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2024.09.09 05:50
第十三部 第十五課: runaround , take a chill pill
- Larry 正在申請下學期學校的資助，可是到處碰壁。李華今天會學到兩個常用語：runaround 和 take a chill pill。
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- I am so frustrated! The Financial Aid Office is giving me a real runaround!
- Larry，你說資助辦公室給你什麼？ Runaround，那是什麼呀？
- To give someone a runaround means to be deceptive and evasive to someone. They sent me from office to office，but no one can give me the right answers.
- 哦～， to give someone a runaround 意思就是對某人很虛假，躲躲閃閃的。你是說資助辦公室打發你到這個辦公室那個辦公室，可是，就是沒有人給你一個明確的回答啊。Larry，那你現在應怎麼辦呢？
- They are still giving me the runaround. They say I didn't turn in my application on time, but I know I did.
- 他們說你沒有交申請表？瞎說，你肯定交了，我還跟你一起去的嘛。你知道，Larry，每次啊我申請延長學生簽證，他們也是這樣，把我像皮球一樣踢來踢去的，gave me a runaround。
- That's too bad. Since being given the runaround is no fun, what do you say we go for ice cream somewhere?
- 去吃冰淇淋？我不知道能不能去耶。我今天下午好忙喔，要批改很多作文呢。
- How about after you grade your papers?
- 批改卷子以後，我還要寫論文。
- Li Hua, are you giving me the runaround?
- Larry，看你說的，我怎麼是在找藉口呢？我看你有點多疑了吧。
- Well, you aren't giving me a direct answer for one.
- 沒有明確回答你。好吧，Larry，我的答案啊是不能去，對不起我不能跟你去吃冰淇淋。這行了吧？
- That's OK! Just don't give me the runaround anymore. I've had enough of that!
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- I've been so frustrated by this whole financial aid mess. I really need to take a chill pill.
- 你要吃什麼藥片？吃了這藥片就能夠解決資助的問題了啊？
- Ha-Ha, very funny. No, to take a chill pill means to calm down. I need to calm down, forget my problems and do something else.
- 原來是這個意思啊。To take a chill pill，就是設法平靜下來。啍～，我看也是哦，最好的辦法啊就是平靜下來，做點別的事兒，先把這事兒擱一邊。Larry，Rick 的車給人撞壞了，他氣死了。我看啊他也該平靜下來，take a chill pill。
- No, Rick did have good reason to be upset. I wouldn't have told him to take a chill pill in that case.
- 是，他有理由生氣。在這種情況下就不能叫他 take a chill pill? 嗯～，那你再舉個例子給我聽聽嘛，什麼情況下可以說 take a chill pill 呢？
- Sometimes when you get so worried before a test, Li Hua, I just want to tell you to take a chill pill.
- 每次考試以前啊，我總是特別緊張。以後啊你看見我考試前太緊張，你儘管對我說 take a chill pill。我啊不會生氣的。我也不知道自己為什麼會那麼緊張呢。
- You always study so hard. There is no need to be worried. You should just take a chill pill and relax. You know you'll do fine.
- 我也這麼想啊！我是很用功，每一次考試成績也都很好，本來我就不該緊張。不過啊，有的時候我倒覺得考試前心情緊張一點反而會考的好哦。
- In that case, you don't have to take a chill pill. But if I were too nervous before a test, I would be unable to think clearly and would certainly fail the test.
- 那倒是有可能。每個人不一樣嘛。不過啊，Larry, 你要是考糊了，你就會非常不高興。到那個時候，你就得 take a chill pill。 我看哪，你還是應該更用功一點，這樣你的成績會更好啊。
- Oh, Li Hua, take a chill pill!
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是 give someone a runaround，意思是找藉口，躲躲閃閃，拖延，特別是對提出要求的人。另一個常用語是 take a chill pill，意思是平靜下來。
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