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2024.05.12 11:02
第六部 第十二课: neat freak , crash
- 今天 Larry 到李华的宿舍裡面去串门儿，李华会学到两个常用语： neat freak 和 crash.
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- Hey, Li Hua. What are you doing?
- 我啊刚刚收拾完房间，现在我要把所有文件分类，然后呢放在这些不同顏色的文件夹裡。
- Wow, you really are a neat freak.
- 你说我是什麼？Neat freak？嗯，听上去就不是什麼好意思．哎，你别叫那些我听不懂的名字，好不好？
- Calm down. Li Hua. To be neat is to be very clean and orderly. A freak is a person that is really weird or unusual. Together, a "neat freak" refers to someone who likes to keep things extremely clean and organized.
- 嗯～，neat 这个词我知道，就是 「乾净、有条理」 的意思， freak就是说一个人和一般人不一样，很古怪．所以，a neat freak 就是一个特别爱乾净、特别有条理的人．疑？Larry, 你真觉得我是个 neat freak 吗？
- Yes, see, your room always looks perfect, you always make your bed. You never throw your clothes on the floor. And you have all your papers well organized.
- 那～，你啊就和 neat freak 刚好相反．你的房间啊总是乱糟糟的，床也不舖，衣服啊满地乱扔，还有，你的各种学习资料啊，也是到处乱放。
- Well, I'm not a neat freak, so I don't care if everything is neat and perfect.
- 我看哪， Larry, 你就是太懒了 -- I think you are just too lazy.
- Well, maybe I am a little lazy, but look at your room, books, sweaters and even newspapers are stacked in order, and you're a real neat freak.
- 怎麼啦？书呀、毛衣和报纸当然应该放整齐嘛．这有什麼奇怪的？哦～， 对你来啊，说这可能是过份有条理，可能是有点怪． Well, I guess I am a neat freak.
- Alright. Now that you've finished cleaning, why don't we go to a movie.
- Sure, let's go!
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- That movie was so long. It's almost midnight! I'm so tired that I think I'm going to go home and crash.
- 什麼？ crash ？你是说你太累了，如果开车回家会出交通事故啊？
- No, I don't mean crash as in "car-crash". I mean crash as in "go to sleep".
- 嗯～．我还是不懂哎．你是说 crash，这个词，除了可以用作 car-crash, 表示 「撞车」，还可以用来表示 「睡觉」 啊？
- Yes, "I really want to go home and crash" means that I really want to go home and sleep.
- 哦～，我懂了．想想看，crash 这个词啊用在这裡还挺形像的．因為啊你太累了，所以一回家就 「瘫」 在床上睡着了．So, Larry, can I say I was so tired that I crashed on the couch -- 我啊实在太累了，所以倒在沙发上就睡着了呢？
- Yes, you can say that. Another example is: I crashed at Jim's house the other night because it was too late to go home.
- 这个我懂，你是说啊，你那天晚上在 Jim 家裡玩得太晚了，所以乾脆不回家，就在他家裡过了一夜．疑？那要是我家裡在粉刷墙壁，没法住，我可不可以说 I'd like to crash at my friend's house？
- Of course you can, but right now Li Hua, what I really want is to crash in my own bed. I can't wait to get home.
- 有那麼着急吗？ 刚才看电影的时候我看你眼睛还张的大大的呢．不过，我也挺累的了．我啊我想我一到家，也是会倒头就睡着的 -- I will also crash when I get home.
- Let's go!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，一个是： neat freak，表示「特别爱乾净、有条理的人」．另一个是： crash，在口语裡可以表示「睡觉」。
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