趣味英语第118期:怎么能不再咒骂那么多（在线收听）

Mackeen Al-Hiraky:

Mackeen Al-Hiraky问道：

"What can I do to stop cursing so much?"

“怎么能不再咒骂那么多？”

I don't know! I don't curse. I'm a little girl!

我不知道！我不咒骂。我还是个小女孩！

I have that same problem. It's my life-long struggle.

我也有同样的问题。这是我终生要抗争的事情。

Put duct tape over your mouth. That'll help.

用胶带封住你的嘴。那会有帮助的。

You can have manners and stop cursing.

你可以讲礼貌，不再咒骂。

Think before you speak and stop.

说话之前要三思，停止咒骂。

Just give yourself a little pinch if you start cussing.

一咒骂，就捏自己一下。

What I do is I literally bite my tongue. I'm not even joking about that. I literally bite my tongue when I'm about to curse.

我的做法是，我真地咬自己的舌头。我可不是在开玩笑。我在要咒骂时真的会咬自己的舌头。

If you curse, you have to give one of your friends a quarter.

如果你咒骂，你就要给一个朋友25美分。

Make a curse jar, and then every time you curse you can put money in it. Then you could give the money in the curse jar to someone that you don't like, like your brother or your sister.

做一个咒骂罐，每次你咒骂时，可以在里面放钱。然后你可以把咒骂罐里的钱给你不喜欢的人，比如你的兄弟或姐妹。

Think of new words. Don't think of bad words like that. Even if they're totally gibberish. Just say new words.

想想新词汇。不要说那种脏话。即使那完全是胡说八道。也要说新词汇。

I always think, "Take the higher road." You can choose to get down and dirty and be smart-assy and use that kind of language, but it's really not attractive.

我一直在想，“选择更高的路”。你可以选择粗俗、自以为是，使用那种语言，但是那并没有吸引力。

The way you curse, or your language, what you're using depends on who's surrounding you. So always think like it's your grandma right there, and how would you act? And if you have that preconceived notion, you're not gonna drop the F-bomb next to your grandma making you cookies, you know what I mean? awesome!" But yeah... don't do that.

你咒骂的方式或者说你所使用的语言取决于谁在你周围。你要一直想着，你的祖母就在那里，那你会如何表现？如果你有这种先入为主的观念，你就不会在你旁边正在给你做饼干的祖母面前说出F开头的那句脏话了，你懂我的意思吧？很好！对……不要那样做。