美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 255 - my treat / ginormous

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流行美語(yǔ)第255課

Larry和李華剛剛忙完手頭的工作。他們一起去吃冰激凌。李華今天要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：my treat和ginormous.

LL: Well, Li Hua, you just finished a big paper, and I just finished an important project at work. Let's go for ice cream and celebrate. It'll be my treat.

LH: 冰激凌是your treat? 可我也要吃啊，應(yīng)該是our treat才對(duì)吧。

LL: Well, the ice cream will certainly be for both of us - and it will be a treat for both of us, but when I said it was "my treat" I meant that I would pay for the ice cream.

LH: 哦，原來(lái)是你要請(qǐng)客?。?/p>

LL: That's right, to TREAT someone means to pay for someone's food or entertainment as a form of a gift.

LH: 那太好了。謝謝你請(qǐng)我去吃冰激凌。

LL: It is my pleasure, Li Hua.

LH: 為了表示感謝，這個(gè)周末我請(qǐng)你去中國(guó)餐館吃飯。My treat.

LL: That's very considerate, Li Hua. But you don't really have to treat me to dinner just because I treated you to ice cream.

LH: 我可不是因?yàn)槟阏?qǐng)我吃冰激凌才請(qǐng)你去吃飯的，我請(qǐng)你吃飯是因?yàn)樵蹅z是好朋友嘛！

LL: In that case, I'll be happy to go for Chinese food this weekend - especially if it is your treat.

LH: 我有個(gè)問(wèn)題，Larry, 在美國(guó)，如果有人提出請(qǐng)你吃飯，你還用爭(zhēng)著付錢嗎？

LL: Generally, you can try to protest a little, but the most polite thing to do is to let the other person treat you and allow his or her to feel generous.

LH: 在中國(guó)的時(shí)候，我有個(gè)叔叔，人特別大方，經(jīng)常請(qǐng)朋友和家里人出去吃飯。

LL: It is wonderful to have generous relatives. When I was growing up, my grandmother would always treat us to the circus - or sometimes a movie.

LH: 看馬戲？哎(嘆氣) -- 小時(shí)候真好！我爸爸也經(jīng)常帶我去看木偶劇。

LL: Yeah. My Dad would always treat us to ice cream at a shop just like this one. Say, why don't you go ahead and order your ice cream, Li Hua.

LH: 我要一個(gè)巧克力、香草和草莓的冰激凌蛋筒。

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LL: That is the most ginormous ice cream cone I have ever seen, Li Hua.

LH: Ginormous? 你是想說(shuō)enormous吧？

LL: Well, actually, Li Hua. You are right. I do mean that your ice cream cone is enormous. But ginormous is a slang word formed from two other words: gigantic and enormous.

LH: 哦，gigantic前面的音和enormous后面的音連在一起，就變成了ginormous, 也就是特別、特別、特別大的意思嘍？

LL: Yes. Something that is ginormous is both gigantic and enormous. It is something that is really, really, really big.

LH: 我餓極了，現(xiàn)在正需要一個(gè)ginormous的冰激凌，因?yàn)槲矣幸粋€(gè)ginormous的胃口。

LL: You just want to be careful that you don't eat too many sweets, Li Hua. You don't want to end up with a ginormous cavity!

LH: 吃甜的長(zhǎng)個(gè)大蟲牙我倒不擔(dān)心，我擔(dān)心的是我的腰圍。

LL: Hey, here comes my hot fudge sundae. Wow! It is ginormous, too. Maybe we should have split one ice cream between the two of us.

LH: 吃完這兩個(gè)特大號(hào)的冰激凌，恐怕我們就得趕緊節(jié)食了。

LL: You aren't kidding. I think this ice cream must contain a ginormous amount of fat and calories.

LH: 嗨，管它呢，先吃了再說(shuō)。

LL: That sound's good...Oh, watch out, Li Hua! Your ice cream cone is melting and starting to tip! If it falls on the floor, it'll make a ginormous mess.

LH: 還好你提醒我，總算沒(méi)掉下來(lái)。不過(guò)我還是得趕快去拿一大疊餐巾紙來(lái)，先準(zhǔn)備著。

LL: That's a good idea. I could use a napkin, too. I think I have a ginormous chocolate moustache from my sundae.

LH: 巧克力胡子？Ha, ha...你的巧克力冰激凌確實(shí)沾了一嘴?？旖o你，餐巾紙。

今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是 my treat, 是我請(qǐng)客的意思。另一個(gè)是ginormous,是巨大無(wú)比的意思。