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第叁部 第十一课: psycho , laid back
- 今天李华和 Michael 一起吃午饭的时候，聊起了李华的室友小陈。Michael 在谈话中教给李华两个年轻人常用的词：psycho 和 laid back。
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- Hey Li Hua. You look upset about something. What's up?
- 哎哟，还不是我那室友，她今天又找我麻烦，说什麼以后再也不许我做中国菜，因為她受不了厨房裡的油烟味。
- She said what? Your roommate is a psycho! She's crazy!
- 哎，你刚才说她是什麼？
- I called her a psycho. p-s-y-c-h-o.
- 嗯～，a psycho 是不是就我们中文裡常说的 「神经病」，对不对？
- That' right. Also, psycho was the name of a famous movie about a crazy person who killed people in a hotel.
- 哎～，我听说过，那部电影啊叫 「惊魂记」；不过，你说我室友是个 psycho，你该不是真以為她疯了吧？
- Well, I guess she isn't crazy. Usually we just call someone with strange behavior, and a bad unpredictable temper, a psycho.
- Bad, unpredictable temper，无缘无故乱发脾气．．，哎呀，这简直说的就是我室友嘛。哎，Michael，你再给我举几个 psycho 的例子好不好？
- Well, my last boss was a real psycho. One time, I came to work one minute late, and he yelled at me in front of everyone.
- 真的啊？ 他当着很多人的面前骂你啊。哎哟，这种人啊真是有毛病。哎，你可不可以再想想看，还有什麼 psycho 的例子呢？
- Well, ask any American, and they'll probably tell you about some famous serial killer, they are psychos.
- 哦～，psycho 也可以真的是指一个心理变态的杀人狂。
- That's right. We might call someone who kills people for no reason a psycho.
- 嗯，那这样听来，我那个室友倒没那麼严重啦，不过啊，我总得想办法和她好好相处，你说对不对啊， Michael ？
- Well, when is your apartment lease going to expire? You can always ditch your psycho roommate and find a new one.
- 哎，好主意啊，我们公寓的租约啊，嗯～还有两个月就到期了，到时候啊我就可以搬出去了。
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- Well, let's look at the roommate wanted ads in the paper.
- 你说来看看 「寻找室友」 的广告啊。嗯，让我来看看，这条广告说 Wanted: friendly, laid back female roommate to share a two bedroom apartment. Michael，这个 laid back 是什麼意思啊？
- Laid back, laid, l-a-i-d, back, b-a-c-k. Describes someone who does not get angry or excited easily. This person doesn't want a psycho roommate.
- 哦，laid back 是形容一个人个性随和，不会轻易地发脾气。疑？那你觉不觉得我脾气很好，很容易相处啊？
- Ah…, Well, I guess so. Usually you are laid back. But, not always...
- 嘿！你这是什麼意思啊，干嘛吞吞吐吐的，有话直说吧。
- Well, remember when you got angry at your roommate for breaking your bicycle and then blaming you?
- 我承认那一次我很生气，不过那是因為我室友先对我无理取闹啊。
- And you certainly weren't very laid back when she tricked you on April Fool's day.
- 就是啊，那一次也是因為她在愚人节捉弄我，才惹我发脾气的。
- Well and then your roommate.......
- 哎哟，够了够了，别再提我室友了啦，我每次生气都是被她害的。
- You're right, Li Hua. She's the problem, not you. You'd better find a new, laid back roommate.
- 对，我们赶快看广告吧。哎，你看啊，这个广告说：Asian girl, seeks female roommate for two bedroom apartment. Call Xiaoli Chen. 哎哟，我的天啊，这是我室友嘛。她居然在瞒着我开始登广告，真是把我气死了。
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- 今天李华学会两个新词，一个是： psycho，指的是「一个人行為反常、爱发脾气」；另一个是： laid back，就是「个性比较随和」的意思。
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