流行美语 第147课 - To crack somebody up / Fess up

Larry和李华刚刚看完Robin¹ Williams主演的一部新的喜剧片。两人正准备离开戏院。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to crack somebody up和fess up.

LL: That was great! Robin Williams really cracks me up!

LH: 这部电影真的很有意思。我都笑得快流出眼泪了。对了，你刚才说crack me up，crack不是破裂，裂开的意思吗？这和好不好笑有什么关系？

LL: If something or someone cracks you up, it means that it makes you laugh.

LH: 噢，crack you up就是让你发笑啊？你是说Robin Williams很好笑，我完全同意。我特别喜欢看他演的电影。特别是演喜剧片，每次都会让我笑得肚子疼！

LL: You know what else cracks me up?

LH: 还有什么事情让你觉得好笑啊？我猜不出来耶！

LL: That joke that you told me yesterday.

LH: 我昨天告诉你的笑话？对，那个笑话谁听了都笑个没完。

LL: After you told me the joke, I shared it with my friend, John. It really cracked him up, too. He was laughing so hard that I thought he was going to have a heart attack.

LH: 你的朋友John笑得那么厉害，你还以为他要发心脏病！那他肯定是个爱笑的人。说到爱笑，我就是一个。我邻居那只猫经常让我笑。

LL: Why? What does it do? Tell you jokes?

LH: 哎哟，猫哪会讲笑话呐！ 那只猫经常爱玩自己的尾巴。那天它在沙发上为了玩自己的尾巴，不小心从沙发上摔下来，那个模样真是逗！ That really cracks me up!

LL: That is cute. Animals crack me up, too. They do all kinds of silly things.

LH: 没错，很多小动物都好可爱，常常有一些特别好笑的举动。我就准备养一只宠物。

LL: Now, that idea cracks me up. You don't know how to take care of a pet!

LH: 哼！我想养小动物，有什么好笑？很多东西我都可以学嘛！

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LL: Li Hua, you look like there's something you want to tell me. Come on, fess up.

LH: 我是有事情想告诉你，不过你先解释一下，什么是fess up啊？

LL: To fess up is to confess² or admit something.

LH: 原来，fess up就是承认，坦白的意思。好吧！那我说了。你还记不记得我说过想养一只宠物？我去了流浪动物收容所，而且还领养了一只小猫咪！

LL: That's great! But does your landlord³ know you have a pet now?

LH: 嗯，这就是我在担心的地方，我还不敢告诉我的房东。我怕他知道我在屋子里养猫，他会生气。

LL: Why? Aren't you allowed to have pets in your apartment?

LH: 嗯，其实...

LL: Come on, fess up.

LH: 我们是可以在公寓里养宠物，但是我们应该先征求房东的同意后才可以。

LL: And you didn't ask the landlord first, did you?

LH: 没有耶，我没有先征询过他的意见，所以我现在才会担心嘛！

LL: Well, you'd better fess up to him soon. It's better if he finds out from you. Otherwise, you seem dishonest.

LH: 你说的没错，要是被他发现我先斩后奏，他说不定会把我踢出去呢！我想我今天下午就会告诉他，希望他答应让我保留我的小猫咪！ I'll fess up to him today!

今天李华学到两个常用语：to crack somebody up，意思就是让某人发笑。另一个常用语是fess up，也就是坦白，承认的意思。

1 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

2 confess   

vt.承认，坦白；vi.承认，坦白，忏悔

参考例句：

• Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.很多基督徒都定期向牧师忏悔他们的罪行和恶念。
• I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑。

3 landlord   

n.地主，房东，(旅店)店主

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。