“看熱鬧”怎么說？

Donny在北京學(xué)漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會(huì)來請(qǐng)教他。今天是吳瓊要問的：看熱鬧。

Donny: Wuqiong, I heard you got your driver's license!

WQ: 是啊，昨天我已經(jīng)開車上路啦!

Donny: So how did it go?

WQ: 唉，別提了!我開的那條路上出車禍，結(jié)果，開車的、騎車的、走路的，都想看熱鬧，最后，整條街都堵住了!對(duì)了Donny，這些看熱鬧的人，用英文怎么說呢?

Donny: 英文叫rubberneck。

WQ: rubberneck?橡膠脖子?

Donny: 你想啊，那些看熱鬧，圍觀的人，they stretch their necks to watch what's happening, right?

WQ: 哦……我明白了，伸長脖子看熱鬧的人好像長了橡膠脖子，所以叫他們r(jià)ubberneck!哈哈，真形象!

Donny: Right! rubberneck也可以當(dāng)動(dòng)詞。你剛才說，大家看熱鬧，整條街大堵車，在英文里就是“The traffic was bumper-to-bumper because of rubbernecking.”

WQ: bumper-to-bumper? bumper不是汽車保險(xiǎn)杠么?

Donny: Exactly! So bumper-to-bumper means cars are moving so slowly that their bumpers are almost touching.

WQ: 我明白了，bumper-to-bumper， 汽車一輛緊挨著一輛，慢慢往前拱。I was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic，郁悶死了!

Donny: Wuqiong，那車禍到底嚴(yán)不嚴(yán)重?

WQ: 特嚴(yán)重!六輛車撞在一起了!

Donny: Ouch...a six-car pileup!

WQ: Pileup 就是連環(huán)車禍么?

Donny: That's Right!

WQ: 我跟你說，這個(gè)pileup里，有兩輛奧迪，一輛奔馳，一輛寶馬，好像還有……

Donny: Wuqiong, 你看得這么清楚，真不愧是a good rubberneck! Okay, new driver, tell me what you've learned today!

WQ: 第一，看熱鬧的人叫rubberneck;

第二，堵車可以說bumper-to-bumper;

第三，連環(huán)車禍?zhǔn)莗ileup!