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2025.10.05 19:38
第七部 第八课: what's her face , thingamajig
- 李华正在往图书馆走，突然， Larry 把她叫住了．李华在今天的谈话中会学到两个常用语： what's her face 和 thingamajig。
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- Hey, Li Hua. One of your classmates asked me to give you this envelope.
- 我的同学要你给我这个信封？哪个同学呀？
- Oh, it was... what's-her-face, you know, the tall girl with red hair.
- 高个子、红头髮的女孩儿？你还说什麼 - What's her face? 疑？ Face 不是「脸」吗？
- I said "what's-her-face" instead of her name because I couldn't remember her name. I guess it means I can remember her face, but not her name.
- 哦～，你不记得她的名字，但是你记得她的脸长的是什麼样子，所以你说 what's her face，也就相当於是 what's her name ． 嗯～， Larry，你这麼说是不是不太礼貌呢？
- Well, it's not really rude, but it's very informal. You shouldn't call someone what's-her-face if she is nearby... in that case, you should just ask her what her name is.
- 哎哟，幸亏你告诉我呢，儘管 what's-her-face 是很随便的说法，但是也不应该当着那个人的面这麼说．要是这个人啊就在你身边，那麼我就应该直接问她叫什麼名字．哎，对了，Larry，刚才你是说 what's her face，要是男孩子的话，那应该怎麼说呢？
- You would say what's-his-face.
- 哦～，要是男生，但是你又记不起他的名字，那也可以说 what's his face．我想起来了啦，那个高个儿红头髮的女孩，哎哟，是 Julia 嘛．我啊和 Jenny 向她借了上星期四的笔记，因為那天我俩没去上课，这个信封裡啊肯定是她的笔记。
- That's right - You missed a class last Thursday. Hey wait, if you needed notes, why didn't you just ask me?
- 啊嗯～，但是我们觉得…啊嗯～ what's-her-face... um, Julia... 她啊，肯定比你记得好。
- Well, come to think of it - If I were what's-her-face, er... I mean Jenny, I wouldn't want my notes either.
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- 哎，Larry，你手裡拿的是什麼东西呀？
- This thing in my hand? Oh, it's the thingamajig I use to measure the air pressure in my car's tires.
- 什麼？ Thin-ga-ma-jig – 哎，这名字听起来很好玩儿。
- No no, that's not the real name of this thing. We use "thingamajig", to replace the name of an object when we don't know or can't remember its real name.
- 哦～，Thingamajig 不是这个东西的名字啊．那要是不知道，或是忘了一样东西的名称，我们就可以用这个 thingamajig 来代替．哎，那不就是像我们中文裡说的「那玩意儿」吗？是不是？
- That's right. Actually, I think the thing in my hand is called a "tire pressure gauge". Tom asked me to help him check the air pressure of his car's tires.
- 哦～，原来你手裡拿的这个 thingamajig 是用来测量汽车轮胎压力的．你要帮 Tom 来测测他的车子轮胎啊 ？哎哟，Larry，看来你对车子还挺懂的嘛！
- Hey, I never said I'm good with cars. To me, everything under the hood of my car is just a bunch of thingamajigs.
- 啊～？汽车引擎盖下面的东西你是一窍不通啊？我才不信呢．哦！说到这个修车啊，我这辆自行车的手闸最近不太灵，哎，Larry，你帮我看看好不好？
- Let me see. I think you just need to oil these thingamajigs on your handlebars here.
- 啊～？自行车把手上的这些零件该上油啊？你肯定吗？
- Well, if you don't believe me, you can ask what's-his-face, Jenny's boyfriend, the tall Indian guy - He can fix bikes.
- 那个高个子的印度人， Jenny 的男朋友？
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