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2024.09.09 05:36
第十三部 第八課: shrink , gross out
- 李華和 Larry 正在討論他們剛才看的電影。今天李華會學到兩個常用語： shrink 和 gross out。
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- Larry，剛才電影裏的男主角說他需要看一個 shrink 那是什麼意思啊？ Shrink 這個當動詞用的時候是指縮水，可是在這裡好像不是這個意思耶。他到底在說什麼啊？
- Shrink is a somewhat negative slang term for a psychiatrist. If you tell someone that he needs to see a shrink, it means that you think he's crazy.
- Shrink 是指心理醫生啊！你要是說要去看心理醫生，別人就會覺得你這個人腦袋有問題，精神不正常啊。
- Yeah, but shrink isn't usually a nice way to refer to psychiatrists.
- 哦～， shrink 是指心理醫生，但是是帶貶意的。為什麼呢？
- Well, for instance, if my dad were a psychiatrist, I wouldn't describe him to other people as a shrink.
- 你爸爸要是一位心理醫生，你就不會說他是個 shrink，為什麼啊？你爸爸是個很糟糕的醫生嗎？
- No, it's because shrink is just not a very respectful word.
- 我懂了，所以 shrink 就是對心理醫生不尊重的稱呼。對了，Larry，你看過心理醫生嗎？
- Are you trying to imply that I'm crazy, Li Hua?
- 沒有啦，我當然知道你腦子沒有問題嘛。不過，在美國好像很多人都去看心理醫生耶！
- It is more acceptable nowadays, but a lot of people are still very uncomfortable about the idea of seeing a shrink.
- 是啊，好像啊這是很普遍的事。原來在美國還是有很多人覺得不能夠接受，他們覺得啊去看心理醫生的都是有些問題，腦筋不太正常的人吧！
- No, shrinks help people who are depressed or are having family problems. Actually, most of the people who see a shrink probably aren't what we would call crazy.
- 是啊，現代人的生活啊這麼緊張，很多人都得到憂鬱症，這個時候心理醫生就能幫很大的忙了。對了，Larry，你認不認識什麼心理醫生啊？
- Actually, my Dad's best friend is a shrink. He works with children that have social disorders.
- 真的啊？你爸爸的好朋友就是一個心理醫生？而且他專門治療小朋友不合群的問題啊？ Larry，你小的時候有沒有什麼問題，去看過這醫生啊？
- Very funny, Li Hua.
- 我是跟你開玩笑的啦！
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- Hey, Li Hua, were you grossed out by the murder scene in that movie?
- 你是說電影裏那段謀殺的情節怎麼樣啦？什麼是 gross out？
- Grossed out means disgusted. So, did that scene gross you out?
- Gross out 就是讓人感到噁心，你這麼一說啊我就想起來，那一段劇情啊真是夠可怕的，有好多血喔！我是真的覺得 gross out！
- Yeah, me too. Usually scenes like that don't bother me too much because I know they're fake, but that one was particularly nasty. I was really grossed out.
- 我啊，一看到血我就受不了了。前幾天，我不小心摔傷了膝蓋，看到血流出來，我差點兒沒昏倒呢 - I almost grossed out.
- I guess that it's a good thing you decided not to be a surgeon. Otherwise, you'll be grossed out all the time.
- 是啊，我媽媽啊一心想要我當醫生，可是我這種一看到血就噁心的人，怎麼能進醫學院嘛！
- Yeah, in medical school, you have to study dead bodies.
- Larry，你別再說啦，你愈說我愈害怕，也愈覺得噁心了。別再說了啦！
- Wow, I guess you do get grossed out easily.
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語。第一個是： shrink，這是指心理醫生，但是是一種不太禮貌的稱呼，所以大家在用的時候要小心。另一個常用語是： gross out，就是讓人噁心的意思。
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