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2024.10.12 08:09
第九部 第十四課: off one's rocker , silent treatment
- Larry 和李華剛上完課，現在在一面喝咖啡，一面聊天．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： off one's rocker 和 silent treatment.
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- Larry，我看你啊一直盯著那邊那個女孩．你為什麼不走過去和她聊一聊呢？
- Are you kidding? She'll think I'm off my rocker if I just walk over and start talking to her.
- 你走過去跟她講話，她會認為你是什麼啊？ Off your rocker，那是什麼意思啊？
- To be "off one's rocker" means to be crazy. I'm afraid she'll think I'm crazy, or at least really weird, if I start talking to her for no reason.
- 哦～，所以 off one's rocker 就是指一個人特別怪，行為反常．嘿，你要是覺得和陌生人說話很奇怪，那你才真的是 off your rocker 呢！
- I don't know, I guess I'm just a little shy about it, okay?
- 你這麼害羞啊，難怪總是錯失良機！算了，你要膽子那麼小，我也沒辦法了．哎，Larry，你看那邊那個人，他才真的有點不正常呢！
- Who?
- 就是坐在角落裡的那個人啊，你看，他還在唱歌呢！
- Yeah, he looks like he's a bit off his rocker, but he's probably just really drunk.
- 就是喔，也許啊他是喝醉了． Larry，我今天不能玩太晚哦．明天早上 9 點鐘，歷史課的教授要給大家補課。
- 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning? Your professor is either completely off his rocker or he just likes to torture his students.
- 星期六早上給大家補課不是挺好嗎？ 你覺得我教授瘋啦！ 我看你才是 off your rocker．Larry，班上啊沒有一個同學認為這個教授這樣做有什麼不正常的啊，更沒有人認為他是為了要折磨我們。
- Ok, ok. But to me, anyone who likes to go to class on Saturday morning is off his rocker.
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- Hey, I forgot to tell you that my sister is giving me the silent treatment. She's mad at me for telling our mom about her new boyfriend.
- 你把你妹妹交男朋友的事告訴你媽，難怪你妹妹要對你發火了．疑？你說，她還給你 silent treatment，那是什麼意思啊？
- To give someone "the silent treatment" is to refuse to talk to that person. My sister is refusing to talk to me because she's mad at me.
- 哦～，我懂了． Silent treatment 就是不理你，不跟你說話了．疑？這麼說，你妹妹也不接你電話囉？
- No, she wouldn't even speak to me when I was home last weekend.
- 我啊．最討厭這種態度了．不講話，能解決問題嗎？
- Exactly. If my sister is giving me the silent treatment, then how are we supposed to talk over the problem?
- 我還記得，當我告訴我媽我決定要來美國唸書的時候，她氣得一個月都不和我說話呢。
- She probably wasn't really mad at you. She was just upset that you would be so far away.
- 我知道，她啊不是真的生我的氣，而是不捨得我到這麼遠的地方來唸書．可是不說話有什麼用啊！
- Sometimes giving someone the silent treatment is a good idea, though. There are a couple of people I avoid talking to because I know that they like to gossip.
- 那倒也是．碰上那種喜歡嚼舌頭的人，最好不和他們說話．去年我的同屋就是這樣的人啊，所以我一個學期都不和她說話，給她 silent treatment。
- Hey, Li Hua, you learn fast!
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- 今天李華學到兩個常用語，一個是： off one's rocker，就是指「一個人行為不正常」，也就是我們平常所說的「某個人瘋啦！」；另外一個常用語是： silent treatment，就是「沉默對待」的意思。
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