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2024.05.19 13:14
第十二部 第二课: deadbeat , cool it
- Larry 和李华在海滩享受温暖的阳光．不过李华有点儿心事，因為她的朋友 Joe 向她借了钱，却一直没有还．今天李华会学到两个常用语： deadbeat 和 cool it。
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- Li Hua, relax and enjoy the day. Joe isn't a deadbeat. He'll pay you back as soon as he can.
- 我也希望 Joe 会还我钱啊．你说 Joe 不是一个 deadbeat，那是什麼意思啊？
- A deadbeat is someone who does not pay his/her debts or fulfill his/her obligations. Joe is not a deadbeat. He always pays people back.
- A deadbeat 就是一个故意赖帐的人．你说 Joe 不是那样的人，可要是他一直不还我钱，那我该怎麼跟他提这件事，又不伤他的自尊心呢？这事儿真麻烦！
- You're right; money is an awkward subject. I usually just avoid lending people money altogether. That way I don't have to worry about deadbeats.
- 唉，我也不喜欢借钱给别人啊，可我是真的想帮他忙啊。
- Yeah, I know what you mean. Just be careful who you help in the future: there are a lot of deadbeats out there.
- 我知道，下回啊我再要借钱给别人，一定会格外小心，因為借钱不还的人还是有的．对了， Larry，我还听过别人说 deadbeat dads．那是什麼意思啊？
- Well, after a divorce, a man is supposed to send money to his ex-wife to help her support their children. A man who doesn't send money is a "deadbeat dad."
- 哦～，我懂了， A deadbeat dad 就是离婚以后不肯负担孩子抚养费的父亲。
- Exactly. I know a guy whose father was a deadbeat dad. The poor guy's mother had to work three jobs to support her children.
- 这个妈妈要做叁份工来抚养她的孩子，就是因為爸爸不肯抚养孩子啊．难道法律都不惩罚这些不负责任的父亲吗？
- Well, the courts can tell a deadbeat dad that he needs to pay child support, but that doesn't mean that he actually will.
- 什麼！法庭告诉他们要付钱，他们不付也没事儿呀？喝，真是糟糕！
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- Wow! Those kids over there are really loud. I wish they'd cool it.
- 那些孩子啊是挺吵的．你要他们怎麼着， cool it？那是什麼意思啊？
- I wish they would "cool it" means calm down. It can also mean to stop what one is doing.
- 哟～， cool it 就是安静下来，或者停止做某件事的意思．你的意思是要那些孩子别再吵了。
- Exactly. I wonder where their parents are? I'm surprised that their parents haven't told them to cool it yet.
- 就是啊，那些孩子啊在那裡鬼吼鬼叫好一会儿了．他们的爸妈到底听见了没啊？怎麼不好好管教自己的孩子呢？
- It's hard to enjoy the day with such noisy kids around. I'm considering going over there myself and telling them to "cool it."
- 啊？你想自己过去叫那些孩子安静一点啊？我不知道这样做好不好呢。
- Why not? Their parents obviously aren't going to do it and those kids are ruining the day for a lot of people.
- Larry，也许啊你该冷静一点， cool it，别跟那些孩子一般见识了．不然，我们可以搬到远一点的地方坐嘛。
- Yeah, that's probably a good idea.
- 来吧，我们把东西收一收，搬到海滩的另一边去好囉。
- Okay, let's go.
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语．第一个是： deadbeat，是指「借钱不还，想赖帐的人」．另一个常用语是： cool it，是指「安静下来，或者是停止做某件事」。
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