洋话连篇之蜗牛版

《洋话连篇》之蜗牛版1 清晨呓语Things you say in the morning.Teacher: What’s wrong with you?William: I’m not myself today.“I’m not myself”这句话是什么意思呢？我都不是我自己了？那么我是什么呢？看来这句话不能光从字面上来理解。

那么它是什么意思呢？让我们来打个比方吧：你昨天晚上失眠了，第二天上课，无论老师问你什么你都不知道，那么老师会很生气地问你:”What’s wrong with you?”那么最好地借口就是：”I am not myself today”“我今天状态不佳”“I am not myself”句子看起来很简单，但要掌握其真正的意思，还需要更多的和朋友在设想的情景下练一练。

Hogan: William! We gotta go! It’s burning down!（烧的精光了）指没有时间剩余。

William: Don’t bother me!有人喜欢在早晨睡懒觉，这时如果家人叫你起床，你还可以可怜巴巴的说：“Please give me five more minutes.”请让我在多睡五分钟好吗？这是一种很有礼貌的说法，当然了，如果你很生气别人打扰了你的美梦，你就很有可能恶狠狠地说：”Don’t bother me!””别烦我了”，这有点像北京话：“别理我，烦着呢!”“bother”是”打扰比人，给别人添麻烦的意思，想寻求别人的帮助，你可以这样说：”Sorry to bother you, but can you help me with this?”打扰一下，能麻烦您帮我个忙吗？（Sleeping on a bed of nails）a bed of nails 是指钉子床，来自印度的魔术师或者瑜珈师的一种表演刀具，如果在这种床睡一晚的话，你的睡眠肯定是terrible 了。

Hogan: How did you sleep?William: Not good at all.早晨起来，看到你的朋友气色不太好，你可以这样问候他：“How did you sleep?”你昨晚睡的怎么样啊？如果对方确实是因为没睡好，导致脸色看起来很差的话，就会说：“Terrible”糟透了！或者说：”I didn’t sleep well last n ight”，我昨晚没睡好！睡眠不足的原因有很多，有可能是由于工作，学习上的压力太大导致失眠，“失眠“在英文理叫做“insomnia”，也有可能你白天睡的太多，导致晚上无法入睡，那么别人会指责你：”You overslept”或者说”You slept too long today.”你今天睡觉睡的太多了。

Culture note: 文化背景In this episode we are talking about things you say in the morning. What kind of person are you? Are you a morning person or are you not a morning person. For example, my father is a morning person. He loves to get up in the morning, with lots of energy and he says, “Good morning, world!” My mother, on the other hand, is not a morning person. In the morning, she always says, “don’tbother me! Give me five more minutes.” So you really don’t want to talk to her then. But many people, before they can wake up completely, they like to have a big cup of coffee. Then, and only then, should yo u ask, “How did you sleep?”you got that?2. 厕所外的呐喊Bathroom Commands(Hogan is trying to pick up a girl) pick up由于对某人有好感而想结识某人Hogan: So, Can I buy you a drink?William: Hey! Hogan! Don’t hog my girlfriend!!!“Don’t hog the bath room”是“别占着洗手间”的意思。

洗手间有很多种用途，除了解决生理需要以外，有的人还喜欢在里面看书，唱歌，照镜子玩儿。

那么如果这时有人等不及了想去洗手间时，他就得运足丹田之气，隔着门对着洗手间里面的那位大喉一声：”Don’t hog the bathroom”，里面的人一听：哇！这么强的语气，那多半是憋的够呛了，自己还是别磨蹭了，赶紧出来吧。

瞧！问题解决了。

不仅如此，这个句型还可以套用在任何情况下---“Don’t hog my book! Don’t hog my bike!”“别没完没了的占着我的……!”Hogs usually eat a lot, so gradually hog meant to take more than your share. Hog还有一个鲜为人知的“野猪”的意思，那种贪吃，贪用的人是不是和“hog”有一定的共性呀！(on the podium讲台, getting hugs from the women)Hogan: Hey! Don’t hog the hugs!!在上句讲到的”Don’t hog the bathroom”“bathroom”是洗手间的意思。

另外在美语中，shower也表示洗手间，那么这两者有什么区别呢？bathroom 是指带浴盆的洗手间，而shower是指淋浴。

但通常来讲，都是泛指洗手间的意思。

另外值得注意的是，千万别把hog和hug混为一谈, hog在口语中是很常见的,表示自私的占有，用在这里则是催促对方，别占着什么东西不放，而hug的意思是拥抱,比如很久不见面的朋友偶然相遇，是不是要互相拥抱，拥抱呢？”give me a hug.”William: Got outta here! There won’t be any hot water left!Hogan: But I have a big date tonight with a hottie!!William: OK, just save me some hot mater!Hogan(2 hours later): OK, I’m done.当你兴冲冲地到达约会地点，却发现你的女友正在和一个不识趣的家伙聊天，那个家伙喋喋不休，让你插不了嘴。

那么你要做的就是大吼一声：“Don’t hog my girlfriend! Get outta here!”“别缠着我的女朋友，走开！”于是那个家伙就灰溜溜的溜走了。

怎么样，是不是觉得很过瘾呀。

“Get outta here!”这句话很有效，用途也很广泛。

比如说有人和你开玩笑，你不想理他，就可以说：”Get outta here!”一边凉快去。

当你不相信别人说的话时，也可以说这句，怎么样，试试吧。

Culture noteWill you get out of the bathroom already, please? This is a private bathroom. But if you are in the West you need to use a public restroom, and if you look on the sides of the streets for it, you won’t find it. Because all of the public restrooms are inside shops, stores and restaurants. In fact, they have signs that tell you “ public restrooms”. They want you to sue it. It is a free service for you, their valued customer.That’s right “mianfei”. In fact, these bathrooms are usually clean, almost always have toilet paper and some of them, especially in universities and schools, have poetry on the walls. It’s not high quality poetry, but still it’s quite interesting. Infacet if my friend doesn’t get out of the bathroom soon, I think I’m gonna haveto go use a public bathroom3. 请客吃饭Going out to eat.William: Wow! I’m really full.Hogan: Me too. That was delicious. Waiter!William: Oh, I’ll treat you.Hogan: In that case, I’ll have some more cakes!中国是个礼仪之邦，但凡老外来到中国后，都会被好客的中国人请去吃饭。

“I will treat you”就是我请客的意思。

可千万不能理解成“我要对付你”。

我们都知道，外国人在金钱方面是分得很清楚。

你付你的帐，我付我的。

也就是我们所说的”go dutch”了。

但这句话已经有些过时了。

现在他们常说：”Separate checks”，就是分别买单的意思，也就是你吃了多少就付多少钱。

另外一种说法是:”Split the bill”，这样的话，吃的多的就占便宜了，因为这句话意味着平摊帐单！William: I’m famished!（非常饿）Hogan: Me too. It’s my treat. What’re you in the mood for?William: I think I want some elephant ears!请客吃饭，不管你的目的是贪生意还是和女友约会，最终的目的是让人家高兴。