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2024.04.18 23:57
第四部 第十三課: junkies , cut it out
- Michael 現在在玩電子遊戲，李華在等他一起去和朋友吃飯． Michael 今天會教會李華兩個常用語： junkies 和 cut it out.
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- 嗨，Michael ，你還沒有玩夠這電子遊戲呀？你這個人怎麼回事兒嘛！
- Just a minute. (video game sounds stop) Oh never mind. You are right, Li Hua. I need to do something more useful with my time. I'm a video game junkie.
- 你說你是什麼啊？ Junkie ？ 那是什麼啊？
- I called myself a "video game junkie."
- 哦～，你是說你玩電子遊戲玩太多了，對不對？
- You got it. The word "junkie" originally was slang for a drug addict. Now, however, people used the word "junkie" to describe people who are very absorbed in a hobby or kind of entertainment.
- 哦～，所以 junkie 是指那些沉醉於自己嗜好的人．疑？那，除了像你這種老愛玩電子遊戲的人以外，還有其他的 junkies, 對不對？
- Of course! For instance, my dad is a golf junkie. He goes to the golf course at least twice a week, and plays for hours.
- 沒錯，你爸爸真是個高爾夫球迷，一個星期要打兩次，每次還要打好幾個小時．哎，那他啊，肯定是退休了，不然那來那麼多時間啊？疑？ Michael, 你可不可以再給我舉幾個不同的 junkies 的例子呢？
- Well, my friend Mitch, he is a sports junkie. He watches football in the fall, hockey in the winter, and baseball in the spring and summer. He finds a game on TV almost every day of the year, and he knows everything about every player.
- OK，所以你那個朋友 Mitch，他呀是個大球迷。每天在電視上看球賽，秋天看足球，冬天呢就看曲棍球，春夏天又看棒球，而且還知道每一個球員吶．哇，真是個大球迷哎！
- That's right. We don't use the word "junkie" for just any fan. We use it for people who can't live without their hobby.
- 哦～，所以 junkies 還是特別指那些沒有這些嗜好就沒辦法活的人吶！
- Yeah, like you. You are a soap opera junkie. I've seen you run to the student union between classes just so you can watch soap operas on the TV there. You are a junkie!
- 什麼啊？你說我是連續劇迷？我至少不像你對電子遊戲那麼迷．好了好了，快走了啦，我們跟 Jack 還有 Sarah 約好要吃飯的。
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- 唉！ Michael ，我們得走了啦，否則要遲到了。
- Mmm hmm. (sound continues) Ahh! Come on, come on!
- Michael， 把遙控器給我！
- Hey! Cut it out!
- (Click, TV turns off) 對不起， Michael ，我們再不走啊要來不及了．疑？你剛才說什麼 cut it out, 什麼意思啊？
- Ah! I said "cut it out." That means "stop it!"
- 哦， cut it out 就是說 「別這樣」 啊？疑？那這句話是在什麼場合用的啊？
- If someone is doing something that annoys you, and you really want them to stop, you can use this phrase. For instance, I was busy playing that game when you tried to grab the controller from me. I wanted you to stop trying to grab it, so I said "cut it out".
- 哦～，所以，誰要是做的事讓你很討厭，你要他別這麼做，這個時候啊你就可以說這句話．就像啊，剛才我要搶你的遙控器時，你就說 cut it out, 就是讓我別搶．看來，這個 cut it out 還挺有用的喔。
- You understand. So what do you say if someone starts throwing peanuts at you, like this.
- 哎，你幹嘛拿花生扔我啊？ Stop, Er... Cut it out, Michael!
- Very good. I guess you really have learned this phrase.
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- Michael 今天用扔花生來教李華怎麼說 cut it out，也就是 「別這樣！」．這回李華恐怕再也忘不了這個說法了．李華今天還學到 junkies 這個詞，意思是「對某種嗜好或好玩的事著了迷的人」。
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