美語怎么說040講: 軟柿子

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Donny在北京學(xué)中文，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是方方要問的：軟柿子。

Donny: 方方，Why do you look so tired?

FF: 別提了，我今天又被同事叫去跑腿兒。。。好累??！我真不想再當(dāng)軟柿子被人使喚了！我要告訴他們，I don't want to be a...a....

Donny：你不是昨天才幫他們買咖啡嗎? 你應(yīng)該讓他們 run their own errands! You should stop being a push-over!

FF: 你上次教我 run errands 是跑腿兒。那 a push-over 被人推來搡去，就是好欺負(fù)對不對?

Donny: 沒錯。a push-over 就是好欺負(fù)的人，你剛剛說什么"軟獅子" 來著?

FF: 不是軟獅子，是軟柿子，吃的那種柿子。

Donny: Oh, "soft persimmon"? Sounds delicious! In English, you can also call a push-over a cowardly lion. A cowardly lion is someone who is supposed to be brave but lacks courage and acts cowardly.

FF: cowardly lion? 懦弱的獅子? 一個獅子，一個柿子。太有趣了。

Donny: 美國經(jīng)典電影 "The Wizard of Oz" 里的獅子就叫Cowardly Lion.

FF: 原來是這樣，那我絕對不要當(dāng) cowardly lion.

Donny: (Hahaha...) Yes, you should really stop being a cowardly lion and don't let people push you over.

FF: 是??！ 我要告訴他們，不許再欺負(fù)我！不要來煩我！你快告訴我，這兩句話英語怎么說？

Donny: You can say "stop bullying me." Bully, B-u-l-l-y意思是欺負(fù)。“別煩我”更容易，我一說你準(zhǔn)會，叫 Leave me alone.

FF: 我明天就去告訴他們，Stop bullying me! Leave me alone.

Donny: That's right! Let's see what you've learned today.

FF: 第一，軟柿子可以說 push-over，也可以叫 cowardly lion.

第二，欺負(fù)人是 bully.

第三，別煩我是 leave me alone.