美國之音之流行美語out of whack / goofy

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Popular American - #104

流行美語-第一百零四課

out of whack

goofy

今天李華和Larry 在圖書館看書。Larry 注意到 Li Hua 和平時有點兒不一樣。Li Hua會學到兩個常用語：out of whack和goofy。

(Library SFX)

LL:  Hey, Li Hua, what's wrong?  You're acting a little out of whack.

LH:  我什么事也沒有?。∧阏f我怎么了 - acting a little out of whack? 那是什么意思?。?/p>

LL:  Out of Whack - means to be different from usual or abnormal.  You're acting different from usual, so you seem a little out of whack. 

LH:  噢，原來out of whack意思就是“和平時不太一樣”。你覺得我有點兒反常?。磕氵€真說對了，我明天晚上有個約會，是我第一次要和這個人見面。心里有點兒緊張，我連穿什么衣服都還沒想好呢！

LL:  You have a date and you didn't tell me?  That's out of whack!  But, at least now I understand why you're acting out of whack.  First dates make everyone nervous. 

LH:  就是啊，第一次約會總是讓人緊張的。就是，我平常的活動你都知道，這次約會我沒告訴你，確實是不尋常，難怪你會說out of whack。 這么說，Larry，out of whack, 可以指人，也可以指事情，是嗎？

LL:  That's right.  For instance, I think it's really out of whack that my best friend has a date tomorrow and she didn't tell me about it.

LH:  對不起，Larry.  我其實本來想告訴你的，大概就是因為我太緊張了，心里沒準，所以我就給忘了。

LL:  Okay, well, I suppose that I can forgive you.  Hey, you know what makes me feel all out of whack?

LH:  有什么東西會讓你反常?。课也恢?，趕快趕快，告訴我?。?/p>

LL:  The fact that I haven't slept more than three hours every night this week.  I've been so busy.

LH:  什么？你這個星期每天睡眠還不到三個小時啊？再忙也不至于這樣吧！

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(Campus SFX)

LL:  Li Hua, how was your date last night?  Did it go well or was the guy really goofy?

LH:  哎呀，別提了！昨晚的約會簡直糟透了。那家伙也不知怎么搞的，第一次見面就忘了帶錢包，結果還是我付的帳呢。哎，Larry, 你剛才說was the guy really goofy -  "goofy" 是什么意思?。?/p>

LL:  Goofy means several things.  It can mean silly, funny, crazy or stupid.  Or a little bit of all of those things combined.  It sounds like your date was goofy.

LH:  要是你說goofy是指“愚蠢、可笑、怪怪的、傻傻的”，或者是這些因素都有點兒的話，我那個 date 可真是goofy。他真的是傻到讓人覺得可笑了呢，要不是那頓晚餐花了我那么多錢，我真的說不定會笑出來呢！

LL:  Yeah, he sounds pretty goofy to me.  Was he goofy-looking, too?

LH:  Goofy-looking? 你是問他長的樣子是不是也怪怪的、傻傻的?。?/p>

LL:  Yep, goofy-looking means silly looking, like a clown. 

LH:  噢，他長得倒不錯，看上去一點也不傻，更不像個小丑。哎，Larry,  你也不想想，我哪能找個樣子傻傻的人去約會呢？得了得了，先別說我那個goofy date了。Goofy這個詞我還可以怎么用呢？

LL:  When kids act silly for attention, you can say that they are acting goofy. 

LH:  對呀，小孩子為了讓別人注意他，有的時候會干些傻事。這么說，goofy這個詞也不見得都是指不好的事。

LL:  Generally, it's not very negative.You can call a person "goofy," too.  For instance, I would call you goofy if you went on another date with that guy.

LH:  原來goofy這個詞并不一定都是貶意。幸虧你告訴我，不然要是我聽見你說我goofy, 我說不定會生你的氣呢！再說了，Larry, 和那個家伙出去一次已經夠了。我才不會再和他約第二次呢 - I wouldn't do something that out of whack!

今天李華從Larry那兒學到了兩個常用語。一個是out of whack, 意思是“反常、和平時不一樣”。李華學到的另一個常用語是goofy,  意思是“愚蠢可笑，傻傻的”。