趣味英语第106期:在公共场合想躲开熟人怎么办

MandMs AJ wants to know:

MandMs AJ想知道：

"What is a good way to hide from people you know in public?"

“在公共场合躲避熟人有什么好方法？”

This happens to me a lot.

我经常遇到这种事。

My advice is don't go out in public.

我的建议是不要去公共场合。

Stay in your house and lock the door.

呆在家里，把门锁上。

Dig a hole, and then just cover it up.

挖个洞，然后盖起来。

I'd just look in my cellphone and just look down the whole time if I'm trying to avoid somebody.

如果我要避开某个人，那我会一直盯着手机看，一直低头看手机。

I don't know, if you're wearing a hood¹ you could cover your face?

我不知道，如果你穿得是连帽衣，那能把脸遮住吗？

I'd put on a wig². It works every time.

我会戴上假发。每次都很管用。

It's always handy to keep a moustache in your back pocket. So you just take it out and slap it on.

在裤子后面的兜里放假胡子，这样很方便。你可以把胡子拿出来，然后戴在脸上。

Skulk³ away into the corners of the room. Pretend you're very busy. But then I have a question for you: who are you hiding from and why?

偷偷地走到房间的角落。假装你非常忙。不过我有个问题要问你：你要躲谁，为什么要躲开？

Oh my god, I do this all the time. When I see someone from afar, I literally⁴ run the other way.

哦，我的天哪。我经常这么做。我看到从远处走来的某个人时，我会马上向另一个方向跑。

Can you duck into a building, or around the corner, or behind a tree?

你能躲到建筑物里或是拐角处，或是藏在树后面吗？

I did this once. What I did was I hid behind somebody else's back. You know, I'm short.

我躲过一次。我躲在了其他人的后面。因为我很矮。

Paint yourself, like, the color of the wall and go up to it real quick and just close your eyes. Maybe they'll go away.

把你自己涂成墙的颜色，然后迅速贴到墙上，把眼睛闭上。也许他们会直接走掉。

Thanks for watching.

谢谢大家的收看。

Want more advice? Then subscribe⁵ to the React channel.

想要更多建议？那就订阅React频道吧。

We love answering your questions, so keep 'em coming.

我们喜欢回答大家提出的问题，继续提问吧。

Goodbye!

再见！

Bye. Wait, I think I know that person.

再见。等等，我想我认识那个人。

1 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

2 wig   

n.假发

参考例句：

• The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
• He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。

3 skulk   

v.藏匿；潜行

参考例句：

• It's a hard thing to skulk and starve in the heather.躲在树林里的挨饿不是一件好受的事。
• Harry skulked off.哈里偷偷地溜走了。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。