美語(yǔ)訓(xùn)練班 044

Jessica 在北京學(xué)中文，她的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教她。今天是吳瓊要問(wèn)的：虎媽。

Jessica：Hey 吳瓊！你怎么看起來(lái)無(wú)精打采的！怎么啦？

WQ: 別提了。還不是我男朋友，他什么都告訴他媽媽?zhuān)B我們吵架都說(shuō)，我真是受不了了，簡(jiǎn)直就是個(gè)沒(méi)長(zhǎng)大的孩子嘛！

Jessica: Oh yeah, mama's boy can be hard to deal with.

WQ: Wait a second...你說(shuō)，mama's boy?

Jessica: Yep. Mama's boy is used to describe a guy who is excessively attached to his mother.

WQ: 哦，就是什么都要聽(tīng)媽媽的話(huà)的那種男生！簡(jiǎn)直就是我男朋友的寫(xiě)照嘛...Mama's boy! 那，什么都聽(tīng)父母話(huà)的女生要怎么說(shuō)？

Jessica: We call that kind of girl Daddy's little girl. 爸爸的小女兒。

WQ: Mama's boy, Daddy's little girl, 真形象！其實(shí)我覺(jué)得，孩子有這種依賴(lài)性，家長(zhǎng)也有責(zé)任！

Jessica: Yep. I've seen some helicopter parents. They are pretty scary.

WQ: Helicopter parents?直升機(jī)家長(zhǎng)？

Jessica: That's right. Helicopter parents refer to those who always hover over their children even when they've already grown up. 就是對(duì)孩子過(guò)度保護(hù)的家長(zhǎng)。

WQ: 哦！helicopter parents 直升機(jī)家長(zhǎng)，是說(shuō)家長(zhǎng)像直升機(jī)一樣一直在你頭頂上嗡嗡嗡地盤(pán)旋！對(duì)了，前段時(shí)間還出了個(gè)ǒ虎媽ō，你記得嗎！虎媽要怎么說(shuō)？

Jessica: Of course. 虎媽 is called Tiger Mom.

WQ: 哈哈，對(duì)，現(xiàn)在大家都管這種對(duì)子女管教特別嚴(yán)厲的媽媽叫做 tiger mom 虎媽?zhuān)hank goodness! My mom is not a tiger mom!

Jessica: Good for you! 好，現(xiàn)在看看你今天都學(xué)了什么吧！

WQ: 第一，形容對(duì)家長(zhǎng)嚴(yán)重依賴(lài)的孩子，男孩可以用 mama's boy, 乖乖女可以叫 daddy's little girl;

第二，過(guò)份關(guān)心孩子的直升機(jī)父母是 helicopter parents;

第三，管教嚴(yán)厲的母親，叫 tiger mom!

這次的"美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)"就到這里了。如果你也有不會(huì)說(shuō)的詞，請(qǐng)寫(xiě)信給Jessica, 電郵請(qǐng)寄[email protected]

A: I don't want to date a mama's boy, 他們太不獨(dú)立了！不過(guò)，I, on the other hand, want to be daddy's little girl, 希望能永遠(yuǎn)被人寵著!

B: ??？你這是不是叫“寬以律己，嚴(yán)以待人”？

A: 嘿！你最近中文進(jìn)步不少啊，Kat!

B: Thanks! Okay, daddy's little girl, do you think you can cook for your boyfriend if he wants a homemade meal?

A: 你可問(wèn)著了，別的不行，做飯我在行??！給男朋友做頓愛(ài)心晚餐，不在話(huà)下！

B: Really? I'd have to see it to believe it.

A：你不信？哪天我給你露一手。不過(guò)說(shuō)到女友下廚做飯，今天的美語(yǔ)三級(jí)跳講的就是這個(gè)!

GoEnglish

Food: Advanced

大家好！今天我們?yōu)槟コ雳勒Z(yǔ)三級(jí)跳ō節(jié)目ǒ食物ō單元的高級(jí)課程。

Professor: Today Robert is going over to Liz and Doug's apartment for dinner party, but he is about to find out that his tastes in food are very different from theirs.

Robert: Hey Doug! Hey Liz! Thank you so much for inviting me over for dinner.

