美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)out of whack / goofy

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Popular American - #104

流行美語(yǔ)-第一百零四課

out of whack

goofy

今天李華和Larry 在圖書館看書。Larry 注意到 Li Hua 和平時(shí)有點(diǎn)兒不一樣。Li Hua會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：out of whack和goofy。

(Library SFX)

LL:  Hey, Li Hua, what's wrong?  You're acting a little out of whack.

LH:  我什么事也沒有?。∧阏f(shuō)我怎么了 - acting a little out of whack? 那是什么意思??？

LL:  Out of Whack - means to be different from usual or abnormal.  You're acting different from usual, so you seem a little out of whack. 

LH:  噢，原來(lái)out of whack意思就是“和平時(shí)不太一樣”。你覺得我有點(diǎn)兒反常?。磕氵€真說(shuō)對(duì)了，我明天晚上有個(gè)約會(huì)，是我第一次要和這個(gè)人見面。心里有點(diǎn)兒緊張，我連穿什么衣服都還沒想好呢！

LL:  You have a date and you didn't tell me?  That's out of whack!  But, at least now I understand why you're acting out of whack.  First dates make everyone nervous. 

LH:  就是啊，第一次約會(huì)總是讓人緊張的。就是，我平常的活動(dòng)你都知道，這次約會(huì)我沒告訴你，確實(shí)是不尋常，難怪你會(huì)說(shuō)out of whack。 這么說(shuō)，Larry，out of whack, 可以指人，也可以指事情，是嗎？

LL:  That's right.  For instance, I think it's really out of whack that my best friend has a date tomorrow and she didn't tell me about it.

LH:  對(duì)不起，Larry.  我其實(shí)本來(lái)想告訴你的，大概就是因?yàn)槲姨o張了，心里沒準(zhǔn)，所以我就給忘了。

LL:  Okay, well, I suppose that I can forgive you.  Hey, you know what makes me feel all out of whack?

LH:  有什么東西會(huì)讓你反常??？我不知道，趕快趕快，告訴我啊！

LL:  The fact that I haven't slept more than three hours every night this week.  I've been so busy.

LH:  什么？你這個(gè)星期每天睡眠還不到三個(gè)小時(shí)啊？再忙也不至于這樣吧！

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(Campus SFX)

LL:  Li Hua, how was your date last night?  Did it go well or was the guy really goofy?

LH:  哎呀，別提了！昨晚的約會(huì)簡(jiǎn)直糟透了。那家伙也不知怎么搞的，第一次見面就忘了帶錢包，結(jié)果還是我付的帳呢。哎，Larry, 你剛才說(shuō)was the guy really goofy -  "goofy" 是什么意思?。?/p>

LL:  Goofy means several things.  It can mean silly, funny, crazy or stupid.  Or a little bit of all of those things combined.  It sounds like your date was goofy.

LH:  要是你說(shuō)goofy是指“愚蠢、可笑、怪怪的、傻傻的”，或者是這些因素都有點(diǎn)兒的話，我那個(gè) date 可真是goofy。他真的是傻到讓人覺得可笑了呢，要不是那頓晚餐花了我那么多錢，我真的說(shuō)不定會(huì)笑出來(lái)呢！

LL:  Yeah, he sounds pretty goofy to me.  Was he goofy-looking, too?

LH:  Goofy-looking? 你是問(wèn)他長(zhǎng)的樣子是不是也怪怪的、傻傻的?。?/p>

LL:  Yep, goofy-looking means silly looking, like a clown. 

LH:  噢，他長(zhǎng)得倒不錯(cuò)，看上去一點(diǎn)也不傻，更不像個(gè)小丑。哎，Larry,  你也不想想，我哪能找個(gè)樣子傻傻的人去約會(huì)呢？得了得了，先別說(shuō)我那個(gè)goofy date了。Goofy這個(gè)詞我還可以怎么用呢？

LL:  When kids act silly for attention, you can say that they are acting goofy. 

LH:  對(duì)呀，小孩子為了讓別人注意他，有的時(shí)候會(huì)干些傻事。這么說(shuō)，goofy這個(gè)詞也不見得都是指不好的事。

LL:  Generally, it's not very negative.You can call a person "goofy," too.  For instance, I would call you goofy if you went on another date with that guy.

LH:  原來(lái)goofy這個(gè)詞并不一定都是貶意。幸虧你告訴我，不然要是我聽見你說(shuō)我goofy, 我說(shuō)不定會(huì)生你的氣呢！再說(shuō)了，Larry, 和那個(gè)家伙出去一次已經(jīng)夠了。我才不會(huì)再和他約第二次呢 - I wouldn't do something that out of whack!

今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是out of whack, 意思是“反常、和平時(shí)不一樣”。李華學(xué)到的另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是goofy,  意思是“愚蠢可笑，傻傻的”。