美語會(huì)話 257 the shy wallflower害羞的壁花小姐

DJ:Everybody say ho! Everybody say ho-ho! Now scream! [Wen and Nikki scream]

Nikki:Wow! You sure have changed from the shy wallflower!

Wen:It's so fun here! Nobody laughs at my dancing. I really feel welcome! And Malik is so cool. I think he likes me. But, I don't know...I've never dated a black guy.

Nikki:We always say, “Once you go black, you never go back!”

Wen:Ha-ha! Well, I'll never go back to the same old Wen. But I am going back to dance with Malik. See ya! [to be continued]

Once you go black you never go back!

(黑人俗諺)一旦你開始了解黑人，你就再也不想過從前的生活。表示黑人的文化是非常吸引人的。但這句話不只是指文化，由于有些人認(rèn)為黑人的床上功夫了得，所以他們也會(huì)用這句話來表示「一旦你和黑人發(fā)生過關(guān)系，你就不會(huì)想再回去過從前的日子?！?/p>

Honey, once you go black, you never go back!

親愛的，一旦你了解黑人，你就會(huì)愛上黑人了!

wallflower (n.)

壁花。指舞會(huì)中沒有人邀舞，而枯坐一旁的人(尤指女生)

A: Don't be such a wallflower—get up and dance with me.

別當(dāng)壁花——起來跟我一起跳舞。

B: Give me five minutes to rest. I'll be right there.

讓我休息五分鐘。我馬上來。

See ya!

= See you! 再見

I'm going home. See ya!

我要回家了。再見!

過了一會(huì)，小雯和妮琪在跳舞

DJ：大家一起說ho!大家一起說ho ho!現(xiàn)在尖叫吧!(小雯和妮琪尖叫)

妮琪：哇!你從害羞的壁花小姐變成另一個(gè)人了!

小雯：這里好有趣!沒有人笑我的舞姿。我覺得很自在!而且莫力好酷喔。我覺得他喜歡我呢。但是，我不知道……我從來沒和黑人交往過。

妮琪：我們總是說，「一旦你開始過黑人生活，你就回不了過去!」

小雯：哈哈!我變不回從前那個(gè)小雯了。但我會(huì)回去和莫力跳舞。待會(huì)見!