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2024.09.08 07:39
第十部 第十四課: to dump someone , babe magnet
- 今天是星期六， Larry 和李華要和另外一個同學 Jim 一塊兒去吃午飯，然後再去看電影．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： to dump someone 和 babe magnet.
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- Li Hua, Jim sounded really bummed on the phone. His girlfriend just dumped him and I don't think he's handling it very well.
- Jim 在電話上聽起來情緒很壞？你說他女朋友把他怎麼啦？ Dumped him？什麼是 dump？
- Well, first they had a fight and then she dumped him. To dump is to break up with someone.
- 哦～，原來 dump someone 就是不要和某人在一起了．也就是 Jim 的女朋友把他給甩啦．是喔，男女朋友分手是挺難受的。
- Yeah, I can't believe she dumped him after they'd been together for two years. It's really a shock.
- 我聽了也很驚奇耶．他們在一起已經兩年了， Jim 的脾氣又那麼好，為什麼他女朋友要把他甩啦？為什麼要 dump him?
- I don't know. He wouldn't tell me the reason why she dumped him.
- 他不願意告訴你為什麼啊．對，有的人啊是不願意跟別人談這種細節．會不會 Jim 的女朋友愛上別人啦？
- That's possible, but it's not really any of our business. We should just try and cheer him up while we're with him.
- 對，這是他們之間的事，我們啊不必過問．我們今天就想辦法讓他高興一點就好啦．疑？ Larry，你有沒有被女朋友甩過？ Have you ever been dumped?
- I really don't want to talk about that, Li Hua. If I have been dumped, it's not something I'm proud of.
- 你不想告訴我啊，我能理解，被別人甩了確實不是什麼值得驕傲的事兒．這麼說，你被甩過啊． You've been dumped. 為什麼啊？
- Li Hua! I told you (that) I don't want to talk about it.
- 對不起，對不起嘛，我只是好奇嘛．你人那麼好，為什麼你的女朋友會甩了你啊．我只是覺得很難想像而已嘛。
- Don't worry about it. Hey, look, we're almost at Jim's place.
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- 哎，Larry，剛才吃飯的時候，你說 Jim 是個 babe magnet，他聽了好像很高興哎．這個 Babe magnet 到底是什麼意思啊？
- A babe magnet is a man who attracts lots of women, the way a magnet attracts metal. I was trying to make him feel better.
- 哦～，我懂了， babe 就是指女孩兒，而 magnet 就是磁鐵，所以囉，一個 babe magnet 就是很能吸引女孩兒的人．你這麼說是為了安慰 Jim，意思就是啊，他很快就會找到新女朋友了，是不是？
- Exactly. If he feels good about himself and thinks about future possibilities, then he won't be so depressed about getting dumped.
- 沒錯。只要 Jim 對自己有信心、覺得前途有希望，他就不會太難過了．而且 Jim 真的是一個 babe magnet 啊！你看，他長的一表人才，又聰明，對人也好，我想啊很多女孩都會喜歡他的！
- Hey, Li Hua, if you think he's such a babe magnet, then why don't you go out with him?
- Larry！你在說什麼嘛！我說 Jim 是個好人並不意味我就要和他談戀愛啊。
- I know; I'm just teasing you. Besides, even if Jim is an irresistible babe magnet, I don't think it's a good idea to go out with him right now.
- 我同意，他啊現在情緒不好．最好等一段時間再開始談戀愛． Larry，有沒有人告訴你，你也算得上是個 babe magnet?
- I don't need anyone to tell me I'm a babe magnet. I already know it.
- 是嗎？口氣還真不小呢，你早知道自己是個 babe magnet 啊？
- Yep. Women love me. They told me I'm a babe magnet.
- 哼嘿嘿嘿，你啊要真是個 babe-magnet，那你怎麼還會被甩呢？
- Li Hua, I told you...
- 好啦，開個玩笑嘛！
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