美語訓練班 052

00:00

00:00

MP3下載

https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/0008/8101/052.mp3

https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012

JESSICA 在北京學漢語，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Lulu 要問的：分手。

JESSICA: Lulu! Too bad you have to fly to Shanghai for your friend's wedding next month. 我本來想約你一起去聽演唱會呢!

LL: 嗨，別提了，要結(jié)婚的那倆個人，分手啦! Say Bye-Bye啦!

JESSICA: What? Did they break up?

LL: 分手就是 break up? b-r-e-a-k, break. u-p up. 沒錯，分手啦! 這倆人特神，婚期定了，喜貼發(fā)了。結(jié)果，上禮拜那個女生給我來電話說，她和那男生分手了! 是不是該說 She broke up with her boyfriend?

JESSICA: Yes. Break up with someone 就是跟某人分手。不過，Lulu, What happened? Why did they break up?

LL: 聽說是那個男生劈腿!

JESSICA: What's 劈腿?

LL: 就是...他還跟別的女生好。He has another girlfriend.

JESSICA: Really? He cheated on the girl he was gonna marry?

LL: 等會兒，我知道 cheat 是“欺騙”，你說的 cheat on her，就是背著她和別人好，“劈腿”的意思，對不對?

JESSICA: That's right!

LL: 所以啊，你說，都快結(jié)婚了，卻發(fā)現(xiàn) Her boyfriend cheated on her, 這女生能不跟他一刀兩斷嗎?!

JESSICA: There you go! Cut their ties! If I were her, I would not give that guy another chance either!

LL: Cut their ties? T-i-e-s, ties 就是聯(lián)系。Cut their ties 就是徹底斷絕關(guān)系，一刀兩斷嘍?

JESSICA: 沒錯! Now let's see what you've learned today!

LL: 第一，情侶分手是 break up;

第二，劈腿，對伴侶不忠，是 cheat on someone;

第三，說倆人一刀兩斷叫 cut their ties!

這次的“美語怎么說”就到這里了。如果你也有不會說的詞，請寫信給 JESSICA, 電郵請寄[email protected]

B: So why did your friend Roger and his girlfriend break up? Did he cheat or something?

A: 沒有! 我聽說好像是因為他們的愛好特別不同，Roger loves being outdoors, while his girlfriend just wanted to stay in all the time.

B: Now that might be a problem! Couples need to have a common hobby or find social activities that they both enjoy.

A: Or they can take care of a pet together! 不過在下面的Go English里，Tom和Mindy正在為怎么訓練他們的小狗爭執(zhí)不下，咱們聽聽吧!

Cats and Dogs: Intermediate

大家好!今天我們?yōu)槟コ?ldquo;美語三級跳”節(jié)目“寵物”單元的中級課程。

Tom說服了Mindy，倆人養(yǎng)了一只狗，可是這狗很不聽話，經(jīng)常惹麻煩，所以，Tom和Mindy打算訓練訓練它。

Professor: Right Winnie. Some dogs are so bad, they need to be trained by a professional.

Mindy: Gosh Tom, why did I ever agree to get this dog? It's so badly behaved!

Tom: It's OK, honey. We just have to train him. In a couple of weeks he's going to be totally obedient.

Mindy: In a couple of weeks? Tom, he will have totally destroyed our new house by then!

Tom: I know he's a little wild right now. But trust me, before you know it, he's going to obey every one of my commands.

Professor Bowman, Tom 還挺樂觀的，他向Mindy保證，自己肯定能把狗訓乖，讓它很快就obey every one of his commands， 對主人言聽計從。

Professor: What do you think? Will Tom be able to make the new dog obedient before it destroys their new house?

這可不好說。不過，剛?cè)胱〉男录胰绻还放脕y七八糟，哪個主人不心疼啊?

Tom: OK, the first thing I need to teach him is how to shake hands.

Mindy: That's the first trick he needs to learn? Tom, he isn't even house broken, and this morning he ripped apart all the pillows on the couch!

Tom: So.... you think I should teach him something else first? Like how to sit?

Mindy: Yes, Tom. That would be a good start. Then you can teach him how to heel.

如果換成我，第一件事就是要讓狗"house broken"，也就是說，在經(jīng)過訓練后，能夠到指定地點大小便，從而保持家里的整潔。

Professor: That's true. Teaching your dog how to shake hands isn't the number one priority.

Professor, Mindy 說的"teach the dog how to heel"是什么意思呢?

Professor: It means to make the dog obey you. You can also say that you bring a person to heel. For example, "At first the boss couldn't control her employees. But after she threatened to start firing people, they all came to heel."

我明白了，come to heel就是聽話，服從的意思。

Mindy: Tom, the dog is never going to obey you unless you punish him. When he misbehaves, you have to spank him.

Tom: You want me to hit our beloved dog, who is a member of our family? How can you be so cruel?

Mindy: Tom, that dog isn't going to be a member of our family much longer unless he learns to behave.

Tom: Well, I prefer to reward him for doing something good instead of punishing him for doing something bad.

Mindy好像已經(jīng)失去耐心了。她說，如果這只狗還不聽話，就不能繼續(xù)住在這里了。

Professor: Right. But Mindy and Tom have different ways of training the dog, right?

是啊，Mindy說，如果狗不聽話，就要spank，打屁股，可是Tom說這種懲罰太殘忍。

Professor: So what does Tom say they should do?

Tom認為應該采取鼓勵的方法，也就是說，如果狗狗表現(xiàn)得好，就reward--獎勵它。

Mindy: Tom, this dog is really out of control. Maybe we should take him to the veterinarian to see if he has some health problem.

Tom: He doesn't need to go to the vet. He needs to go to a doctor who can cure him psychologically.

Mindy: Oh no Tom, you're not talking about a ......

Tom: Yes, Mindy. We have to take him to a pet psychologist.

Tom 要帶狗去看pet psychologist---寵物心理醫(yī)生?美國真有這種醫(yī)生么?

Professor: I guess so.可是寵物又不會開口說話，這些心理醫(yī)生怎么能知道寵物的想法呢?八成是騙人的! 對了，Professor, veterinarian，v-e-t-e-r-i-n-a-r-i-an 是獸醫(yī)的意思，是不是和vet， v-e-t，是一回事?

Professor: Yes. The whole word is veterinarian, but most people in America just call them vets.

嗯，我倒很想見識見識這個寵物心理醫(yī)生，看看他是不是真能讀懂狗狗的心聲!

Professor: Well, we'll have to listen next time to find out!

A: 所以說，教會寵物如何"house broken"特別重要。It's the top priority!

B: It's SO important- I wish I could have had some help house-breaking my ex-boyfriend...

A: What? What do you mean?

B: I had to teach him how to not behave like a caveman...for example, I had to educate him about the importance of doing dishes, picking up his dirty socks and washing his clothes. If I had had some help, maybe we could have worked out!

A: 哈哈哈! 訓練男友! 沒錯! 我現(xiàn)在也在對我男友進行野人改造訓練!

B: You are doing the right thing, 楊琳! 好了好了，咱們來換個話題， 在下面的business etiquette里，咱們要去學一個高級運動，Golf!