点抱歉。
- Huh, Don't let him put a guilt trip on you! So why did you break up with him anyway?
- 因為啊，我和你老在一块儿学习．他啊总是让我觉得好像我做错了什麼是的．He tried to put a guilt trip on me.
- What? That's insane. I'm glad you broke up with him. Anyway, you'd better not try to make me feel guilty about him.
- 对，他呀，是有毛病，所以我才和他分手的嘛．我告诉你可是没有要让你感到内疚的意思哦！
- That's better!
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- 今天李华学到了： to stick around，意思是「在一个地方待下去、先别走」．李华还学到了： a guilt trip，这是指「感到内疚」。
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