跟艾米莉一起學口語 第745期:日常斗嘴

tell on sb

告發(fā)某人；打某人小報告

Good friends don't tell on each other.

好朋友不會打?qū)Ψ叫蟾妗?/p>

Ground

將某人禁足

Sally got home at 2 AM last night and her dad grounded her for a week.

薩利昨夜凌晨兩點才回家，她爸爸將她禁足一個星期。

A: Give me back my cellphone.

把我手機還給我

B: Not until you return the ten dollars that you owe me

除非你把欠我的十美元還我

A: I gave it back. Now, return my cellphone, or I'll tell on you.

我早就還了，現(xiàn)在把我的手機還回來，不然我就去告狀

B: Nobody likes a tattletale——especially a tattletale that's also a thief.

沒有人喜歡打小報告的人，尤其是那個打小報告的人，還是個小偷

A: I'm not a thief. I gave you back the ten dollars yesterday. I put it under your pillow.

我才不是小錯，我昨天就還你，那是美元了，我放在你的枕頭底下了

B: Well. it's not there now. See!

這個嘛，他不在那兒，你看

A: Not the pillow on your bed, the spare pillow in your wardrobe.

不是，你床上的枕頭，是你衣櫥里那個備用枕頭

B: Oh. You should have said so.

你應該早說。

A: I did say so.

我說了呀。

B: No, you didn't.

不，你沒有。

A: Keep it down, will you?

聲音小點，好嗎？

B: It's you that's raising your voice, not me.

你才是那個大聲嚷嚷的人，不是我

A: Yes, you are.

就是你。

B: No, I'm not.

不是我。

A: If Mom hears us bickering, she will ground us both.

如果媽媽聽到我們在斗嘴，他會把我們兩個都禁足。