流行口語 第169課

李华的教授刚添了个女儿．李华和 Larry 准备去拜访这位教授，向他们表示祝贺．今天李华会学到两个常用语： wiped out 和 cutie-pie。
LH: 嘿！ Larry，我想去看看琼斯教授和他太太．他们的女儿 Sarah 现在也应该有几个星期大了！
LL: Aren't you worried they are too wiped out to have company?
LH: Wiped out？你说琼斯教授他们怎么样了啊？
LL: Too wiped out means¹ they must be really tired. I am sure they haven't gotten much sleep with a new baby in the house.
LH: 哦～， Wiped-out 就是很疲乏的意思．添了小宝宝他们俩啊可能都睡不好．不过我想，我们早一点去拜访他们，坐一会儿就走，应该没问题吧．我听说啊 baby Sarah 真的很可爱吔！
LL: OK, That sounds good, but we should call before we go. You know, I am amazed² Professor Jones is still teaching³ classes considering how wiped out he must be.
LH: 就是啊，虽然很累，琼斯教授还来上课呢！真是令人佩服！我啊，只要想到去上课都好累，更何况我还没有小宝宝呢。
LL: You're right! Just going to work every day wipes me out. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to get up so many times in the middle of the night to feed the baby and change diapers.
LH: 没错，半夜里要起来好几次喂奶，换尿布，真是难以想象．我可受不了。
LL：Wait until you have your own baby, you wouldn't mind to be wiped out.
LH：我想是这样吧，有了自己的孩子啊再累也不在乎．好吧，那我们就给琼斯教授打个电话，看他们什么时候方便让我们过去，顺便啊看看小宝宝。
LL: And before we go we probably should stop somewhere and get a card and present for the baby. You aren't too wiped out to do a little shopping first, are you?
LH: 说到逛街买礼物啊，我才不会觉得累呢！特别是买那些可爱的小宝宝衣服．我再累啊也愿意去！
LL: I should have known⁴!
LH: 好，那我现在就给琼斯教授打电话！
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LH: Larry，你觉得 baby Sarah 是不是真的好可爱喔？
LL: She was indeed. She was a real cutie-pie!
LH: A cutie-WHAT？你怎么说她是个派啊？ Pie？那不是一种点心吗？
LL: Well, a "cutie-pie" isn't actually a pie like the desert, but means someone who is very cute.
LH: 原来如此，cutie-pie不是指点心，而是指人长的很可爱．小宝宝 Sarah 眼睛大大的，再加上圆圆的脸蛋，真是可爱！ She’s certainly a cutie-pie!
LL: And little Sarah certainly takes after her mother. Professor Jones's wife is a cutie-pie, too!
LH: 吔， Larry，琼斯教授的太太可是已婚妇女哦！就算你觉得她长的可爱，恐怕也没机会了吧．我劝你啊，还是多注意身边是不是还有其它可爱的女孩儿吧！
LL: Do you have any one in mind?
LH: 说起来，我还真有几个长的很可爱的女朋友吔，或许可以给你介绍一个，让你们出去吃个饭或看电影什么的啊。
LL: Well, you would be a real sweetie-pie if you would give one of them a call and say nice things about me.
LH: 疑？等等，我以为你刚才教我的是 cutie-pie，怎么现在你又说我是个 sweetie-pie？
LL: Sweetie-pie just means you are a very nice person. "Cutie-pie" and "sweetie-pie" are both often used to describe young children.
LH: 哦～，Sweetie-pie 和 cutie-pie 往往是形容小孩儿．那我是不是可以叫你 "oldy-pie"？因为啊你可不年轻啰。
LL: Sorry, Li Hua, it’s just "sweetie-pie" or "cutie-pie." That's it.
LH: 我知道，跟你开玩笑而已，而且你也不老． Larry，你这么热心教我英语啊，你真是个 sweetie-pie。
 
　　今天李华学到了两个常用语．一个是： wiped out，是“形容一个人很疲乏”．另一个常用语是： cutie-pie，是“形容一个人长的很可爱”． Sweetie-pie 则是“指一个人心地善良、热心助人”。

 

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 amazed   

adj.吃惊的，惊奇的v.使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Just the size of the place amazed her. 仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
• I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature. 她的法国文学知识之丰富使我大为惊奇。

3 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

4 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。