美國之音之流行美語zip / drama queen

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流行美語-第八十一課

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drama queen

李華和Michael這個周末什么功課都沒有，原來準備好好玩一玩，可是后來計劃落空。李華會學到兩個常用語：zip和drama queen。

L:   嗨，Michael, 你這個周末有功課要做嗎？

M:   Nope.  I don't have to do zip.  I'm free the whole weekend.

L:   你不用做zip? 那是什么意思呀？Zip不是衣服上的拉鏈嗎？

M:  No, I mean zip as in zero or nothing.  I don't have zip means I don't have anything to do.

L:   噢，zip可以解釋為“零”，“什么也沒有”。那你的意思是你周末什么事也沒有，對不對？
 
M:   Yes.  If you ask me for money and I don't have any, I could say I haven't got zip.  Get it?

L:   知道了，你沒有錢，我本來也沒有想問你借錢啊。

M:   Good. Now, do you have any money I could borrow.  I want to buy a coke.

L:   "No, I don't have zip."  我這么說對不對？

M:   Yes, you used it right, but I really want to buy a coke.

L:   你真的要問我借錢哪？Michael, 我可真是沒有錢，我不騙你。

M:  Oh well, I guess I'll have to go to the bank before we can do anything interesting this weekend.  If I don't have any cash, then we won't be able to do zip. 

L:   沒錯，你要不到銀行去取錢，那周末我們哪兒也去不了。We won't be able to do zip.

M:   Now you've learned the word zip. The bank is over there.  I'll get some cash and I'll come right back. 

L:   快點，我餓了，要去吃晚飯了。嗨，Michael, 你多取點錢，I don't have zip in my pockets.

M:   Alright.

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L:   Michael, 我們周末出去玩的計劃全被打亂了。我們的歷史教授從電腦上發(fā)給我們一個新作業(yè)，星期一就要交了。啊呀，我真氣死了。

M:  Oh, don't be such a drama queen.  The assignment can't be that bad, and I know for a fact that you do have free time. 

L:   你叫我什么？ Drama queen? Drama是戲劇，queen是女王。這兩個詞合在一起，嘿，我雖然不知道drama queen的具體意思，但是我肯定你是在諷刺我，對不對？

M:   Not really. A drama queen is a girl who exaggerates her problems, usually to get attention.  Your problem really isn't that bad, but you make it sound like the end of the world. 

L:   噢，drama queen原來是說一個女孩，為了引起別人的注意，夸張了她面臨的問題。 哎喲，就是小題大作。嗨，我可不是小題大作。我是因為沒有時間完成作業(yè)，所以我才心煩意亂。

M:  Oh, please.  You are being a little too dramatic about this homework assignment.

L:   只是一個作業(yè)，你說得倒簡單！算了，算了，不跟你爭了?？赡苁俏疫€不清楚drama queen的含意，Michael, 你再給我舉個例子，好不好？

M:  Do you remember my friend, Angela, who called me crying because she couldn't find her math book?

L:   當然記得。她呀，為了找不到她的數(shù)學書給你打電話的時候還哭了，我真是難以相信。她好像老是有什么事感到不高興似的。

M:  She is such a drama queen.  She makes a huge deal out of losing a book or a bad haircut.  Once, she wouldn't talk to me for a week because I forgot to call her back.

L:   對，她總是大驚小怪，小題大作的，丟了一本書也不高興，剪頭發(fā)剪得不好也不高興。你忘了給她打回電，她當然要生氣，一個星期不跟你講話就算客氣的了。我可沒有象她那樣，所以別叫我drama queen.

M:  Yeah, you're not quite as bad.

今天李華學到了zip和drama queen兩個常用語，zip就是零，什么也沒有的意思；drama queen是指那種喜歡小題大作，大驚小怪的女孩子。