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2024.04.19 09:37
第九部 第三課: to level with someone , clueless
- Larry 和李華正在乘公共汽車去公園去溜冰．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： to level with someone 和 clueless.
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- I have to level with you, Li Hua. I'm not very fond of ice-skating. I haven't done it in years.
- To "level with me?"， Level 是「水平」的意思．你是說你溜冰的水平和我不一樣啊？疑！你又沒看過我溜冰，怎麼知道我的水平呢？
- No, "to level with someone" is to be direct and honest.
- 哦～， to level with someone，就是「向人誠實、坦白」的意思啊．嘿！那～，我也得和你老實說了，我啊根本不太會溜冰．我只是想去看看歷史課的同學 Jake，他說啊他今天會去公園溜冰，可是我又不想一個人去，所以 .....
- Now, the truth comes out! Come on, level with me, do you have a crush on Jake?
- 嗯～，我是挺喜歡他的．不過啊，我想和他多聊聊，看看我是不是真喜歡他。
- Well, Li Hua, I have to level with you and say that you might not make the best impression on Jake if you're falling all of the time.
- 對哎，我啊要是老摔倒，他看見了怎麼會對我有好印象呢！嗯！我還是少溜一點，站在一旁看別人溜吧！
- Hey, that's not fair! You drag me ice skating and now you aren't going to ice skate?
- 哎喲，對不起嘛！我把你拖來溜冰自己又不溜． To level with you，我來之前啊根本就沒想那麼多！
- That's obvious. I think you might as well level with Jake and ask him to help you.
- 對哎！我怎麼沒想到？我可以叫 Jake 教我溜冰啊！嗯～，可是 Larry，那你怎麼辦啊？
- Then I'll just sit and watch while you and your new boyfriend skate around on the ice.
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- Li Hua, I think I'll skate after all, but I'm really clueless about ice-skating. How do I put these skates on?
- 怎麼穿溜冰鞋啊！把鞋帶繫好就行了啦！疑？對了，你剛才說"clueless"，那是什麼意思啊？
- Okay. If someone is "clueless" it means that he or she has no idea what they are doing.
- 哦～， clueless 就是什麼也不懂．我雖然會穿溜冰鞋，可是對溜冰啊，我也是一竅不通吶！ I'm also clueless about ice-skating.
- Great. This is the blind leading the blind. We're both more or less clueless. Do you see your friend Jake? Maybe he can help us.
- 嗯～，我沒看到 Jake，也許 ... 他不來了。
- Li Hua, is Jake really coming? If he is, what time is he supposed to come here?
- 嗯…，我不知道哎。
- You're not sure or you're clueless?
- 哎喲！好啦好啦， to level with you，我就聽他說了一聲今天會來滑冰．我根本不知道他到底什麼時候來嘛！
- Li Hua, what were you thinking?
- Larry，對不起嘛！我很喜歡 Jake，可是，我不知道該怎麼接近他，怎麼樣進一步瞭解他。
- Oh, I understand. Yeah, sometimes I'm clueless about girls, too. Everyone feels that way sometimes. Don't worry; I'll help you find an excuse to talk to Jake.
- 真的嗎！ Wow! Larry，你真好．有你幫忙啊，我就放心了．看樣子我們在這兒也沒別的事可做．那就一塊兒溜冰囉！來吧！
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，一個是: to level with someone，意思是「向人坦白說實話」．另一個常用語是： clueless，意思是「對某件事情什麼也不知道」。
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