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2024.12.04 11:50
第十一部 第十一課: to putz around , worrywart
- 李華打電話問 Larry，想不想到動物園去看看新的熊貓展覽．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： to putz around 和 worrywart。
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- 嘿， Larry，你在做什麼啊？忙不忙啊？
- Not really. I was just putzing around the apartment, cleaning up a little and putting some things away. Why? What do you have in mind?
- 哦～，你在家打掃，整理東西．你還在家幹什麼啦？什麼是 putzing around？那是什麼意思啊？
- To putz around is to behave idly, without anything very urgent or important to do. I don't have anything special to do, so I'm just putzing around doing minor things.
- To putz around 就是沒有什麼迫切或重要的事做，只是在家東晃晃、西摸摸．嘿！既然你沒什麼重要事做，要不要一塊兒去動物園．我想去看看啊新來的熊貓。
- Sure. We can putz around the zoo and look at the animals. The weather is beautiful today, so it will be nice to go outside.
- 就是啊，今天天氣這麼好，待在家裡太可惜了，還不如到動物園去逛逛，看看動物啊。
- Yeah, it's much better to putz around outside in the sunshine. It's so great to have time to relax.
- 沒錯．前一陣子啊我忙得連睡覺的時間都沒有，更別說四處閒晃了．說實話，我還真喜歡閒逛呢， I like to putz around。
- When do you want to leave?
- 嗯～，你半個小時內能出門嗎？我聽說啊熊貓在下午的時候比較活躍，這時候去啊最有意思了！
- Sure. I'll meet you at the university gate in half an hour.
- 沒問題！一會兒見！
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- Larry，快一點！我怕我們會錯過這班公車，太晚了我們就看不到熊貓了！
- Calm down, Li Hua. Don't be such a worrywart. We have plenty of time to catch the bus and the pandas aren't going anywhere.
- 嘿！你又說我什麼了啊？什麼是 worrywart？
- A worrywart, very simply, is a person who worries too much.
- A Worrywart，就是指一個人不是擔心這個，就是擔心那個，而這些都是一些微不足道的事情．那不就是我們中文裡說的「杞人憂天」嗎？ Larry，我真的是這樣的人嗎？
- Sometimes, you can be a worrywart. For instance, you worry a lot about your grades.
- 可是，擔心成績不好．這很正常啊！很多人都會擔心他們的成績，學習成績可不是什麼微不足道的事呢！
- Most people worry about their grades, but you worry more than most people.
- 我比別人擔心更多！我才不信呢．你自己不也老是擔心工作，老是擔心你的老闆和同事對你印象不好啊。
- I don't worry too much about work! I have a healthy concern for what my boss and my co-workers think, but I don't think I'm a worrywart.
- 哦～，我擔心就是過份．你擔心就是正常的啊！你自己想想，你應該 8 點上班，可上星期啊你每天早上 5 點就起床，就怕遲到，這不是過份嗎？
- Yeah, I guess that is a little extreme. I think I'll get more relaxed at work once I've gotten more settled in. I'm still new.
- 我知道．你是剛到那家公司去工作，所以特別緊張．等到你習慣以後就會放鬆一些囉．得了，我們還是好好享受今天這麼棒的天氣，去看熊貓囉！
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語．第一個是： to putz around，這就是「四處閒晃，無所事事」的意思．另一個常用語是： worrywart，這是指「一個人擔心個沒完」，就像中文裡所說的「杞人憂天」。
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