美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 134 - off one's rocker / silent treatmen

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Larry和李華剛上完課，現(xiàn)在在一面喝咖啡，一面聊天。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：off one's rocker和silent treatment.

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LH: Larry, 我看你一直盯著那邊那個(gè)女孩。你為什么不走過(guò)去跟她聊一聊呢？

LL: Are you kidding? She'll think I'm off my rocker if I just walk over and start talking to her.

LH: 你走過(guò)去跟她講話，她會(huì)認(rèn)為你是什么？Off your rocker，那是什么意思?。?/p>

LL: To be "off one's rocker" means to be crazy. I'm afraid she'll think I'm crazy, or at least really weird, if I start talking to her for no reason.

LH: 噢！所以off one's rocker就是指一個(gè)人特別怪，行為反常。嗨，你要是覺得和陌生人說(shuō)話很奇怪，那你才真的是off your rocker呢！

LL: I don't know, I guess I'm just a little shy about it, okay?

LH: 你這么害羞，難怪總是錯(cuò)失良機(jī)！算了，你要膽子那么小，我也沒(méi)辦法。哎，Larry，你看那邊那個(gè)人才真的有點(diǎn)不正常？

LL: Who?

LH: 就是坐在角落里的那個(gè)人，你看他還在唱歌呢！

LL: Yeah, he looks like he's a bit off his rocker, but he's probably just really drunk.

LH: 就是，也許他是喝醉了。Larry，我今天不能玩太晚。明天早上9點(diǎn)鐘，歷史課的教授要給大家補(bǔ)課。

LL: 9:00 am on a Saturday morning? Your professor is either completely off his rocker or he just likes to torture his students.

LH: 星期六早上給大家補(bǔ)課不是挺好嗎？ 你認(rèn)為這教授是瘋啦！ 我看你才是off your rocker。Larry，班上沒(méi)有一個(gè)同學(xué)認(rèn)為那教授這樣做有什么不正常，更沒(méi)有人認(rèn)為他是為了要折磨學(xué)生。

LL: Ok, ok. But to me, anyone who likes to go to class on Saturday morning is off his rocker.

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LL: Hey, I forgot to tell you that my sister is giving me the silent treatment. She's mad at me for telling our mom about her new boyfriend.

LH: 你把你妹妹交男朋友的事告訴你媽，難怪你妹妹對(duì)你發(fā)火。你說(shuō)她還給你silent treatment，那是什么意思？

LL: To give someone "the silent treatment" is to refuse to talk to that person. My sister is refusing to talk to me because she's mad at me.

LH: 噢，我懂了。Silent treatment就是不理你，不跟你說(shuō)話。這么說(shuō)，你妹妹也不接你電話咯？

LL: No, she wouldn't even speak to me when I was home last weekend.

LH: 我最討厭這種態(tài)度了。不講話，能解決問(wèn)題嗎？

LL: Exactly. If my sister is giving me the silent treatment, then how are we supposed to talk over the problem?

LH: 我還記得，當(dāng)我告訴我媽我決定要來(lái)美國(guó)念書時(shí)，她氣得一個(gè)月不和我說(shuō)話。

LL: She probably wasn't really mad at you. She was just upset that you would be so far away.

LH: 我知道，她不是真的生我的氣，而是不舍得我到這么遠(yuǎn)的地方來(lái)念書?？墒遣徽f(shuō)話有什么用啊！

LL: Sometimes giving someone the silent treatment is a good idea, though. There are a couple of people I avoid talking to because I know that they like to gossip.

LH: 那倒也是。碰上那種喜歡嚼舌頭的人，最好不和他們說(shuō)話。去年我的同屋就是這樣的人，所以我一個(gè)學(xué)期都不跟她說(shuō)話，給她silent treatment。

LL: Hey, Li Hua, you learn fast!

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是off one's rocker，就是指一個(gè)人行為不正常。也就是我們平常所說(shuō)的，某某人瘋了。另外一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是silent treatment，就是沉默對(duì)待的意思。