小笨霖英语笔记:抱怨的多种说法(3)
8. You are mean. 你很坏. Mean 这个字当形容词可以有二种解释, 一种是指别人很坏, 这种坏并不是说是坏人的坏, 而是像有时候男生喜欢耍贫嘴, 亏女孩子, 这种行为你就可以说他, You are so mean. 9. He is shaky. Shaky 是指动摇不稳定, 不太确定, 通常就是指一个人不太可靠. 另外 Shaky 也可以用来形容数据, 像是有一次教授就在课常上说, The data is shaky, 就是说这些 data 怪怪的, 不太可靠. Shaky 另外有一个惯用法, He has a shaky start. 就是说有人要上台报告准备却不够充份, 以致一上去就开始紧张, 冒冷汗, 不知所云, 这种情况老美就会说, He has a shaky start. 或是另一个很意思很接近的说法, "He has a bumpy ride." 虽然现在都已经快要迈入二十一世纪了, 不过时至今日还是有些白人会歧视黑人的, 尤其是老一辈的白人, 有时候他们的孩子作错了什么事, 他们还会骂说 Don't act black. 但是这是句非常有种族歧视的话, 不要乱用, 当然也希望各位国人来到国外时要为华人争一点面子, 不要让老美说 Don't act Chinese. 那样就很不好了. 附记: 曾有人写了一封信跟我谈到, 关于 'suck' 这个字该不该用. 大家叁考看看. I noticed something that I wanna tell you.. Maybe it's not a big deal actually. In your message, I saw a word "sucks" um.. I think that's not a good word though... you know I think girls souldn't say that words.. even a guy... I don't know I can hear that word all over the place but I still can't get used to it.. in my opinion, that's worser than say "fuck" or "shit" but that are all bad words anyway.. ok, don't say those words ok? cause I have very expectation on you and I don't want to hear those words from you ok? maybe it's not that big deal though.... don't know.. 笔者是觉得在美国说 suck 或许没有 shit 或 fuck 来的这么槽, 但是没把握还是不要乱用这个字比较好. 如果要用, 请用在同辈之间及比较熟的好朋友身上. |