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第七部 第五课: jack , kaput
- 今天李华和 Larry 在谈暑假裡打算干什麼，李华会学到两个常用语：jack 和 kaput。
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- Hey Larry，你知不知道纽约附近哪个地方可以钓鱼呀？
- Fishing, huh? I'm sorry Li Hua, I don't know jack about fishing.
- 我问你钓鱼的事，你怎麼说你不认识 Jack 啊？
- I'm not talking about a guy named Jack. When I say "I don't know jack about fishing", that means "I don't know anything about fishing".
- 哦～，原来 jack 在这裡不是人的名字，你说 I don't know jack about fishing，意思就是「你对钓鱼一无所知」．这麼说， jack 在这裡就表示 "nothing", right?
- That's right.
- I don't know jack about fishing，那不就成了 I don't know nothing about fishing. 英文裡是不能用双重否定的，不是吗？
- OK, you're right, we don't use double negatives in proper, formal English. But this is slang! "I don't know jack" means "I don't know anything".
- 我也经常听人说 I don't know nothing，我知道啊在正规英语裡面，是不应该这麼说的．这样说来，在口语裡是这麼用的，那 "I don't know jack" 就表示「我啊什麼也不知道」．对了，Larry，那你暑假不準备钓鱼，你打算干什麼呢？
- Well, I may just sit around. In other words, I don't do jack!
- You don't do jack! 我知道，你是说你什麼也不干啊．除了 "I don't know jack" ，原来你还可以说：I don't do jack! 好不容易到了暑假了哎，你却打算什麼都不干啊？我才不会这样白白浪费时间呢。
- Well, the reason vacation is so valuable is because I can sit around and don't do jack all day. Usually I'm a very busy guy.
- 你啊说得也有道理，就是因為放假了，才有可能懒散一点嘛，什麼事情也不做．平时呢又要学习又要打工，是够忙的喔。
- Well, anyway, I need to get home and start on the term paper. I haven't written jack yet!
- 什麼？你的期末论文一点儿还没动手啊？哎哟，那你赶紧回家去写吧！
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- Larry，你不是在家写论文吗？怎麼又跑到学校图书馆来啦？
- Well, I got home and started to work on my term paper, but my computer went kaput!
- 你说你的电脑怎麼啦？ Went kaput? 听起来就好像是电脑出问题了，是不是啊？
- Yes, "kaput" means "broken, ruined or not working properly." My computer went kaput, so now I have to work on my paper in the library.
- 原来 kaput 意思就是「坏了、没法子正常工作了」．你是说你的电脑坏了，Larry，你最近好像运气不太好嘛．前些天，你的手机电话不是也故障了吗？
- Oh man, that's a real problem! My cell phone really went kaput and nobody could reach me.
- 就是啊，我啊给你打电话留言，你也没收到。
- During that time, I was out of touch with everyone. It felt like my whole life went kaput.
- 有那麼严重吗？你因為手机坏了，和所有人失去了联繫，让你觉得整个生活都完蛋啦？哎哟，还是先说说你电脑吧 - 你的电脑 went kaput，那你有没有丢掉什麼重要的文件呢？
- Well, I'm hoping it wasn't the hard drive that went kaput. That would be terrible!
- 你先别着急，即使是 hard drive went kaput，我想有的信息还是可以找回来的啦！
- Let's hope so. If I can't get my computer fixed soon, I won't have jack to show them in my term paper.
- 但愿你的电脑赶快修好．学期论文啊要是交白卷，那可真是太糟糕了。
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- 今天李华从 Larry 那儿学到了两个常用语，一个是： jack，在英语口语裡， I don't know jack 的意思是「我什麼也不知道」．李华学到的另一个常用语是： kaput，就相当於中文裡所说的「坏了、出了问题」。
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