我才不要分心

SCENE④ B  吉娜和戴夫在隔间里 

【我才不要分心】

 

Dave:          Do you think maybe it would be better to just talk to Vince? Explain the situation?

戴夫：         你觉得去跟文斯说会不会好一点？解释这整个情况？

 

Zina:           No way. I want the satisfaction of ¹⁾ squishing this bug¹ myself. Plus, what if it's Vince?

吉娜：         门都没有。我要自己享受压扁这只虫子的满足感。而且若文斯就是那小子怎么办？

 

Dave:          I don't think so. Your admirer seems kind of sweet. Aren't you even a little ²⁾ curious about him?

戴夫：         不会吧。你那仰慕者似乎还蛮贴心的。难道你对他一点都不好奇？

 

Zina:  He's just a ³⁾ distraction², like a mosquito buzzing in my ear. I want no distractions³.

吉娜：         他只会让人分心，就像耳边蚊子嗡嗡叫。我才不要分心。

 

Dave:          A little distraction might ⁴⁾ do you some good, Zina.

戴夫：         稍微分点心或许对你有好处，吉娜。

语言详解

 

A: Our two-year-old baby is always getting into trouble.

    我们家那个两岁的小鬼老是出状况。

 

B: Two is the age when they start to get curious.

    孩子就是从两岁会开始好奇。

 

【a little curious 一点儿好奇】

 

a little 意思是“不多，但仍有一点”，如果是little，意思是“很少”，隐含否定之意。

 

A: There's still a little time. We can have another drink.

     还有一点时间，我们可以再来一杯。

B: But there is little money with us.

     但是我们没有什么钱了。

A: I think they would accept my credit card.

     我想他们会接受我的信用卡。

 

1）quish  (v.) 挤扁，压扁

2)  curious  (a.) 感到好奇的

3)  distraction  (n.) 分心

4)  do someone good  对某人有好处

1 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

2 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

3 distractions   

n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 )；娱乐，消遣；心烦意乱；精神错乱

参考例句：

• I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难，因为使人分心的事太多。
• There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多，使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》