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禮節(jié)美語--- A Really Bad Day II

Harry告訴同事Cindy, 他這一天真是倒了血霉了。早上起晚，上班遲到，忘了取送去干洗的西裝，所以只好穿著T恤和牛仔褲來公司上班，不僅如此，錢包還被人偷了。Cindy聽后很同情地說，

Cindy: Wow, Harry...this might just be the worst day of your life!

H: I know! (beep, beep sound) Well...when it rains it pours! Now my cell phone is out of power! And of course...I left my charger at home.

C: (sniffs) Hey...what's that smell? it's kind of nasty.

H: Yeah, you're right....it does stink. Oh! Look at my shoes! I stepped in dog poo!

C: (chuckle) It's almost funny. Well, you know...when life brings you troubles you can either laugh or cry. Maybe you should go buy a lottery ticket! One of my Chinese friends told me that when you step in doggie poo, you might win the lottery!

正聊著，Harry手機又沒電了。When it rains, it pours! 這種說法是指不管好事還是壞事，要來的時候就會接二連三，在這里可以理解為禍不單行。這時，兩人都聞到有臭味，It stinks. 原來是Harry不小心踩到了狗屎，dog poo. Cindy說，她的中國朋友告訴她，踩到狗屎應(yīng)該去買樂透lottery，沒準能中大獎。

H: Ha! Even if I wanted to...I don't have any money! I don't even know how I'm getting home tonight.

C: I can lend you some money.

H: Thanks, Cindy...that's very kind of you.

C: Not at all! Did you cancel your credit cards?

H: Not yet.

C: You better get on the phone and do that ASAP...you don't want some thief going on a shopping spree with your cards.

H: No, I certainly don't. Do you think I should report the theft to the police?

別說買樂透，Harry錢包丟了，今天連回家的路費都沒有著落呢。Cindy安慰Harry, 說可以借錢給他，還問他有沒有 cancel your credit cards.把信用卡都關(guān)掉，否則的話，小偷可能會拿著Harry的信用卡，go on a shopping spree 去瘋狂購物。Harry說自己這就去，還問Cindy，自己要不要向警察報案。Cindy說：

C: Well...to be honest, the chances of getting your wallet back are low...but you might want to report it anyway. Maybe the cops will eventually catch the guy.

H: Ok...I'll go do that during my lunch break. Wow...what a day!

C: Keep your chin up, Harry. I know it's been a rough day for you, but someday you'll be able to laugh about this.

H: I hope so. Thanks for being a good friend.

C: Of course! What are friends for? Let me buy you lunch today...ok?

H: Cindy...you're an angel.

Cindy 覺得，to be honest 老實說，錢包找回來的可能性很小，但她還是建議Harry去報案。Cindy還鼓勵Harry說，keep your chin up! 抬起頭來，別那么沮喪。Harry夸Cindy夠意思。Cindy回答說，What are friends for? 直譯為“要朋友干嘛用的?”意思是這是朋友應(yīng)該做的，她最后還說，要請Harry吃中飯。

A: 說起吃飯，我今天好想吃熱狗啊! 咱們等會去吃好不好!

B: Wow, I've never realized that you are a total fast food lover, girl!

A: 熱狗多好吃啊，肉又多，我最愛吃肉了，哈哈!

B: Hmm Yanglin, I've got an idea! You should enter a hot dog eating competition and then you can become famous overnight! And I get to be your manager, of course.

A: 哈哈，沒錯沒錯! 在下面的美語怎么說里，咱們就來看看這個竄紅的美語說法!

How to say it in American English

Donny 在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是吳瓊要問的：竄紅。

Donny: Wuqiong，你看什么雜志呢, and who's the girl on the cover?

WQ: 這是最新一期的時尚周刊。這個女生現(xiàn)在可紅了。你肯定猜不到，她是我高中時的好朋友! 拍了一部電影，一下就竄紅了!

Donny: No kidding! Introduce her to me! 對了，你說她“竄紅”，什么意思啊?

WQ: 就是紅得很快，suddenly 她就 famous了!

Donny: I got it. She became famous overnight.

WQ: overnight，我知道，o-v-e-r-n-i-g-h-t, overnight 就是一夜之間。To become famous overnight 就是“一夜成名”!

Donny: That's right. You can also say "she's an instant hit". Instant is spelled i-n-s-t-a-n-t, hit is spelled h-i-t.

WQ: 哦，說一個人火速竄紅還可以用 an instant hit.

Donny: Yeah. In the case of this old friend of yours, you can say "her exceptional performance in the new movie made her an instant hit."