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2024.04.17 06:28
第十部 第六課: tomboy , chicken
- Larry 的妹妹要來找他，所以李華到 Larry 的公寓去幫他打掃清潔．今天李華會學到兩個常用語 tomboy 和 chicken.
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- Larry, 這是我第一次要見到你妹妹，我特別興奮呢！你妹妹到底是個什麼樣的人啊？
- Well, I don't know if you and my sister will have much in common. My sister is kind of a tomboy.
- 你妹妹是什麼？ Tomboy? 那是什麼意思啊？ Boy 是男孩耶，你妹妹怎麼成了個 boy?
- No, a tomboy is a girl who acts more like a boy. My sister is more interested in sports and cars than fashion or movie stars.
- 哦～， tomboy 就是一個行為舉止像男孩兒的女生啊．你妹妹喜歡運動和汽車，這有什麼不對啊？是誰規定女孩子就一定要喜歡衣服啊和化妝品的？我也喜歡運動和汽車啊！
- Oh, no. I don't want to get in a feminist debate. I'm just saying that many people might think that my sister is not very feminine.
- 啊？很多人都覺得你妹妹不夠女人味啊？那我和你妹妹啊一定可以合得來的，因為我小的時候也是個 tomboy 啊．我喜歡爬樹、打球，有一次啊我還跟一個男孩打架呢！
- You? A tomboy? You're kidding, right? You always wear dresses and you act very feminine. I don't believe it.
- 是真的！我小時候啊我媽媽總是逼我穿裙子．還有啊！我都是和街坊鄰居的男孩子玩，因為啊其他女孩都覺得我像個男孩！
- I guess you really were a tomboy. You must have changed a lot.
- 其實我也沒有改變很多啊！你看，我現在還是很喜歡打球、運動；而且，我最好的朋友還是個男的呢！
- Really? Who's your best friend?
- Larry，你可別裝傻哦！你知道你就是我最好的朋友啊！
- That's really sweet, Li Hua. I'm honored to be your best friend, even if you are a tomboy! (laughing)
- 好了啦！你就別再這樣逗我了！
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- Hey, Li Hua, my sister and I are going rock climbing tomorrow. Do you want to come with us?
- 什麼？爬岩石？那不是很危險嗎？
- Come on. Don't be a chicken. It's perfectly safe and it'll be a lot of fun.
- A chicken? Chicken 是雞的意思哎．我不想去爬岩石，這和雞有什麼關係啊？
- Oh, chicken is slang for wimp or coward. You don't have to come with us if you're too much of a chicken.
- 原來你是在笑我膽小啊？ Chicken 就是指膽小、懦弱的人．哼！我才不是膽小鬼呢．我一點兒也不害怕爬岩石，我只不過是比較小心而已嘛！
- Well, if you're not a chicken, then you're welcome to come with us. We're leaving at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
- 好，為了證明我不是膽小鬼，不是一個 chicken，明天早上 8 點半我一定到！那，你們是不是工具都準備齊全啦？
- Yes, my sister brought all of our equipment from home, so we'll all be perfectly safe. You don't have to worry at all.
- 你別再拐彎抹角地說我膽小了！你啊才是個膽小鬼呢！你不是最怕坐雲霄飛車嗎？
- That's different! People can get killed on those things if something goes wrong!
- 是啊！雲霄飛車如果出狀況，是會摔死人的，那難道攀岩石就不會出意外啊？
- All right, you made your point. I won't call you a chicken again. I'll see you tomorrow morning at 8:30, okay?
- 沒問題，明天見！
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，第一個是： tomboy，這是形容一個「性格像男孩的女孩」；另一個常用語是： chicken，這是指一個「膽小、懦弱的人」。
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