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2024.05.21 11:14
第十六部 第五课: oodles , chuck
- 李华在帮 Larry 打扫他的公寓。李华今天会学到两个常用语 oodles 和 chuck。
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- Oh! I forgot about this closet. Whoa. There are oodles of things in here I don't need.
- Oodles? 你是说麵条，noodles?
- No, no. Oodles and noodles may rhyme, but oodles means lots of something.
- 噢，oodles和noodles虽然押韵，但是oodles和麵条毫无关係。Larry，你壁橱裡怎麼会有那麼多东西呀？ 看来今天我们要扔很多东西。That means there will be oodles of things to throw away!
- Yes, like the oodles of old tennis balls I'll never use again.
- 不只是网球，还有那麼些旧杂誌，你怎麼会有这麼多杂誌呢？
- You know, Li Hua, those are magazines I have had since I was a kid. I would love to look through them, but we don't have oodles of time.
- 你小时候的杂誌一直保留到现在， 难怪这麼多。对了，你為什麼说我们没有很多时间来收拾？我们今天还有别的事吗？
- Well, I arranged for a local charity to stop by at 5:00 and pick up the things I don't need. We've got oodles of work to do before they come, and time is running out.
- 原来你已经跟慈善机构约好下午五点鐘来拉东西。你怎麼不早说呢？我们赶快收拾吧。
- The problem is that I want to give them useful things. I know I have oodles of things to throw away, but I am not sure I'll have oodles of things to give to charity.
- 别担心，要我看，你的很多东西慈善机构都有用的。比如这些旧衣服和餐具，肯定会有人要的。
- Say, are you hungry? Why don't we make some lunch?
- 做午饭？做什麼呀？你的冰箱都是空的，没有什麼可吃的呀。
- I really need to go to the grocery store, but I DO have oodles of noodles.
- 你有好多麵条，那我们就煮麵条吧。
- I'm so glad you came by to help out, Li Hua. You've made cleaning my apartment oodles of fun!
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- Okay, now that we've collected everything, I need to decide what I'm going to give to charity and what I'm going to chuck.
- Chuck? chuck又是什麼意思?
- To chuck something is to throw it out.
- Oh, chuck就是扔掉。那我们把不要的东西分成两堆， 怎麼样？ 一堆捐献， 一堆扔掉。
- Okay, I am definitely going to chuck these old magazines.
- 这些旧杂誌一定要扔掉，那这些毛衣呢？ Do you want to chuck these sweaters?
- No, I don't want to chuck those. I will give those to charity.
- 你一下子扔掉这麼多东西，以后不会后悔吗？要是你改变了主意怎麼办？
- I don't think I'll change my mind, Li Hua. Most of the things I am chucking, I haven't used in months.
- 我想那些你好久没有用过的东西，扔了你也不会再想到它们。
- It just feels good to chuck a bunch of stuff you don't need. My apartment will be neater after we are done, and I'll have more room.
- 没错，东西扔了以后房间也会整齐一些，地方也会显得大一些Larry, 这个炒菜锅也要扔掉吗？
- Well, the handle came off, and I bought another one. So, I just thought I'd chuck it. Since the pan is broken, I didn't want to give it to charity.
- 锅子的把手掉了？让我看看。Larry，我喜欢这个炒菜锅。把它扔了还不如给我算了。 我可以修理。
- Li Hua. I'd be happy if you got some use out of it. Giving the pan to a friend is much better than just chucking it in the trash can.
- 谢谢你， Larry。 你没听说吗？ 一个人的垃圾是另一个人的宝贝："One man's trash is another man's treasure."
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 oodles, 意思是很多。还有一个是 chuck, 意思是扔掉。
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