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2025.09.20 01:45
第八部 第六课: to go off on someone , what's the deal
- 李华刚下课，走出课堂就碰上了 Larry．李华在和 Larry 谈话中会学到两个常用语： to go off on someone 和 what's the deal.
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- 嘿～， Larry，你刚刚下课啊？哎，对了，我刚好要问你，今天你有没有见到 Dave？
- Dave? No, I haven't seen him anywhere since professor Jones went off on him yesterday morning.
- Jones 教授对 Dave 怎麼啦？你说他 went off on Dave? 那是甚麼意思啊？
- To go off on someone means to suddenly get very angry at someone. "To go off " can mean "to explode"- for instance, something like a bomb or a gun can go off.
- 哦～， to go off on someone 就是突然对某个人大发脾气，就好像炸弹爆炸、枪支开火那样．那， Jones 教授為甚麼突然对 Dave 大发脾气呢？
- Dave asked Professor Jones if he could turn in a paper a few days late, and Professor Jones just went off on him.
- Dave 怎麼经常要求晚几天交报告呢？唉，也难怪啊 Jones 教授要 go off on him，对他发脾气了．哎，Larry，你可不可以再给我举几个 go off on someone 的例子呢！
- Hmm, let me think. I remember when I was in Beijing I tried to pay a taxi driver, and he went off on me for several minutes. I had no idea why he was so angry. It turned out, what I gave him was a counterfeit note.
- 你给出租车司机假钞票，那他当然要对你大发脾气囉！
- Li Hua, have you ever gone off on someone here in the U.S.?
- 嗯～，我啊，我英文还不是很好，不敢轻易和人吵架．哎，我只有对我过去那个同屋啊发了好几次脾气，因為啊她实在太脏，而且啊，她还想偷偷搬出去，就是為了想赖掉一个月的房租呢！
- She tried to cheat you out of a month's rent? If my roommate did that, I wouldn't just go off on him, I'd take him to court!
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- So anyway, what's the deal with Professor Jones lately? He always seems to be in a bad mood.
- What's the deal? 你在说甚麼啊？ deal 不是交易的意思吗？你是问我， Jones 教授在和甚麼人做交易啊？
- No, no, no, Li Hua. When I ask "what's the deal", I mean "what is the situation?" I was asking why he is in a bad mood.
- 哦～，我知道了， what's the deal 就像我们中文裡常说的「怎麼回事儿」．你刚才是问我， Jones 教授心情不好到底是怎麼回事儿．嗯，我听说啊，他对今年没能升上正教授的职位好像挺失望的。
- Really? What's the deal with that? He's been in this department for years!
- 就是啊！ Jones 教授在我们繫上教书也有好多年了，不给他提升，究竟是怎麼回事，谁也不知道。
- That seems to be unfair. Well, Li Hua, what's the deal tomorrow night? Is everyone still planning to go together to that concert?
- 嗯，明天晚上啊是这样，我呢和另外叁个同学会去听演唱会，可是我的车出问题了，现在还在修车厂呢．哎，Larry，我们能不能搭你的车去啊？
- Well, here's the deal: I've got class until six thirty tomorrow, and the concert is at eight. It's probably best if you meet me here at school, since I might not have enough time to pick you all up.
- 哼～，你明天 6 点半才下课，演唱会 8 点就开始．对，要你去接我们啊，恐怕是来不及．那就照你说的吧，我们到学校来等你！喔，对了， Ed 他明天不想去，他和 Jill 刚刚分手，不想和 Jill 见面。
- Really? What's the deal with those two? I thought they were really happy together, but I heard that Jill went off on Ed the other night.
- 他们俩到底是怎麼回事儿？谁知道！大家啊都以為他们在一起很高兴． Jill 那天晚上对 Ed 大发脾气是因為 Ed 没跟她商量啊就决定明年要到国外去唸书。
- Oh well. That's too bad. Anyway, the deal tomorrow is you and your friends will meet me here at school, and we'll all leave together. OK?
- 没问题，那就明天晚上在校园见囉！
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- 今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是： to go off on someone，意思是「突然对某人大发脾气」；另一个常用语是：what's the deal，这是指「什麼情况？、怎麼回事？」。
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