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2026.04.16 11:28
第十二部 第四课: wiped out , cutie-pie
- 李华的教授刚添了个女儿．李华和 Larry 準备去拜访这位教授，向他们表示祝贺．今天李华会学到两个常用语： wiped out 和 cutie-pie。
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- 嘿！ Larry，我想去看看琼斯教授和他太太．他们的女儿 Sarah 现在也应该有几个星期大了！
- Aren't you worried they are too wiped out to have company?
- Wiped out？你说琼斯教授他们怎麼样了啊？
- Too wiped out means they must be really tired. I am sure they haven't gotten much sleep with a new baby in the house.
- 哦～， Wiped-out 就是很疲乏的意思．添了小宝宝他们俩啊可能都睡不好．不过我想，我们早一点去拜访他们，坐一会儿就走，应该没问题吧．我听说啊 baby Sarah 真的很可爱哎！
- OK, That sounds good, but we should call before we go. You know, I am amazed Professor Jones is still teaching classes considering how wiped out he must be.
- 就是啊，虽然很累，琼斯教授还来上课呢！真是令人佩服！我啊，只要想到去上课都好累，更何况我还没有小宝宝呢。
- You're right! Just going to work every day wipes me out. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to get up so many times in the middle of the night to feed the baby and change diapers.
- 没错，半夜裡要起来好几次餵奶，换尿布，真是难以想像．我可受不了。
- Wait until you have your own baby, you wouldn't mind to be wiped out.
- 我想是这样吧，有了自己的孩子啊再累也不在乎．好吧，那我们就给琼斯教授打个电话，看他们什麼时候方便让我们过去，顺便啊看看小宝宝。
- And before we go we probably should stop somewhere and get a card and present for the baby. You aren't too wiped out to do a little shopping first, are you?
- 说到逛街买礼物啊，我才不会觉得累呢！特别是买那些可爱的小宝宝衣服．我再累啊也愿意去！
- I should have known!
- 好，那我现在就给琼斯教授打电话！
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- Larry，你觉得 baby Sarah 是不是真的好可爱喔？
- She was indeed. She was a real cutie-pie!
- A cutie-WHAT？你怎麼说她是个派啊？ Pie？那不是一种点心吗？
- Well, a "cutie-pie" isn't actually a pie like the dessert, but means someone who is very cute.
- 原来如此，cutie-pie 不是指点心，而是指人长的很可爱．小宝宝 Sarah 眼睛大大的，再加上圆圆的脸蛋，真是可爱！ She's certainly a cutie-pie!
- And little Sarah certainly takes after her mother. Professor Jones's wife is a cutie-pie, too!
- 哎， Larry，琼斯教授的太太可是已婚妇女哦！就算你觉得她长的可爱，恐怕也没机会了吧．我劝你啊，还是多注意身边是不是还有其他可爱的女孩儿吧！
- Do you have any one in mind?
- 说起来，我还真有几个长的很可爱的女朋友哎，或许可以给你介绍一个，让你们出去吃个饭或看电影什麼的啊。
- Well, you would be a real sweetie-pie if you would give one of them a call and say nice things about me.
- 疑？等等，我以為你刚才教我的是 cutie-pie，怎麼现在你又说我是个 sweetie-pie？
- Sweetie-pie just means you are a very nice person. "Cutie-pie" and "sweetie-pie" are both often used to describe young children.
- 哦～，Sweetie-pie 和 cutie-pie 往往是形容小孩儿．那我是不是可以叫你 "oldy-pie"？因為啊你可不年轻囉。
- Sorry, Li Hua, it's just "sweetie-pie" or "cutie-pie." That's it.
- 我知道，跟你开玩笑而已，而且你也不老． Larry，你这麼热心教我英语啊，你真是个 sweetie-pie。
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语．一个是： wiped out，是「形容一个人很疲乏」．另一个常用语是： cutie-pie，是「形容一个人长的很可爱」． sweetie-pie 则是「指一个人心地善良、热心助人」。
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