Double Trouble 麻烦成双
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- 创建于 2003年6月16日
- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2011年5月29日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Doreen’s husband, Norman, has just walked in the door from work: 朵琳的先生诺曼，下班后刚回到家：
N: Whoa! Looks like our little Picasso has been at it again. I’ve always loved murals ….though maybe not in crayon.
哇！看来我们的小毕加索又在忙了，我一向喜欢壁画……虽然也许不是用蜡笔画的壁画。
D: I haven’t had a chance to scrub it off yet; I’ve been too busy reprimanding our son for the tall tale he told to explain the animals on the wall.
我还没时间把它刷掉，儿子胡扯解释墙上画的动物，我一直忙着教训他呢。
N: He’s definitely a Gemini through and through! Geminis are known for their great imaginations.
他真是不折不扣的双子座！大家都知道双子座想象力丰富。
D: I appreciate creativity. Just not when it leads to stretching the truth – or ruining the paint job!
Sometimes I feel like I can’t keep up with him – it’s like having two kids!
有创造力很好，但可不要扭曲真相，或者把好好的画搞砸了！有时候我真觉得跟不上他的速度！好像我有两个小孩一样！
N: Gemini isn’t the sign of the twins for no reason! Ever notice how good our son is at doing two things at once?
不然你以为双子座为什么是一对双胞胎！你没注意到我们儿子多会一心二用吗？
D: Like watching TV while putting together a Lego house? Like eating with his left hand while he draws with his right?
就像边看电视，边用乐高积木盖房子吗？就像用左手吃饭，同时又用右手画图吗？
N: Like speaking English all day in kindergarten, but switching seamlessly to Chinese when he comes home? Yep, Geminis are known for talents that involve split-brain functions.
还有就像在幼儿园讲了一天的英文，但回到家又那么自然地切换成中文？没错，大家都说双子座就是有这种左右脑并用的天分。
D: I guess we are pretty lucky to have our bilingual, ambidextrous, creative little Gemini…..
我想我们很幸运有个说双语、双手并用、又有创造力的小双子座吧……
N: And even luckier that we don’t have two!
更幸运的是还好我们不是有两个！
－by Sandra Walker
Vocabulary
单词发音
mural [ˋmjʊrəl] n. 壁画
crayon [ˋkreən] n. 颜色粉笔；蜡笔；炭笔
scrub [skrʌb] v. 用力擦洗；揉
reprimand [ˋrɛprə͵mænd] v. 训斥，斥责；谴责
tall tale 荒诞不经的故事
Gemini [ˋdʒɛmə͵naɪ] n. 出生于双子宫[座]时段〔即5月21日至6月21日〕的人
through and through 完全; 彻底 thoroughly; completely
stretch the truth 过甚其词 to exaggerate
seamlessly [ˋsimlɪslɪ] adv. 无缝地
bilingual [baɪˋlɪŋgwəl] adj.（能说）两种语言的；双语的
ambidextrous [͵æmbəˋdɛkstrəs] adj. 两手同利的，两手都善用的
Sentence of the Day
There are two sides to every story.
任何事皆有正反两面。