美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)folks / rag on

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LESSON 57

今天Michael和李華談到和父母溝通的問(wèn)題，李華學(xué)到了folks和rag on這兩個(gè)習(xí)慣用法。

M: Hey look, I've got to go. I'll talk to you later. Bye. (sound of putting the phone down). Oh, geez!

L: 哎，Michael! 我不想打斷你說(shuō)話。

M: Oh don't worry about it, Li Hua. It was just my folks.

L: Folks? 你說(shuō)你在跟誰(shuí)說(shuō)話？

M: My folks. Here "folks" means "parents".

L: 噢，folks就是指“父母”啊。聽(tīng)起來(lái)你好象不太想和你爸媽說(shuō)話。這不太好吧？

M: I just get tired of talking to them, that's all. My folks call me two or three times a week to remind me to do things, like go to the dentist, or change the oil in my car. I am an adult now, and they don't need to do that.

L: 你爸媽每星期給你打兩三次電話，提醒你去看牙醫(yī)、換汽車的機(jī)油，那不是很好嗎？哎，對(duì)了，Michael, 你去看了牙醫(yī)了沒(méi)有？你不是說(shuō)牙痛嗎？

M: Please, Li Hu, you sound just like my folks.

L: 你呀，真不領(lǐng)情。對(duì)了，用folks來(lái)稱呼父母，這是不是不太禮貌啊？

M: No, its not impolite really, but it is very informal.

L: 噢，folks是很隨便的稱呼，但并不是沒(méi)有禮貌的。哎，Michael, 一般是你會(huì)主動(dòng)給你父母打電話，還是他們給你打電話?。?span lang="EN-US">

M: Well, um. Usually my folks call me first! I don't have to call them!

L: 你不給他們打電話，那是為什么？

M: I don't usually have a lot to say to my folks. They call me so often, I have no new news to tell them. By the way, Li Hua, how often do you talk to your folks?

L: 怎么會(huì)和父母沒(méi)話說(shuō)呢？我和我爸媽每個(gè)星期至少要打兩次電話呢。

M: Wow, that must be expensive.

L: 還好啦。我和我爸媽都有電腦，這樣我們就可以通過(guò)電腦免費(fèi)通話了。

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L: 哎，你知道嗎，Michael, 你真是應(yīng)該多給你父母打電話。你們都住在同一個(gè)城市，不打電話太不應(yīng)該了。

M: Li Hua, please stop ragging on me about my parents. I still visit them all the time!

L: 你說(shuō)要我不要怎么啦？Ragging on? 那是什么意思啊？

M: I said, "Stop ragging on me". "To rag on someone" means "to scold or tease someone over and over."

L: To rag on someone就是說(shuō)你不斷地責(zé)備或者取笑某個(gè)人。嘿，我才提醒你兩次，這樣也算是ragging on you啊?

M: Well, not really. You're not as bad as my folks. They rag me all the time about all kinds of things.

L: 等等，你剛才說(shuō)they rag me，那rag后面到底有沒(méi)有on??？你說(shuō)清楚好不好？

M: Ok ok, stop ragging on me! "To rag" can be used with "on", or without "on." The meaning is just the same.

L: 噢，我懂了。哎，那你爸爸媽媽他們老是說(shuō)你什么？

M: They rag on me about not cleaning my car, not eating right, drinking too much, not having a girlfriend, not going to church, not calling them, not calling my other relatives.

L: 哎，等等，等等。你說(shuō)你父母說(shuō)你不洗車，不吃健康食物、喝酒太多，還有，沒(méi)有女朋友，又不去教堂，也不給他們打電話。哎喲，這批評(píng)還真不少啊。我的父母好象不怎么說(shuō)我哎。

M: Well, anyway, its getting late. Want to get some pizza?

L: Michael, 干嗎不自己做點(diǎn)健康食物呢？

M: First my folks, and now you. It seems like everyone wants to rag on me today.

李華今天和Michael一起談到和父母溝通的問(wèn)題的時(shí)候，學(xué)到了兩個(gè)美國(guó)用語(yǔ)的用法。Folks是指父母；Rag on則是不停地批評(píng)和嘲笑他人的意思。