美語訓(xùn)練班 049

Jessica在北京學(xué)漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是小北要問的：擺臭臉。

XB: Jessica, 今天我可是太丟人了!

Jessica: What happened?

XB: 我在圖書館里戴著耳機聽電腦里的音樂，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)大家都在皺著眉頭看我，最后圖書管理員過來說，請你把音樂關(guān)掉! 原來我的耳機沒插牢，音樂聲都跑出來了!

Jessica: Oh! That's why people were mean mugging you!

XB: ??？什么意思？

Jessica: To mean mug someone means to give someone an angry look.

XB: 啊，mean mug someone就是沖某人擺臭臉. I was wondering why everyone in the library was mean mugging me!

Jessica: You can also use the phrase "to give someone an evil eye." It also means to glare at someone with a lot of anger and hatred.

XB: I see. Give someone an evil eye就是恨恨地瞪著別人。那天我在銀行， someone cut in line. Oh, you should have seen the evil eye everybody gave him!

Jessica: 在銀行插隊被人瞪？活該!

XB: I agree! 對了，話說今天我學(xué)習(xí)了一天，發(fā)覺我的電腦實在太慢了，我打算跟我爸張口，讓他送我一臺新的!

Jessica: Didn't your Dad just pay for your trip to Hong Kong?

XB:呵呵，那是沒錯啦! 不過，我爸特寵我，只要我對他撒撒嬌，裝裝可憐，他什么都答應(yīng)我!

Jessica: Haha! Daddy's little girl likes to use the puppy-dog eyes trick!

XB: Puppy-dog eyes? 小狗的眼睛？

Jessica: 對啊。When you give someone those puppy-dog eyes, you enlarge your eyes over dramatically with a sad face to get whatever you desire.

XB: 哦! 就是睜大眼睛，像小狗一樣賣萌裝可憐! Hey, my little nephew gives me those puppy-dog eyes every time he wants to play with my iPad!

Jessica: Did you give it to him?

XB: 我才不吃這一套!

Jessicaf: So what did he do?

XB: 那還用問，he starts mean mugging me!

XB: 今天我們學(xué)了，擺臭臉是mean mug someone; 恨恨瞪別人是give someone an evil eye; 睜大眼睛賣萌裝可憐是give someone those puppy-dog eyes.

A: 不過說到這個mean mug, 我昨天聽我一個朋友說，some bosses will mean mug their employees in order to test if they can handle high-pressure jobs, 太可怕了！

B: Actually, sometimes they start mean mugging right from the first interview. They will pretend to be harsh and see how the interviewee reacts.

A：要說找工作可真不容易！在今天的美語三級跳里，懶惰的Toby要繼續(xù)去找工作！ 我們來看看他又遇到了什么困難。

B: Let's listen!