Larry和李華正在乘公共汽車去公園去溜冰。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語:to level with someone和clueless.
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LL: I have to level with you, Li Hua. I'm not very fond of ice-skating. I haven't done it in years.
LH: To "level with me?" Level是水平的意思。你是說你溜冰的水平和我不一樣?。堪?!你又沒看過我溜冰,怎么知道我的程度呢?
LL: No, "to level with someone" is to be direct and honest.
LH: 噢,to level with someone, 就是向人誠(chéng)實(shí)坦白的意思。嘿!那我也得和你老實(shí)說,我根本不太會(huì)溜冰。我只是想去看看歷史課的同學(xué)Jake。他說他今天會(huì)去公園溜冰,可是我又不想一個(gè)人去,所以.....
LL: Now, the truth comes out! Come on, level with me, do you have a crush on Jake?
LH: 嗯... 我是挺喜歡他的。 不過我想和他多聊聊,看看我是不是真喜歡他。
LL: Well, Li Hua, I have to level with you and say that you might not make the best impression on Jake if you're falling all of the time.
LH: 對(duì),我要是老摔倒,他看見了怎么會(huì)對(duì)我有好的印象呢!我還是少溜一些,站在一旁看別人溜吧!
LL: Hey, that's not fair! You drag me ice skating and now you aren't going to ice skate?
LH: 哎喲,對(duì)不起嘛!我把你拖來溜冰自己又不溜。To level with you,我來之前根本就沒想那么多!
LL: That's obvious. I think you might as well level with Jake and ask him to help you.
LH: 對(duì)耶!我怎么沒想到?我可以叫Jake教我溜冰?。∴?,可是Larry, 那你怎么辦?
LL: Then I'll just sit and watch while you and your new boyfriend skate around on the ice.
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LL: Li Hua, I think I'll skate after all, but I'm really clueless about ice-skating. How do I put these skates on?
LH: 怎么穿溜冰鞋??!把鞋帶系好不就行啦!對(duì)了,你剛才說"clueless",那是什么意思?。?/p>
LL: Okay. If someone is "clueless" it means that he or she has no idea what they are doing.
LH: 噢,clueless就是什么也不懂。我雖然會(huì)穿溜冰鞋,可是對(duì)溜冰我也是一竅不通吶!I'm also clueless about ice-skating.
LL: Great. This is the blind leading the blind. We're both more or less clueless. Do you see your friend Jake? Maybe he can help us.
LH: 嗯,我沒看到Jake,也許... 他不來了。
LL: Li Hua, is Jake really coming? If he is, what time is he supposed to come here?
LH: 嗯,我不知道。
LL: You're not sure or you're clueless?
LH: 好啦好啦,to level with you,我就聽他說了一聲今天會(huì)來滑冰。我根本不知道他到底什么時(shí)候來嘛!
LL: Li Hua, what were you thinking?
LH: Larry, 對(duì)不起嘛!我很喜歡Jake,可是我不知道該怎么接近他,怎么樣進(jìn)一步了解他。
LL: Oh, I understand. Yeah, sometimes I'm clueless about girls, too. Everyone feels that way sometimes. Don't worry; I'll help you find an excuse to talk to Jake.
LH: 真的嗎!Wow! Larry, 你真好。有你幫忙,我就放心了??礃幼游覀?cè)谶@兒也沒別的事可做。那就一塊兒溜冰咯!來吧!
今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是: to level with someone, 意思是向人坦白說實(shí)話。另一個(gè)常用語是clueless, 意思是對(duì)某件事什么也不知道。