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2024.09.09 05:51
第十二部 第九課: dump , ham
- 李華看到報上登出的有關公寓的廣告，租金呢比較便宜，於是她和 Larry 一起去看那個公寓．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： dump 和 ham。
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- Oh my God! This place is a dump! You couldn't possibly live here!
- 這地方真夠糟的哎！ Larry，你說這是個 dump，那是什麼意思啊？
- "Dump" as in "garbage dump." I mean that this place is far too dirty and poorly maintained for you to live in it.
- 所以 dump 就是指像垃圾堆一樣，很髒，各種條件都很差 .... 哎喲！有一隻大蟑螂剛剛跑過去哎．這地方真的是個 dump，怪不得啊租金這麼便宜。
- The paint is peeling off of the walls, the ceiling leaks, and the refrigerator looks 50 years old. I don't think I've ever seen such a dump.
- 你說的沒錯，這牆上的油漆都剝落了，天花板在漏水，冰箱啊看起來又舊又髒．算了算了，我們還是走吧！別在這兒浪費時間了，我可不想住在這種地方． It's really a dump。
- Are there any other apartments that you were planning to go and see today?
- 還有一個地方我想去看，離這兒啊只有幾條街，但願那個地方啊不像這裡這麼差勁。
- I don't know, Li Hua. This really isn't a very good area of the city. Maybe you should look at apartments somewhere else.
- 這個區域不好啊，我想也是，不然這裡的公寓租金啊不會那麼便宜的！不過，要是到別的地方去找，那租金啊可能比我現在付的還要高呢。
- That's possible. In that case, I think that maybe you should stay in your current apartment.
- 是嗎？你認為我該繼續住在我現在的公寓裡？也許你說的對，我的公寓租金啊其實也不算太貴，而且很舒服呢。
- Your apartment is a palace compared to this dump.
- 那倒是，和這裡比起來啊，我那個公寓可算是皇宮啦．我還是打消搬家的念頭吧！
- That's a good idea.
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- Hey, Li Hua, are those pictures from the party last weekend?
- 沒錯，這些啊是上個禮拜開 party 時照的照片，昨天才剛洗出來呢．嘿！你看， Sally 啊真會搶鏡頭，幾乎每張照片啊都有她呢。
- Yeah, Sally's a real ham. She loves attention.
- She's a ham? Ham 不是火腿嗎？那是一種豬肉嘛！哦～！你是說 Sally 像一隻豬啊？
- (Laughing) No, I'm not saying she looks like a pig. Ham is slang for someone who loves attention. People who are hams especially love being videotaped or having their picture taken.
- 哦～！ Ham 在這裡是指一個喜歡吸引別人注意的人．這種人啊特別喜歡錄像、照像．照這麼說啊， Sally 絕對是個 ham，她啊特喜歡別人給她照相。
- If we videotape the party, I'm sure she would have played a starring role.
- 沒錯，要是那天我們錄像的話，她肯定會像個明星一樣，到處都是她了．對了， Larry，你知道還有誰也可以算是個 ham 嗎？
- I think Jane is a real ham. She'd do anything to attract people's attention.
- 對，Jane 那她也特別喜歡照像．她也可以說是個 ham．那你再猜猜誰是個 ham？
- No. Who?
- 你沒有注意到啊？我那隻貓咪小雪球啊！她呀也想盡辦法讓別人注意她．只要有人走進來，她立刻就衝上去，要別人看看她，摸摸她。
- My parents' dog is a real ham, too. He won't leave you alone until you pet him and give him his fare share of attention.
- 這些小動物啊都要別人注意它們．我的朋友說啊，要是她出門時間長啦，她的小狗還會很不高興呢。
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語．第一個是： dump，是指「一個像垃圾堆、很髒、條件很差的地方」．另一個常用語是： ham，是指「一個很喜歡別人注意、喜歡搶風頭的人」。
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