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2025.10.26 15:57
第十叁部 第十四课: diddlysquat , rub it in
- Larry 刚刚给自己的公寓贴了新的墻纸，可是他觉得效果很不理想。李华今天会学到两个常用语：diddlysquat 和 rub it in。
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- Today, Li Hua, I discovered that I don't know diddlysquat about putting up wallpaper.
- 什麼? diddlysquat？听你的意思，你好像是说你对贴墻纸什麼也不懂，是不是啊？
- That's right. I don't know diddlysquat means I don't know anything.
- 哦～，Don't know diddlysquat 就是什麼也不懂，一窍不通的意思。
- Right. When I was wallpapering my apartment, I didn't get the pieces perfectly straight before I put them on, and now the pattern doesn't line up.
- 我也对贴墻纸一窍不通耶。不过啊，贴之前你好像总得把墻纸弄直了。否则，墻纸的花样怎麼对得起来呢！
- Yeah, but it is harder to do than you might think. I really needed to read instructions in a how-to book before I started, but I didn't do diddlysquat to prepare.
- 原来你什麼準备都没有做就开始贴墻纸呀！美国有很多关於如何装修房屋的书，你什麼都没看你就动手啦？你胆子也够大的。得了，你来帮我点忙，分散一下注意力，心情啊就会好一些了。好不好？
- Sure, how can I help?
- 我昨天啊买了一个新的电脑硬盘，可我在这方面啊什麼也不懂，I don't know diddlysquat about computer。你来帮我装一下，好不好？
- You are just like my mom, Li Hua. She doesn't know diddlysquat about computers either, but I am happy to help out. When should I come by?
- Larry，你能帮我装上啊那就太好了。嗯～，那－，午饭以后你可以过来吗？
- OK, I'll do that. But maybe you can come help me remove the wallpaper I put up.
- 帮你撕墻纸，I don't know diddlysquat about that! 嗯～，让我看看再说吧。
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- 喔～，Larry, 这墻纸还真是没对齐耶。
- Yeah, I know. Please don't rub it in.
- 不要抹进去？疑？我们不是要把墻纸撕下来吗？
- No, no. By "rub it in", I didn't mean rub the wallpaper into the wall. I meant that I already know the wallpaper doesn't line up, so you don't need to tell me again and make me feel worse.
- 我明白了，rub it in 的意思是呢就是说在伤口上抹盐，让人啊更难堪。墻纸没贴好，你已经很难过了，我又提起这件事，就是 rub it in - 让你更难受，对不对？
- Yeah, especially when it is something you are not happy about. "Rubbing it in" just makes a person feel worse.
- Rub it in，只会让人更难过，所以我们的朋友 Rick 在撞车以后，你并没有对他说， “你怎麼这麼不小心”，就是因為你不想让他更难堪哦。
- Right, I didn't want Rick to feel even worse about his car.
- 还有啊，上个星期考试，我考得好，你考得不好，我说，“你本来就该好好复习的嘛”。这又是 rubbing it in，往伤口上抹盐，对不对？
- Exactly.
- 可是，我只是想对好朋友提出忠告，我可没有抹盐的意思啊。
- I know you didn't mean to rub it in, Li Hua. Well, let's go see what we can do about your hard drive.
- Great. 好啊，去看看我的电脑吧。
- You are really lucky that we are friends! I mean, you don't know diddlysquat about computers. You'd never be able to install the hard drive without me.
- 我知道我对电脑一窍不通，你就别往我伤口上抹盐了嘛。You don't have to rub it in！
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 don't know diddlysquat about something，意思是对某件事一无所知，一窍不通。李华学到的另一个常用语是 rub it in， 意思是在某个人的伤口上抹盐，令人更加难过。
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