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2024.09.20 12:49
第十二部 第四課: wiped out , cutie-pie
- 李華的教授剛添了個女兒．李華和 Larry 準備去拜訪這位教授，向他們表示祝賀．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： wiped out 和 cutie-pie。
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- 嘿！ Larry，我想去看看瓊斯教授和他太太．他們的女兒 Sarah 現在也應該有幾個星期大了！
- Aren't you worried they are too wiped out to have company?
- Wiped out？你說瓊斯教授他們怎麼樣了啊？
- Too wiped out means they must be really tired. I am sure they haven't gotten much sleep with a new baby in the house.
- 哦～， Wiped-out 就是很疲乏的意思．添了小寶寶他們倆啊可能都睡不好．不過我想，我們早一點去拜訪他們，坐一會兒就走，應該沒問題吧．我聽說啊 baby Sarah 真的很可愛哎！
- OK, That sounds good, but we should call before we go. You know, I am amazed Professor Jones is still teaching classes considering how wiped out he must be.
- 就是啊，雖然很累，瓊斯教授還來上課呢！真是令人佩服！我啊，只要想到去上課都好累，更何況我還沒有小寶寶呢。
- You're right! Just going to work every day wipes me out. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to get up so many times in the middle of the night to feed the baby and change diapers.
- 沒錯，半夜裡要起來好幾次餵奶，換尿布，真是難以想像．我可受不了。
- Wait until you have your own baby, you wouldn't mind to be wiped out.
- 我想是這樣吧，有了自己的孩子啊再累也不在乎．好吧，那我們就給瓊斯教授打個電話，看他們什麼時候方便讓我們過去，順便啊看看小寶寶。
- And before we go we probably should stop somewhere and get a card and present for the baby. You aren't too wiped out to do a little shopping first, are you?
- 說到逛街買禮物啊，我才不會覺得累呢！特別是買那些可愛的小寶寶衣服．我再累啊也願意去！
- I should have known!
- 好，那我現在就給瓊斯教授打電話！
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- Larry，你覺得 baby Sarah 是不是真的好可愛喔？
- She was indeed. She was a real cutie-pie!
- A cutie-WHAT？你怎麼說她是個派啊？ Pie？那不是一種點心嗎？
- Well, a "cutie-pie" isn't actually a pie like the dessert, but means someone who is very cute.
- 原來如此，cutie-pie 不是指點心，而是指人長的很可愛．小寶寶 Sarah 眼睛大大的，再加上圓圓的臉蛋，真是可愛！ She's certainly a cutie-pie!
- And little Sarah certainly takes after her mother. Professor Jones's wife is a cutie-pie, too!
- 哎， Larry，瓊斯教授的太太可是已婚婦女哦！就算你覺得她長的可愛，恐怕也沒機會了吧．我勸你啊，還是多注意身邊是不是還有其他可愛的女孩兒吧！
- Do you have any one in mind?
- 說起來，我還真有幾個長的很可愛的女朋友哎，或許可以給你介紹一個，讓你們出去吃個飯或看電影什麼的啊。
- Well, you would be a real sweetie-pie if you would give one of them a call and say nice things about me.
- 疑？等等，我以為你剛才教我的是 cutie-pie，怎麼現在你又說我是個 sweetie-pie？
- Sweetie-pie just means you are a very nice person. "Cutie-pie" and "sweetie-pie" are both often used to describe young children.
- 哦～，Sweetie-pie 和 cutie-pie 往往是形容小孩兒．那我是不是可以叫你 "oldy-pie"？因為啊你可不年輕囉。
- Sorry, Li Hua, it's just "sweetie-pie" or "cutie-pie." That's it.
- 我知道，跟你開玩笑而已，而且你也不老． Larry，你這麼熱心教我英語啊，你真是個 sweetie-pie。
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語．一個是： wiped out，是「形容一個人很疲乏」．另一個常用語是： cutie-pie，是「形容一個人長的很可愛」． sweetie-pie 則是「指一個人心地善良、熱心助人」。
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