美國之音之流行美語stick around / guilt trip

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Popular American #84

to stick around

guilt trip

今天Michael和李華去一個夜總會聽音樂，因為他們的朋友Jack要帶他的樂隊來演出。李華會學(xué)到 "to stick around" 和 "guilt trip" 。

(noisy rock music playing, people talking, etc.) 

L:  (Talking loudly over crowd) Michael! (coughs) 這個地方真讓人難受，聲音這么大，還有那么多人抽煙。這些樂隊也真是夠嗆的！

M:  I know Li Hua, the show isn't very good.  But Jack's band is going to be playing soon.  Let's stick around until their performance is over, OK?

L:   Jack的樂隊什么時候來啊？哎，你說什么"stick around"? 你的意思就是先不要走，是不是？

M:  That's right.  I said "let's stick around." That means to stay or remain in a place. 

L:   噢，to stick around就是在一個地方再呆一會兒。懂了，你的意思就是要我們等Jack的樂隊來了，表演完了以后再走。Michael, 那乘我們等他的時候，你再給我舉幾個例子，好不好？

M:  Hmmm...  Well, you remember Angie Summers, right?  She finished her Ph.D. last spring, but has decided to stick around and do some post-doctoral work before she starts looking for a job.

L:   我當然記得Angie Summers啦。她今年春天拿到了博士學(xué)位，可是決定在開始找工作前先不離開學(xué)校，做一些博士后的工作。所以，在這里，to stick around就是她繼續(xù)呆下去，不離開學(xué)校。噢，Michael，我們還要等Jack等多久嘛？

M:  I don't know.  Let's just stick around for another half hour or so.  If Jack doesn't show up, we can leave.

L:   好，那再等他半小時，否則我可真要受不了了！

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L:  (sighs) 噢，謝天謝地，總算完了，我要再在里面呆下去，就要聾了。
 
M:  Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Li Hua.  But if we hadn't waited for Jack to perform, he would have given us a huge guilt trip about it on Monday.

L:  要是我們不等Jack的話，他會給我們什么？A guilt trip? Guilt不是感到有罪，感到內(nèi)疚嗎？那Trip是旅行。你是說Jack會覺得非常抱歉??？

M:  No, I meant he'd make us feel guilty. 

L:   噢，他讓我們感到內(nèi)疚?

M:  That's right.  A "guilt trip" means guilty feelings one has about doing something wrong.  To "give someone a guilt trip" means to try and make him feel guilty.

L:   等等等等，這我得弄清楚了。A guilt trip就是一個人做錯了什么事而覺得內(nèi)疚，好象他犯了錯誤。To give someone a guilt trip就是讓別人感到內(nèi)疚。嘿，Jack的樂隊水平那么差，讓我們來聽這種音樂，他應(yīng)該覺得內(nèi)疚才對呀！
 
M:   I agree! So when was the last time you had a guilt trip about something?

L:   我最后一次覺得內(nèi)疚是什么時候啊？那就是我要跟我男朋友分手的時候啊，是我要跟他分手的，我到現(xiàn)在心里還感到有點抱歉。

M:  Don't let him put a guilt trip on you! So why did you break up with him anyway?

L:   因為我和你老在一塊兒學(xué)習(xí)，他老是讓我覺得好象我做錯了什么是的。He tried to put a guilt trip on me.

M:  What?  That's insane.  I'm glad you broke up with him.  Anyway, you'd better not try to make me feel guilty about him.

L:   對，他呀，是有毛病，所以我才和他分手的嘛。我告訴你可是沒有要讓你感到內(nèi)疚的意思??！

M:   That's better!

今天李華學(xué)到了to stick around，意思是“在一個地方呆下去，先別走”.李華還學(xué)到了a guilt trip，這是指“感到內(nèi)疚”。