美國之音之流行美語Lesson 151 - downer / baby

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LH: Larry，我的錢包不見了。找了半天也沒找到。我肯定是放在家里的，你說現(xiàn)在怎么辦呢？

LL: That's a real downer. Let me help you look for it. What does it look like?

LH: 嗯，我的錢包是紅顏色的，上面還鑲有藍(lán)色的邊。你剛才說downer，那是什么意思？

LL: Oh, a "downer" is something that makes you feel "down" or depressed. Losing your wallet is definitely a downer.

LH: Downer就是讓人不高興的事情。嗯，丟錢包真的是很倒霉。丟了錢還不算，還得重新申請駕駛執(zhí)照、身份證件，還得打電話給信用卡公司取消我的信用卡，想到這些我就頭疼。

LH: Hey, don't get all upset yet. We still haven't finished looking for it.

LL: 我知道。這樣吧，我到廚房去找，你幫我找一找沙發(fā)底下。

LL: Sure. Hey, you know what else is a downer? Julia can't go out with us tonight. Her boyfriend is sick and she went over to his house to take care of him.

LH: 噢，Julia今晚不能和我們?nèi)コ燥埨?？真讓人失望。That is a downer! 自從她交了男朋友以后，我已經(jīng)好久沒見到她了。

LL: I know what you mean. I haven't seen her in at least two months.

LH: 我找到了！我找到我的錢包了。你看，在冰箱下面，一定是今天早上我買菜回來時掉下去的。

LL: Great! Let's go. I'm so hungry that I can eat a whole horse. It would be a real downer if we have to wait for a table at the restaurant.

LH: 餐廳里等不到位子，那還不是什么大問題。我要是真找不到我的錢包，那才真是a real downer。

LL: Yeah, then I'd have to pay!

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LH: (Whiny) 什么！還得等一個小時才有座位?。堪?，我不行了，我快要餓死了！

LL: Oh, don't be such a big baby. You'll survive. Besides, it might not take that long.

LH: Larry, 你說我像個baby 。Baby 就是嬰兒，娃娃。我餓了還不行嗎？大人也會肚子餓哪！

LL: Well, then don't act so immature and whiny. You're too old to whine like a baby.

LH: 你說我表現(xiàn)得象個孩子一樣，所以叫我baby。我餓了還不能說呀？

LL: Saying that you're going to starve to death is a little dramatic, don't you think?

LH: 我說快要餓死了。這是強(qiáng)調(diào)，夸張！為了找錢包，我中午飯都沒有來得及吃。所以我真的是很餓??！

LL: All right, don't get so upset. I was just teasing you. You don't need to be such a big baby about it.

LH: 你怎么你又叫我baby了！

LL: I'm sorry. It's just fun to tease you.

LH: 噢，你就喜歡逗我。你覺得這樣很好玩啊？好啊！你不也是經(jīng)常抱怨沒有時間看球賽，沒有時間出去玩嗎。那下回我也叫你a big baby!

LL: I really was just kidding, Li Hua. You're not a big baby. You don't need to start thinking of ways to get even with me.

LH: 你惹急了我就說是開玩笑。我當(dāng)然要想辦法報復(fù)了。

LL：Hey, look our table's ready.

LH：謝天謝地。我們終于等到位子了?，F(xiàn)在你再叫我big baby， 我也無所謂了。吃飯要緊，快點(diǎn)菜吧。

今天李華學(xué)到兩個常用語。第一個是downer, 就是指讓人非常失望，非常不高興的事。另一個常用語是baby, 是形容一個人表現(xiàn)得像小孩一樣幼稚。