Liz: Oh, it's our pleasure! We haven't had company in a long time so we're really excited you could make it. Hey, what's that dish you brought?

Robert: Well, Doug told me we were going to have a potluck dinner, so I cooked up some of my famous steak and brought it over. I hope you like it.

Liz: Oh my gosh Doug! He brought a dead animal into our house! What are we going to do?

Robert: Uh .... Doug? What's the problem? Doesn't Liz like steak?

Doug: Jeez.... I totally forgot to tell you. Liz is a vegetarian because she thinks eating meat is like murdering animals. Don't worry honey, tomorrow I'll take the steak outside and bury it.

原來(lái)Liz是個(gè)vegetarian--素食主義者，覺(jué)得吃肉就是謀殺動(dòng)物。難怪她看到Robert帶牛排來(lái)那么生氣。

Professor: Exactly, Winnie. And did you hear Liz talk about "having company"? When you have company, that means you invite guests over to your house. For example, "I can't go to the movies on Friday night because I'm having company."

哦，have company 就是ǒ有客人在ō的意思。對(duì)了，professor, potluck dinner 是什么意思？

Professor: At some dinner parties the host prepares all the food for the guests. But at a potluck dinner, all the guests each bring a dish to share with the other guests.

我明白了，potluck dinner就是客人都自己帶菜，大家一起吃的聚餐。

Doug: Don't worry Robert! Even though we can't eat the steak, we've got lots of other good stuff to eat. Come and sit down at the table.

Robert: Great! I'm starving. What are we having?

Liz: I really hope you like it! I've prepared a three-course meal for you. For our appetizer we're having carrots, for the entree we're having chicken, and for the desert we're having chocolate cake.

Robert: Well that sounds great .... but did you say we're having chicken for the main course? I thought you didn't eat meat!

Liz: Oh don't be ridiculous! It's not real chicken. It's fake chicken, made from tofu.

Robert: Doug, did she say we're having fake chicken made from tofu?

Doug: That's right. Trust me, it sounds pretty weird, but I'm sure you're going to love it.

Professor Bowman, 什么叫 three-course meal?

Professor: When you go to dinner in America, each dish is served one after another. Each dish is called a "course," so if there is a three-course meal, that means three dishes are being served and they are "appetizer", "entree", and "desert".

哦，原來(lái)這就是由ǒ頭臺(tái)ōǒ主菜ō和ǒ甜點(diǎn)ō這三道菜組成的大餐。對(duì)了， Liz還說(shuō)，主菜是豆腐做的素雞，這個(gè)菜可不好做!

Professor: Well now they have finished eating, so let's see what Robert thought.

Liz: So Robert, how did you enjoy your meal? It looks like you barely touched any of your chicken.

Robert: It was ... umm .... interesting. It's just that I'm not feeling so well. I think tofu chicken might be an acquired taste.

Doug: Believe me buddy, that's what I said when I first had it. But I'm telling you, once you get used to it you'll never go back to eating real chicken.

Liz: You know Doug, if tofu chicken really is an acquired taste, we should just put the leftovers in a doggie bag to give to Robert to take home. Then he can keep eating it all week!

Professor, 什么叫acquired taste?

Prof: It means a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience.

我明白了，acquired taste 就是慢慢培養(yǎng)出來(lái)的愛(ài)好。

哈，Robert 客氣地說(shuō)，吃素雞是 acquired taste，其實(shí)就是表示自己不愛(ài)吃這道菜。

Prof: That's right! But Liz offers to let him take the leftovers home so he would fall in love with it someday!

A: 怪不得這家很久沒(méi)人來(lái)做客了，東西那么難吃，客人都被嚇跑了！

B: So Yanglin, would I be in the same boat as Robert if I visited your place and tried your cooking?

A: 什么？你是說(shuō)我做的飯和Liz做的東西一樣難吃，你會(huì)像Robert一樣可憐？

B：Haha, I'm just teasing you.

A: 哼，哪天讓你試試我的手藝，保準(zhǔn)你心服口服！

B：I look forward to that!

A：言歸正傳，咱們來(lái)聽(tīng)今天的business etiquette.