Mom’s Mini-Martian 横冲直撞的小山羊
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- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2011年5月25日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Frank is visiting Uma, an old friend from university: 法兰克去探访大学时代的老友乌玛：
F: Hey, Uma, long time no see. How’s your little rascal doing?
嗨，乌玛，好久不见。妳的小捣蛋还好吗？
U: Kevin? He’s started school – thank goodness! I feel sorry for his teacher!
凯文？他开始上学了──谢天谢地！我觉得他的老师蛮可怜的！
F: He’s a handful alright, but that’s normal for an Aries baby.
他是不好管教，但是对白羊座的小孩子而言是蛮正常的。
U: He has his good points, too: his teacher told me that he routinely gives half his lunch away to his friends.
他也有他的优点：他的老师告诉我，他总是把午餐分一半给他的朋友们。
F: How sweet. But let me guess: he changes his tune completely if he gets upset!
好可爱喔。让我猜猜看：如果他生气的话，会一百八十度地翻脸！
U: You bet. He can really cry an ocean, but it never lasts too long. Soon he’s smiling and crashing about again.
没错。他真的会泪洒成河，但绝对不会维持太久。很快地，他又会雨过天青，又笑又闹的。
F: He is a robust little guy. I remember him breaking his toes by stamping his foot in a fit of temper one time.
这小家伙壮得像头牛。我记得有一次他大发雷霆跺脚把脚指头都跺伤了。
U: That’s my Kevin. But at other times he’s so affectionate that he bruises me with his mammoth bear hug!
我们家的凯文就是这个样子。但有的时候，他会给我一个深情的大拥抱，把我抱到瘀伤了。
F: Not very subtle, is he?
他没有很多心思吧？
U: Nope. Just yesterday he told me that he’s never doing his homework again.
是啊。昨天他就告诉我他绝不再做功课了。
F: You might suggest that he’s not big enough to do his own homework. That’ll get him going.
妳或许可以暗示他说，他年龄还没大到自己会作功课，那会激励他。
U: Fantastic idea! I’d chat longer, but if I don’t pick him up from school on time, there’s no telling who he might take off with!
很棒的点子！我想再聊久一点，但如果我不准时到学校接他的话，天晓得他又会跟谁耍脾气了！
－by Iain Ferguson
Vocabulary
单词发音
martian [ˋmɑrʃɪən] n. 火星人
rascal [ˋræsk!] n.【幽】淘气鬼，捣蛋鬼
handful [ˋhændfəl] n.【口】难控制的人（或动物）；麻烦事[S]
Aries [ˋɛriz] n. 出生于白羊宫时段〔3月21日至4月20日〕的人
point [pɔɪnt] n. 特点，特征
routinely [ruˋtinlɪ] adv. 常规地，惯常地
you bet 【口】你可确信; 的确; 当然 of course; surely
crash [kræʃ] v.（发出很响声音地）冲，闯
robust [rəˋbʌst] adj. 强健的；茁壮的；健全的
fit [fɪt] n.（感情等的）突发；（活动等的）一阵紧张[（+of）]
affectionate [əˋfɛkʃənɪt] adj. 充满深情的，温柔亲切的
bruise [bruz] v. 使受瘀伤，使青肿
mammoth [ˋmæməθ] adj. 巨大的，庞大的
subtle [ˋsʌt!] adj. 细心的，敏锐的
there’s no telling 很难说 used to say that it is impossible to know what happened or will happen
Sentence of the Day
He only cries once in a blue moon.
他很少哭。
once in a blue moon【口】千载难逢地; 几乎未曾有过; 特别少地