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2026.08.26 02:49
第九部 第十四课: off one's rocker , silent treatment
- Larry 和李华刚上完课，现在在一面喝咖啡，一面聊天．今天李华会学到两个常用语： off one's rocker 和 silent treatment.
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- Larry，我看你啊一直盯着那边那个女孩．你為什麼不走过去和她聊一聊呢？
- Are you kidding? She'll think I'm off my rocker if I just walk over and start talking to her.
- 你走过去跟她讲话，她会认為你是什麼啊？ Off your rocker，那是什麼意思啊？
- To be "off one's rocker" means to be crazy. I'm afraid she'll think I'm crazy, or at least really weird, if I start talking to her for no reason.
- 哦～，所以 off one's rocker 就是指一个人特别怪，行為反常．嘿，你要是觉得和陌生人说话很奇怪，那你才真的是 off your rocker 呢！
- I don't know, I guess I'm just a little shy about it, okay?
- 你这麼害羞啊，难怪总是错失良机！算了，你要胆子那麼小，我也没办法了．哎，Larry，你看那边那个人，他才真的有点不正常呢！
- Who?
- 就是坐在角落裡的那个人啊，你看，他还在唱歌呢！
- Yeah, he looks like he's a bit off his rocker, but he's probably just really drunk.
- 就是喔，也许啊他是喝醉了． Larry，我今天不能玩太晚哦．明天早上 9 点鐘，歷史课的教授要给大家补课。
- 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning? Your professor is either completely off his rocker or he just likes to torture his students.
- 星期六早上给大家补课不是挺好吗？ 你觉得我教授疯啦！ 我看你才是 off your rocker．Larry，班上啊没有一个同学认為这个教授这样做有什麼不正常的啊，更没有人认為他是為了要折磨我们。
- Ok, ok. But to me, anyone who likes to go to class on Saturday morning is off his rocker.
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- Hey, I forgot to tell you that my sister is giving me the silent treatment. She's mad at me for telling our mom about her new boyfriend.
- 你把你妹妹交男朋友的事告诉你妈，难怪你妹妹要对你发火了．疑？你说，她还给你 silent treatment，那是什麼意思啊？
- To give someone "the silent treatment" is to refuse to talk to that person. My sister is refusing to talk to me because she's mad at me.
- 哦～，我懂了． Silent treatment 就是不理你，不跟你说话了．疑？这麼说，你妹妹也不接你电话囉？
- No, she wouldn't even speak to me when I was home last weekend.
- 我啊．最讨厌这种态度了．不讲话，能解决问题吗？
- Exactly. If my sister is giving me the silent treatment, then how are we supposed to talk over the problem?
- 我还记得，当我告诉我妈我决定要来美国唸书的时候，她气得一个月都不和我说话呢。
- She probably wasn't really mad at you. She was just upset that you would be so far away.
- 我知道，她啊不是真的生我的气，而是不捨得我到这麼远的地方来唸书．可是不说话有什麼用啊！
- Sometimes giving someone the silent treatment is a good idea, though. There are a couple of people I avoid talking to because I know that they like to gossip.
- 那倒也是．碰上那种喜欢嚼舌头的人，最好不和他们说话．去年我的同屋就是这样的人啊，所以我一个学期都不和她说话，给她 silent treatment。
- Hey, Li Hua, you learn fast!
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- 今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是： off one's rocker，就是指「一个人行為不正常」，也就是我们平常所说的「某个人疯啦！」；另外一个常用语是： silent treatment，就是「沉默对待」的意思。
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