Englishpod英語文化脫口秀第275期:美國單身狗的生活
A lowly single person: 卑微的單身
Lonely and pathetic: 孤獨(dú)、可憐
A pathetic bachelor: 可憐的單身漢
Weird (adj): 怪怪的
Weirdo (noun): 怪人、有點(diǎn)變態(tài)
Weird can be cute: weird也可以很可愛
A weirdo is always bad: weirdo肯定很恐怖
I hope someone gets me: 我希望有人真的懂我
Quirks: 怪怪的小毛病
OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder): 強(qiáng)迫癥
The man/woman of my dreams: 我的夢中情人
Struggle: 掙扎、糾結(jié)
Cherish their freedom: 珍惜自由
Cherish their bachelorhood: 珍惜單身的階段
Bachelor: 單身男人
Bachelorette: 單身女性
Self-mocking/self-deprecating: 自嘲
Americans don't have the same kind of pressure to get married as Chinese do:
美國人沒有中國人這么大的結(jié)婚壓力
A free agent: 自由身
A player:一個花心的人
Flirtatious: 花心的、愛玩的
To be walked: 遛
Walk your dog: 遛狗
Our lives are parallel lines that will never cross: 我們的生活是平行線，永遠(yuǎn)不會交匯
It's not meant to be: 注定無緣
Fattening: 讓人肥胖的
To text someone: 給人發(fā)短信、微信
Square root: 平方根
Imaginary: 想象的、不存在的
Imaginary boyfriend/girlfriend: 假想的男女朋友
They're so real that you can fake it with your parents: 這些假想男女朋友非常真實(shí)，可以用來騙你的父母
Are you single: 你是單身嗎?
There're more and more women who are focusing more on their career and don't care as muchabout having a man in life: 越來越多的女孩子更注重事業(yè)，沒那么在乎男人
Economically independent: 經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立
Pursue our career: 追求自己的事業(yè)
But you feel the insecurities at the same time: 但同時也會感到不安全
