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2024.10.03 20:56
第十一部 第一課: downer , baby
- Larry 到李華住的地方去接她出去吃晚餐，可是發現李華正在焦急地到處找什麼東西．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： downer 和 baby.
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- Larry，我的錢包不見了，找了半天也沒找到．我啊肯定是放在家裡的，你說現在怎麼辦啊？
- That's a real downer. Let me help you look for it. What does it look like?
- 啊嗯～，我的錢包是紅顏色的，上面啊還鑲藍色的邊．你剛才說 downer，那是什麼意思啊？
- Oh, a "downer" is something that makes you feel "down" or depressed. Losing your wallet is definitely a downer.
- Downer 就是讓人不高興的事情．嗯，丟錢包啊真的是很倒霉哎，丟了錢還不算，還得重新申請駕駛執照、身份證件，還得打電話給信用卡公司取消我的信用卡，想到這些啊我就頭疼。
- Hey, don't get all upset yet. We still haven't finished looking for it.
- 我知道．這樣吧，我到廚房去找，你啊幫我找一找沙發底下哦。
- Sure. Hey, you know what else is a downer? Julia can't go out with us tonight. Her boyfriend is sick and she went over to his house to take care of him.
- 哦～， Julia 今天晚上不能和我們去吃飯啦？真讓人失望． That is a downer! 自從啊她交了男朋友以後，我已經好久沒見到她了。
- I know what you mean. I haven't seen her in at least two months.
- 找到了！我找到我的錢包了．你看，在冰箱下面，一定是今天早上啊我買菜回來時掉下去的。
- Great! Let's go. I'm so hungry that I can eat a whole horse. It would be a real downer if we have to wait for a table at the restaurant.
- 餐廳裡啊等不到位子，那還不是什麼大問題呢．我啊要是真找不到我的錢包，那才真是個 a real downer。
- Yeah, then I'd have to pay!
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- 啊～什麼啊！還得等一個小時才有座位啊？啊～，我不行了，我快要餓死了！
- Oh, don't be such a big baby. You'll survive. Besides, it might not take that long.
- Larry，你說我像個 baby， Baby 是嬰兒、是娃娃哎．我餓了還不行嗎？大人也會肚子餓哪！
- Well, then don't act so immature and whiny. You're too old to whine like a baby.
- 你說我表現得像個孩子一樣，所以叫我 baby．我餓了還不能說呀？
- Saying that you're going to starve to death is a little dramatic, don't you think?
- 我說快要餓死了，這是強調、誇張！為了找錢包，我中午飯都沒有來得及吃呢．所以我真的是很餓啊！
- All right, don't get so upset. I was just teasing you. You don't need to be such a big baby about it.
- 你怎麼你又叫我 baby 了！
- I'm sorry. It's just fun to tease you.
- 喝！，你就喜歡這樣逗我．你覺得這樣很好玩啊？好啊！你不也是經常抱怨沒有時間看球賽，沒有時間出去玩嗎？那下回啊我也叫你 a big baby!
- I really was just kidding, Li Hua. You're not a big baby. You don't need to start thinking of ways to get even with me.
- 你惹急了我就說是開玩笑，我當然要想辦法報復囉。
- Hey, look, our table's ready.
- 謝天謝地，我們終於等到位子了．現在啊你再叫我 big baby 我也無所謂了．吃飯要緊，我們快點菜吧。
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，第一個是： downer，就是指「讓人非常失望、非常不高興的事情」；另一個常用語是： baby，是「形容一個人表現得像小孩兒一樣幼稚」。
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