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2023.06.01 17:58
第六部 第十二課: neat freak , crash
- 今天 Larry 到李華的宿舍裡面去串門兒，李華會學到兩個常用語： neat freak 和 crash.
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- Hey, Li Hua. What are you doing?
- 我啊剛剛收拾完房間，現在我要把所有文件分類，然後呢放在這些不同顏色的文件夾裡。
- Wow, you really are a neat freak.
- 你說我是什麼？Neat freak？嗯，聽上去就不是什麼好意思．哎，你別叫那些我聽不懂的名字，好不好？
- Calm down. Li Hua. To be neat is to be very clean and orderly. A freak is a person that is really weird or unusual. Together, a "neat freak" refers to someone who likes to keep things extremely clean and organized.
- 嗯～，neat 這個詞我知道，就是 「乾淨、有條理」 的意思， freak就是說一個人和一般人不一樣，很古怪．所以，a neat freak 就是一個特別愛乾淨、特別有條理的人．疑？Larry, 你真覺得我是個 neat freak 嗎？
- Yes, see, your room always looks perfect, you always make your bed. You never throw your clothes on the floor. And you have all your papers well organized.
- 那～，你啊就和 neat freak 剛好相反．你的房間啊總是亂糟糟的，床也不舖，衣服啊滿地亂扔，還有，你的各種學習資料啊，也是到處亂放。
- Well, I'm not a neat freak, so I don't care if everything is neat and perfect.
- 我看哪， Larry, 你就是太懶了 -- I think you are just too lazy.
- Well, maybe I am a little lazy, but look at your room, books, sweaters and even newspapers are stacked in order, and you're a real neat freak.
- 怎麼啦？書呀、毛衣和報紙當然應該放整齊嘛．這有什麼奇怪的？哦～， 對你來啊，說這可能是過份有條理，可能是有點怪． Well, I guess I am a neat freak.
- Alright. Now that you've finished cleaning, why don't we go to a movie.
- Sure, let's go!
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- That movie was so long. It's almost midnight! I'm so tired that I think I'm going to go home and crash.
- 什麼？ crash ？你是說你太累了，如果開車回家會出交通事故啊？
- No, I don't mean crash as in "car-crash". I mean crash as in "go to sleep".
- 嗯～．我還是不懂哎．你是說 crash，這個詞，除了可以用作 car-crash, 表示 「撞車」，還可以用來表示 「睡覺」 啊？
- Yes, "I really want to go home and crash" means that I really want to go home and sleep.
- 哦～，我懂了．想想看，crash 這個詞啊用在這裡還挺形像的．因為啊你太累了，所以一回家就 「癱」 在床上睡著了．So, Larry, can I say I was so tired that I crashed on the couch -- 我啊實在太累了，所以倒在沙發上就睡著了呢？
- Yes, you can say that. Another example is: I crashed at Jim's house the other night because it was too late to go home.
- 這個我懂，你是說啊，你那天晚上在 Jim 家裡玩得太晚了，所以乾脆不回家，就在他家裡過了一夜．疑？那要是我家裡在粉刷牆壁，沒法住，我可不可以說 I'd like to crash at my friend's house？
- Of course you can, but right now Li Hua, what I really want is to crash in my own bed. I can't wait to get home.
- 有那麼著急嗎？ 剛才看電影的時候我看你眼睛還張的大大的呢．不過，我也挺累的了．我啊我想我一到家，也是會倒頭就睡著的 -- I will also crash when I get home.
- Let's go!
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，一個是： neat freak，表示「特別愛乾淨、有條理的人」．另一個是： crash，在口語裡可以表示「睡覺」。
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