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发表于 2008-2-21 17:03:39
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5. Technically speaking, he is not my prince charming.
理论上来说, 他还不是我的白马王子.
记得有一次帮老美同学带他三岁大的小孩, 我试著讲白雪公主的故事给她听, 但是我发现十分困难, 因为许多专有名词例如白雪公主 (snow white), 白马王子 (prince charming), 七个小婑人 (seven dwarfs) 我都不会讲. 后来我讲到了, "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world." 这时她再也忍不住了, 纠正我说, 这句应该是, "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" (魔镜魔镜谁是世界上最美丽的女人?) 真是应验了人家说的, 还不如三岁娃儿.
后来她又告诉我, "My mom told me that prince charming would just come and sweep me off my feet." (我妈妈告诉我有一天白马王子会出现, 并且令我倾倒. ) 这句话让我有点啼笑皆非. 原来美国人的家庭教育也是教小女生去作梦, 怪不得长大后女生都这么难追? 或许我妈妈也该教我, "You would wake up one day finding your snow white is right next to you." (有一天你会一觉醒来发现你的白雪公主就在你身边.) 如果每个妈妈都这么教他的小男生, 那么大概就不会有男生想要去追女生了吧?
6. I had a feeling that he is the Mr. Right I was looking for.
我有一种感觉他就是我要找的那个男人.
Mr. Right 是个很普遍且很受欢迎的用法, 指的就是那位可以托付终身的男人. 当然了, 有 Mr. Right 自然也有 Mr. Wrong (我记得顺子的专辑里好像有一首歌就叫 Mr. Wrong). 故名思意 Mr. Wrong 指的就是无缘的男人或是指弃你而去的负心汉, 但是 Mr. Wrong 这样子的用法似乎不太常见就是了.
此外我能想到的除了 Mr. Right 之外, 老美常用的还有 Mr. Perfect (完美先生). 例如老美常说, "He is perfect for you." (他非常适合你), 同样的我们也可以这么说, "He is your Mr. Perfect."
7. You got to admit you are whipped.
你必须承认你很听话.
Whip 这个字的原意是指拿鞭子抽打, 但当人家说 "I am whipped." 这句话时通常指的不是我被鞭子打了, 而是说「我很听女(男)朋友的话」, 或是更传神一点「被另一半管得死死的」. 例如有些女生会不准她男朋友跟以前的朋友在一起, 还有不管何时何地她都要男朋友陪他, 如果男生也乖乖地听话了, 这时我们就说他, "He is whipped."
还有什么样的人可以称得上 whipped 呢? 以下是一些经验法则 1. "If one calls his girlfriend right after getting out of a movie to tell her how it is, then he is whipped." (如果有人一出电影院就打电话给女友的话, 他就是很听话) 2. "If one brags about what his girlfriend does to him all the time then he is whipped and too embarrassed to admit it." (如果有人老是提女朋友为他作了些什么, 他不但很听话, 而且还不敢承认) 3. "If one swears to a girl then he wants to be whipped." (如果有人跟女生发誓的话, 他就是想变得听话.) 4. "If one never hangs out with his friends because he is too tied up with his girlfriend then he is whipped." (如果有人因为跟女朋友活动排得太满而没时间跟朋友出去的话, 他就是很听话. 5. "If one has a girlfriend smarter than him such that he can't play mind games so he is whipped." (如果女朋友比他聪明的话, 他就没法跟她斗智所以只好听话一点. |
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