2014年ESL之就医和人际交往 01 Admiring a Baby

 

Admiring a Baby 

Maya: Isn’t this baby precious? She is just darling. Coo chi coo. 

Jean-Paul: Why do women fawn¹ over babies? One baby looks pretty much like any other. 

Maya: You wouldn’t say that if you’d ever spent time with babies. Come over here and look at this one. She’s a doll and her face is so expressive². Aren’t you a little doll? Aren’t you? 

Jean-Paul: I’m not wasting my time looking at a little brat³. Let’s go. 

Maya: Wait, she’s smiling. Come look! 

Jean-Paul: She has gas and needs to be burped. I don’t even need to look at her to know that. 

Maya: You wouldn’t say that if you looked at her face. She has the most angelic expression on her face and the sweetest temperament⁴. 

Jean-Paul: Whatever. 

Maya: Just come over here and look at her. 

Jean-Paul: You’re not going to let me leave without looking at her, are you? 

Maya: I think you’ll find her just as lovable and adorable as I do. 

Jean-Paul: All right, let’s take a look at this precious darling of an angel with an expressive face. 

Maya: See what I mean? 

Jean-Paul: She is, well, kind of cute and cuddly⁵. 

Maya: When you see her don’t you just want to... 

Jean-Paul: Coo chi coo. Coo chi coo. 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 fawn   

n.未满周岁的小鹿；v.巴结，奉承

参考例句：

• A fawn behind the tree looked at us curiously.树后面一只小鹿好奇地看着我们。
• He said you fawn on the manager in order to get a promotion.他说你为了获得提拔，拍经理的马屁。

2 expressive   

adj.表现的，表达…的，富于表情的

参考例句：

• Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
• He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的，富于表情的，生动活泼的脸。

3 brat   

n.孩子；顽童

参考例句：

• He's a spoilt brat.他是一个被宠坏了的调皮孩子。
• The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.那个顽童纵狗去咬过路人。

4 temperament   

n.气质，性格，性情

参考例句：

• The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。
• Success often depends on temperament.成功常常取决于一个人的性格。

5 cuddly   

adj.抱着很舒服的，可爱的

参考例句：

• The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad is so cuddly.爸爸妈妈送的漂亮婴儿床真舒服。
• You can't call a hedgehog cuddly.你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱。