美語訓(xùn)練班 054

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Donny 在北京學(xué)漢語，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。今天是吳瓊要問的：毛骨悚然。

Donny: 吳瓊，昨天的電影好不好看?

吳瓊: 別提了，講吸血鬼的，嚇?biāo)牢伊?。怎么說來著，I was scared to death!

Donny: I told you you would be scared to death and you didn't believe me.

吳瓊: 早知道聽你的就對了。特別是女主角被變成吸血鬼那段，簡直毛骨悚然，嚇得我汗毛都立起來了! 對了，美語里有類似的說法嗎?

Donny: Yeah. We say the scene made my hair stand on end.

吳瓊: hair, 是毛發(fā)，stand on end 立起來。連在一起，to make one's hair stand on end 嚇得人毛發(fā)都立起來了。所以要說那一幕嚇得我汗毛都立起來了，就可以講 the scene made my hair stand on end.

Donny: Right. Speaking of blood-sucking vampires, there is another way of saying you are scared to death. You can say it made my blood run cold.

吳瓊: blood 是血，cold 是寒冷。to make one's blood run cold 讓血都變冷了，也就是中文里說的嚇得我渾身冰涼吧?

Donny: Exactly. I am taking my girlfriend Rachel to see the movie tonight.

吳瓊: 什么?Rachel 不是特別膽小嗎?The movie will make her hair stand on end.

Donny: I know.... When she is scared to death, I will be there to comfort her. She will think I am her knight in shining armor.

吳瓊: 啊，你想讓 Rachel 覺得你是 her knight in shining armor 身穿閃亮盔甲的騎士?保護(hù)她的英雄?我看你啊，八成是別有用心。

Donny: (haha) 言歸正傳，還是說說你今天都學(xué)了什么吧!

吳瓊: 第一，嚇?biāo)懒耸?scared to death;

第二，嚇得毛發(fā)倒立是 to make one's hair stand on end;

第三：嚇得渾身冰涼是 to make one's blood run cold.

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

A: 這集對我真有用! I would be scared to death if I went sky diving! Even thrillers and horror movies scare me so bad that I can't fall sleep!

B: That's why I say everyone is different. Thrillers are definitely my favorite type of movie. 我就是特喜歡那種不知道下一刻會發(fā)生什么的感覺! For me, the idea of being forced to watch a romantic comedy is TERRIFYING.

A: Aha! 所以說，真的每個人都不一樣! 世界上有很多不同的文化，大家喜歡，信仰的東西都不一樣。在今天的Go English里，咱們就要一起去看看世界各地的不同文化!

B: Let's listen!

Culture: Beginner

今天我們?yōu)槟コ?ldquo;美語三級跳”節(jié)目“社會文化”單元的初級課程。

Jane和Will初次約會，想多了解對方，他們談到了彼此的宗教信仰。Jane的父母來自中國，她是個佛教徒，Will則在美國長大，信基督教。

Professor: That's right, Winnie. When you talk about religion, it's important not to offend other people.

沒錯，在美國，宗教信仰是私人事務(wù)，也是個敏感話題，所以談到這個問題的時候要禮貌、小心， 不然可能會 offend other people-- 得罪別人。

Will: So Jane, what religion are you?

Jane: I guess I'm a Buddhist because both my parents are Buddhist. But I'm not really practicing.

Will: I see. So you don't pray very often?

Jane: No. The only time I pray is during the holidays with my parents.

哇，Will 怎么一上來就問人家的宗教，這個約會開場白還真少見。

Professor: Right. And what does Jane say?

Jane說，因?yàn)樗改付际欠鸾掏剑运约簯?yīng)該也算是個佛教徒，不過她并不真的practice。 Professor, practice a religion 就是虔誠地信奉某個宗教，按宗教教義來生活的意思吧?

Professor: Exactly. For example, a practicing Jew would go to the synagogue every Friday to pray.

哦，a practicing Jew--一名虔誠信奉猶太教的教徒會每星期五去synagogue--猶太教堂禱告。這樣堅(jiān)持不懈也很不容易哦!

Professor: Well, many people think that praying helps them spiritually.

Jane: What about you, Will? What religion do you believe in?

Will: I'm a Christian. Most of my family are Christians too, but my brother converted to Islam.

Jane: Oh really? Why did he do that?

Will: He married a Muslim woman. She wanted them to share the same faith, so he converted.

Will的家人大多是基督教徒，不過他哥哥convert to Islam. Professor, 這是什么意思呢?

Professor: When you change to a different religion, you can say you converted to a different religion.

哦，convert，c-o-n-v-e-r-t 就是改變宗教信仰。Will的哥哥以前也是基督徒，但因?yàn)榻涣藗€女朋友是Muslim--穆斯林，所以也改信Islam--伊斯蘭教了。

Professor: Yes, Winnie. Have you noticed there are two different words used to describe Islam? The religion is called Islam. The people who believe in Islam are called Muslims.

對，伊斯蘭教是Islam, 而伊斯蘭教徒則是Muslims, 也就是“穆斯林”。

Will: Are your parents devout Buddhists? Do they go to the temple often?

Jane: Yes, they go there to pray a lot. Do you go to church often?

Will: I go to church every Sunday.

Jane: Isn't it hard waking up so early on the weekend?

Will: Sometimes, but going to church is very important. I'm a pretty religious person.

聽起來Will比Jane更加虔誠，因?yàn)樗總€星期天都去church--教堂。對了，professor, 基督徒去church，佛教徒去temple--寺廟，猶太教徒則去synagogue，那么Muslims 去那里禱告呢?

Professor: Muslims pray at their mosque.

哦，對! mosque，m-o-s-q-u-e，清真寺! Will每星期天都要起大早，去教堂，他說這樣雖然有點(diǎn)累，但既然是教義規(guī)定的，他就得執(zhí)行。

Will: So Jane, do you think your parents would be mad if you married someone who isn't a Buddhist?

Jane: Did you say marry? Will, it's only our first date!

Will: I know! But I just wanted to ask you, just in case...

Jane: Actually, my parents have told me that it's OK to marry someone who believes in other religions.

MC: 這個Will，初次約會就提到結(jié)婚的事兒了! 還好，Jane的父母同意女兒嫁給不信佛教的人! 對了，Professor Bowman, 在中國，人們可以既拜佛，拜菩薩，又拜太上老君，玉皇大帝?？墒俏野l(fā)現(xiàn)，西方人只能信一種宗教。

Professor: That's true. Which do you think is better?

我看對所有神明都崇敬，都拜，那一定就會有神來保佑你的!

A: 不同文化的融合確實(shí)得付出很大努力!別說文化，就連愛好都一樣!

B: I know! My ex-boyfriend was such a tech-head! He just had to have every new apple product or the newest camera! Sometimes I thought he would rather date his gadgets than me- honestly! He definitely spent more time and money on them...

A: Aw....I'm sorry to hear that! 不過這些科技發(fā)燒友對新電子產(chǎn)品的熱情也真讓我無法理解! 正好，下面的business etiquette里就談到了這個話題，咱們一起去聽一聽!