地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客671：拒絕（雙語(yǔ)）

Liang: I have a favor to ask.

梁：請(qǐng)你幫個(gè)忙!

Christian: Uh oh, what is it?

克里斯蒂安：哦，什么忙?

Liang: I’m doing a project for my class in culinary school and I need a volunteer to taste some of my creations.

梁：在烹飪學(xué)校，我為學(xué)生弄了一些菜式，我需要一個(gè)志愿者來(lái)嘗嘗我的這些菜。

Christian: Not on your life.

克里斯蒂安：絕對(duì)不行。

Liang: But, why?

梁：但，為什么?

Christian: You don’t remember the last time I was your guinea pig? I was sick for two days.

克里斯蒂安：你難道不記得上次當(dāng)你的小白鼠試驗(yàn)了嗎?我病了兩天。

Liang: That was a stroke of bad luck. Come on, please.

梁：那次只是運(yùn)氣不好，快點(diǎn)，來(lái)試試吧!

Christian: Count me out. No amount of pleading is going to change my mind. I bet I’m not the first person you’ve asked.

克里斯蒂安：把我排除在外。你再怎么請(qǐng)求，我都不會(huì)改變心意的。我敢肯定我絕對(duì)不是你第一個(gè)請(qǐng)求試吃的。

Liang: Well, no.

梁：好吧，不是的。

Christian: Who else has turned you down?

克里斯蒂安：還有誰(shuí)拒絕你了?

Liang: Jacob said no.

梁：雅各布說(shuō)：不。

Christian: I bet he said something stronger than no.

克里斯蒂安：他肯定說(shuō)的比“不”更強(qiáng)烈。

Liang: He said that he would let me cook food for him over his dead body.

梁：他說(shuō)除非他死了，否則不會(huì)讓我給他煮食物。

Christian: That’s what I thought. Did you ask Mele, too?

克里斯蒂安：正如我所想。那你也問(wèn)梅里了?

Liang: Yes, and she said she’d rather not.

梁：是的，她說(shuō)她不要嘗試。

Christian: Who’s next on your list of victims, I mean candidates?

克里斯蒂安：你名單上下一位“受害者”是誰(shuí)啊?我的意思是候補(bǔ)人選。

Liang: You’re my last resort. If you won’t do it, then I’m sunk.

梁：你是我求的最后一個(gè)。如果你不愿意做，那我就完蛋了。

Christian: The answer is still no, but I know someone who won’t turn up his nose at your cooking.

克里斯蒂安：答案仍然是：不。但我知道誰(shuí)不會(huì)對(duì)你的廚藝嗤之以鼻。

Liang: Who?

梁：誰(shuí)呀?

Christian: Come here, Fido!

克里斯蒂安：菲多，過(guò)來(lái)!