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2026.03.28 23:40
第叁部 第七课: uptight , to get it
- 李华到美国来唸书还不到一年，纽约有好多地方她还没去过。今天 Michael 带李华到一个夜总会去玩，李华有点紧张，但是她会学到两个常用语：uptight 和 to get it 。
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- Hey Li Hua, why are you sitting over here next to the bar? Come on and dance?
- 啊？你说～我為什麼坐在这儿，不去跳舞啊？我．．．，我有点累哎。
- Oh! come on! Don't be so uptight! Everyone is having a good time except for you.
- 啊？你说除了我，每个人都很高兴啊？你叫我不要什麼啊？什麼是 uptight?
- I said, don't be uptight. Uptight means tense, irritable, or unable to relax.
- 哦～，Uptight 就是紧张、显得烦躁、不能放鬆。疑？那 Uptight 这个词是怎麼拼的呢？
- Uptight, u-p-t-i-g-h-t. You really are uptight! We're here at a dance club, and you're still trying to learn English!
- 哎哟！在夜总会问你一个英文字，你就说我情绪紧张呀？我听不懂问你，这还不行吗？
- Hmph. You're never this uptight when you are with your Chinese friends. You're never afraid to sing karaoke, Oh! even it sounds so bad!
- 嘿－，跟中国朋友在一起我当然不紧张啊，我跟他们都很熟嘛。我知道我唱卡拉OK 唱得很难听，但是我也不怕啊。
- Hmm! Sometimes if I feel a bit uptight, I have a few beers. That helps me relax.
- 哎，Michael 啊，你得小心哎，不要在紧张的时候為了放鬆而喝酒，这样啊，你会越喝越多的。
- I don't always drink when I feel uptight. Just sometimes.
- 要不是经常的话，那还可以，不过，我现在．．，不想喝酒。
- Oh, Stop being so uptight, have a drink. Come on, I'll buy you something.
- 行行行，你让我想一想．．．，嗯，我要一个 Jack and Coke.
- Be right back!
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- I don't get it, Li Hua. I thought You liked to dance.
- 啊？你没有什麼啊？Don't get 什麼啊？
- I said "I don't get it". Don't - get- it. That means I don't understand.
- 哦～，don't get it 就是不懂。疑？那要是我想学什麼，可是又弄不清楚、弄不懂，我就可以说："I don't get it." 对不对？
- That's right! Like my dog, Ralph. I tried to teach him to sit whenever I tell him to. But he still doesn't understand me. He doesn't get it.
- 哎，等等，你要训练你的狗，叫它坐哪裡就坐哪裡，它弄不懂你的要求，这也能说 He doesn't get it？
- Yes. If I tell you a joke, and you understand it, you can say: "I get it."
- 哦～，要是我懂你说的笑话，我可以说："I get it." 可是， Michael, 你说的笑话，我大多数都听不懂呀。
- There you go again...you are always so uptight.
- 听不懂你的笑话也怪我紧张呀？ Michael, you don't get it, 我根本就不紧张。
- Wait, I get it! You're being uptight because Zhao Lifeng is dancing over there. Everyone says you like him!
- 什麼啊！说我喜欢赵立封！他在那儿跟别人跳舞，所以我就紧张啊？ Michael, 赵立封是我好朋友的男朋友，我要跟他跳舞啊，我好朋友会生气的。
- Whatever you say, Li Hua. But you still don't have to be so uptight. Come on, you can dance with me.
- 好吧，我跟你跳舞，这样啊，你就不会再说我 uptight 的啦。
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语： to get it or don't get it，意思是「懂某件事情」，或者是「不懂某件事」；另一个是： uptight，也就是「一个人显得很紧张」。
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