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2024.09.09 06:58
第十三部 第十四課: diddlysquat , rub it in
- Larry 剛剛給自己的公寓貼了新的墻紙，可是他覺得效果很不理想。李華今天會學到兩個常用語：diddlysquat 和 rub it in。
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- Today, Li Hua, I discovered that I don't know diddlysquat about putting up wallpaper.
- 什麼? diddlysquat？聽你的意思，你好像是說你對貼墻紙什麼也不懂，是不是啊？
- That's right. I don't know diddlysquat means I don't know anything.
- 哦～，Don't know diddlysquat 就是什麼也不懂，一竅不通的意思。
- Right. When I was wallpapering my apartment, I didn't get the pieces perfectly straight before I put them on, and now the pattern doesn't line up.
- 我也對貼墻紙一竅不通耶。不過啊，貼之前你好像總得把墻紙弄直了。否則，墻紙的花樣怎麼對得起來呢！
- Yeah, but it is harder to do than you might think. I really needed to read instructions in a how-to book before I started, but I didn't do diddlysquat to prepare.
- 原來你什麼準備都沒有做就開始貼墻紙呀！美國有很多關於如何裝修房屋的書，你什麼都沒看你就動手啦？你膽子也夠大的。得了，你來幫我點忙，分散一下注意力，心情啊就會好一些了。好不好？
- Sure, how can I help?
- 我昨天啊買了一個新的電腦硬盤，可我在這方面啊什麼也不懂，I don't know diddlysquat about computer。你來幫我裝一下，好不好？
- You are just like my mom, Li Hua. She doesn't know diddlysquat about computers either, but I am happy to help out. When should I come by?
- Larry，你能幫我裝上啊那就太好了。嗯～，那－，午飯以後你可以過來嗎？
- OK, I'll do that. But maybe you can come help me remove the wallpaper I put up.
- 幫你撕墻紙，I don't know diddlysquat about that! 嗯～，讓我看看再說吧。
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- 喔～，Larry, 這墻紙還真是沒對齊耶。
- Yeah, I know. Please don't rub it in.
- 不要抹進去？疑？我們不是要把墻紙撕下來嗎？
- No, no. By "rub it in", I didn't mean rub the wallpaper into the wall. I meant that I already know the wallpaper doesn't line up, so you don't need to tell me again and make me feel worse.
- 我明白了，rub it in 的意思是呢就是說在傷口上抹鹽，讓人啊更難堪。墻紙沒貼好，你已經很難過了，我又提起這件事，就是 rub it in - 讓你更難受，對不對？
- Yeah, especially when it is something you are not happy about. "Rubbing it in" just makes a person feel worse.
- Rub it in，只會讓人更難過，所以我們的朋友 Rick 在撞車以後，你並沒有對他說， “你怎麼這麼不小心”，就是因為你不想讓他更難堪哦。
- Right, I didn't want Rick to feel even worse about his car.
- 還有啊，上個星期考試，我考得好，你考得不好，我說，“你本來就該好好複習的嘛”。這又是 rubbing it in，往傷口上抹鹽，對不對？
- Exactly.
- 可是，我只是想對好朋友提出忠告，我可沒有抹鹽的意思啊。
- I know you didn't mean to rub it in, Li Hua. Well, let's go see what we can do about your hard drive.
- Great. 好啊，去看看我的電腦吧。
- You are really lucky that we are friends! I mean, you don't know diddlysquat about computers. You'd never be able to install the hard drive without me.
- 我知道我對電腦一竅不通，你就別往我傷口上抹鹽了嘛。You don't have to rub it in！
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是 don't know diddlysquat about something，意思是對某件事一無所知，一竅不通。李華學到的另一個常用語是 rub it in， 意思是在某個人的傷口上抹鹽，令人更加難過。
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