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2024.04.20 03:12
第八部 第六課: to go off on someone , what's the deal
- 李華剛下課，走出課堂就碰上了 Larry．李華在和 Larry 談話中會學到兩個常用語： to go off on someone 和 what's the deal.
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- 嘿～， Larry，你剛剛下課啊？哎，對了，我剛好要問你，今天你有沒有見到 Dave？
- Dave? No, I haven't seen him anywhere since professor Jones went off on him yesterday morning.
- Jones 教授對 Dave 怎麼啦？你說他 went off on Dave? 那是甚麼意思啊？
- To go off on someone means to suddenly get very angry at someone. "To go off " can mean "to explode"- for instance, something like a bomb or a gun can go off.
- 哦～， to go off on someone 就是突然對某個人大發脾氣，就好像炸彈爆炸、槍支開火那樣．那， Jones 教授為甚麼突然對 Dave 大發脾氣呢？
- Dave asked Professor Jones if he could turn in a paper a few days late, and Professor Jones just went off on him.
- Dave 怎麼經常要求晚幾天交報告呢？唉，也難怪啊 Jones 教授要 go off on him，對他發脾氣了．哎，Larry，你可不可以再給我舉幾個 go off on someone 的例子呢！
- Hmm, let me think. I remember when I was in Beijing I tried to pay a taxi driver, and he went off on me for several minutes. I had no idea why he was so angry. It turned out, what I gave him was a counterfeit note.
- 你給出租車司機假鈔票，那他當然要對你大發脾氣囉！
- Li Hua, have you ever gone off on someone here in the U.S.?
- 嗯～，我啊，我英文還不是很好，不敢輕易和人吵架．哎，我只有對我過去那個同屋啊發了好幾次脾氣，因為啊她實在太髒，而且啊，她還想偷偷搬出去，就是為了想賴掉一個月的房租呢！
- She tried to cheat you out of a month's rent? If my roommate did that, I wouldn't just go off on him, I'd take him to court!
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- So anyway, what's the deal with Professor Jones lately? He always seems to be in a bad mood.
- What's the deal? 你在說甚麼啊？ deal 不是交易的意思嗎？你是問我， Jones 教授在和甚麼人做交易啊？
- No, no, no, Li Hua. When I ask "what's the deal", I mean "what is the situation?" I was asking why he is in a bad mood.
- 哦～，我知道了， what's the deal 就像我們中文裡常說的「怎麼回事兒」．你剛才是問我， Jones 教授心情不好到底是怎麼回事兒．嗯，我聽說啊，他對今年沒能升上正教授的職位好像挺失望的。
- Really? What's the deal with that? He's been in this department for years!
- 就是啊！ Jones 教授在我們繫上教書也有好多年了，不給他提升，究竟是怎麼回事，誰也不知道。
- That seems to be unfair. Well, Li Hua, what's the deal tomorrow night? Is everyone still planning to go together to that concert?
- 嗯，明天晚上啊是這樣，我呢和另外三個同學會去聽演唱會，可是我的車出問題了，現在還在修車廠呢．哎，Larry，我們能不能搭你的車去啊？
- Well, here's the deal: I've got class until six thirty tomorrow, and the concert is at eight. It's probably best if you meet me here at school, since I might not have enough time to pick you all up.
- 哼～，你明天 6 點半才下課，演唱會 8 點就開始．對，要你去接我們啊，恐怕是來不及．那就照你說的吧，我們到學校來等你！喔，對了， Ed 他明天不想去，他和 Jill 剛剛分手，不想和 Jill 見面。
- Really? What's the deal with those two? I thought they were really happy together, but I heard that Jill went off on Ed the other night.
- 他們倆到底是怎麼回事兒？誰知道！大家啊都以為他們在一起很高興． Jill 那天晚上對 Ed 大發脾氣是因為 Ed 沒跟她商量啊就決定明年要到國外去唸書。
- Oh well. That's too bad. Anyway, the deal tomorrow is you and your friends will meet me here at school, and we'll all leave together. OK?
- 沒問題，那就明天晚上在校園見囉！
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- 今天李華學到兩個常用語，一個是： to go off on someone，意思是「突然對某人大發脾氣」；另一個常用語是：what's the deal，這是指「什麼情況？、怎麼回事？」。
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