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2026.03.13 10:07
第十四部 第十四课: cold feet , do a number
- 李华和 Larry 正在商量去野营的事。今天李华会学到两个常用语：cold feet 和 do a number。
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- Hey Li Hua, are you ready for that camping trip this weekend?
- 这个週末去野营的事啊？嗯...，我还不确定是不是能跟你们一起去耶...
- What? Don't tell me you're getting cold feet! You told me last week you wanted to come along!
- 是啦，我上个星期是说要去来嘛！可我现在不确定能不能去啊。这跟我的脚没有关係。而且冬天又还没来，我的脚怎麼会冷啊？
- No, no... to get cold feet means to become nervous or anxious and then change your mind about a decision.
- 哦～，你不是在说我因為脚冷而不去啊。Cold feet 就是因為太紧张，太担心而改变主意了。
- I still don't understand why you are afraid to go camping.
- 我不是害怕野营。而是下星期二要期中考试，你忘啦？我得学习，还得写个报告...
- Everyone has gotten cold feet at least once. When I was little, my parents sent me to a summer camp. At the camp I began to feel homesick, started getting cold feet, and wanted to come home.
- 原来你小时候还有这事儿啊！你父母送你去夏令营，结果去了后你就紧张了要回家，那你父母得提早把你接回去吧？Larry，那个时候你多大啊？
- I was like 7-years old. When I was a teenager, I thought about joining the Army after high school. But as I got closer to graduation, I got cold feet, and I changed my mind.
- 中学时你又想参军，结果后来又因為害怕改变主意啦。这我知道，我哥哥啊也是这样。Larry，你听说了没有？在乔治亚州有个女孩，结婚前几天啊就是因為太紧张逃走了呢。
- Yes, she pretended she had been kidnapped. I feel sorry for her fiance。
- 对啊，她还假装啊是被人绑架了。她那个未婚夫啊还真倒霉呢。Larry，上个星期我们本来说好去跳舞，后来你改变了主意，你是真的病了，还是 get cold feet?
- Honestly, I got cold feet. I got nervous at the last minute, and made up an excuse. Sorry!
- 原来你是最后一分鐘胆怯了，所以才装病。
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- Hi, Larry！你们去野营，开不开心啊？
- Sure, I guess so... but look at this sunburn I got! The sun really did a number on my face!
- 哟～，看你的脸给晒的！你说太阳怎麼啦？Did a number，这太阳和数字有什麼关係啊？
- The sun did a number on my face. Did a number means that the sun did a lot of damage, I got a really bad sunburn!
- Did a number 意思就是造成很大的损坏。对耶，你啊晒得可真厉害。你的手臂呢？
- Oh, those are mosquito bites. The mosquitoes really did a number on my arms... and my legs, and my neck...
- 蚊子把你咬成那样啊！瞧你的手臂，还有腿，哎哟，还有脖子上呢！不过啊，你总算是去玩了。我呀，才倒霉吶。车子好好地停在那裡，结果有个人开车撞上去，把我的车门给撞坏了。He did a number on the door.
- Wow, too bad. At least you were lucky that you weren't in the car when he hit it, he could have done a real number on you, not just your car.
- 对耶，幸好啊我没在车裡，否则我肯定会受伤的。我姐姐以前就在出车祸的时候手臂骨给撞断了呢。
- That's terrible! A few years ago someone in a car hit me while I was riding my bicycle on the street. I was not hurt, but it really did a number on my bike!
- 汽车撞你自行车，结果你居然没有受伤啊。那自行车坏了。那个人赔你钱了吗？
- Nothing, because he drove off. Good for him: I was angry and felt like doing a number on his face with my fists.
- 撞了就走啦？那太不像话了。这种人啊真是该揍他一顿。不过像你这样软棉棉的手，受伤的很可能会是你的手，而不是他的脸喔。
- Speaking of doing a number, that camping food really made my stomach uncomfortable. I need some coffee.
- 野营的饭让你的胃不舒服啊？不过，你如果空肚子喝咖啡...
- Oh, yeah, that'll do a number on me, I'd better eat first.
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是：cold feet，意思是由於紧张和担心而临时改变主意。另一个常用语是：do a number， 这是指伤害什麼东西。
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