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2025.10.05 19:40
第十一部 第一课: downer , baby
- Larry 到李华住的地方去接她出去吃晚餐，可是发现李华正在焦急地到处找什麼东西．今天李华会学到两个常用语： downer 和 baby.
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- Larry，我的钱包不见了，找了半天也没找到．我啊肯定是放在家裡的，你说现在怎麼办啊？
- That's a real downer. Let me help you look for it. What does it look like?
- 啊嗯～，我的钱包是红顏色的，上面啊还镶蓝色的边．你刚才说 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 就是让人不高兴的事情．嗯，丢钱包啊真的是很倒霉哎，丢了钱还不算，还得重新申请驾驶执照、身份证件，还得打电话给信用卡公司取消我的信用卡，想到这些啊我就头疼。
- Hey, don't get all upset yet. We still haven't finished looking for it.
- 我知道．这样吧，我到厨房去找，你啊帮我找一找沙发底下哦。
- 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 今天晚上不能和我们去吃饭啦？真让人失望． That is a downer! 自从啊她交了男朋友以后，我已经好久没见到她了。
- I know what you mean. I haven't seen her in at least two months.
- 找到了！我找到我的钱包了．你看，在冰箱下面，一定是今天早上啊我买菜回来时掉下去的。
- 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.
- 餐厅裡啊等不到位子，那还不是什麼大问题呢．我啊要是真找不到我的钱包，那才真是个 a real downer。
- Yeah, then I'd have to pay!
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- 啊～什麼啊！还得等一个小时才有座位啊？啊～，我不行了，我快要饿死了！
- Oh, don't be such a big baby. You'll survive. Besides, it might not take that long.
- Larry，你说我像个 baby， Baby 是婴儿、是娃娃哎．我饿了还不行吗？大人也会肚子饿哪！
- Well, then don't act so immature and whiny. You're too old to whine like a baby.
- 你说我表现得像个孩子一样，所以叫我 baby．我饿了还不能说呀？
- Saying that you're going to starve to death is a little dramatic, don't you think?
- 我说快要饿死了，这是强调、夸张！為了找钱包，我中午饭都没有来得及吃呢．所以我真的是很饿啊！
- 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！，你就喜欢这样逗我．你觉得这样很好玩啊？好啊！你不也是经常抱怨没有时间看球赛，没有时间出去玩吗？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.
- 你惹急了我就说是开玩笑，我当然要想办法报復囉。
- Hey, look, our table's ready.
- 谢天谢地，我们终於等到位子了．现在啊你再叫我 big baby 我也无所谓了．吃饭要紧，我们快点菜吧。
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，第一个是： downer，就是指「让人非常失望、非常不高兴的事情」；另一个常用语是： baby，是「形容一个人表现得像小孩儿一样幼稚」。
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