流行美語 第186課

Larry和李华正在户外吃午饭。突然他们看到一只很大的蟑螂。今天李华会学到两个常用语：freaky和wig¹ out。

LL: Wow! That was freaky! I've never seen such a big cockroach² before!

LH: 哎哟，那么大一个蟑螂！真是恶心死了！Larry，你刚才说freaky，那是什么意思啊？

LL: Freaky means scary or really weird³. That bug⁴ was definitely freaky.

LH: 噢，freaky是形容很可怕或者很怪。一点都没错，那只大蟑螂真的是既恶心又可怕。我最怕蟑螂，尤其是这么大的！

LL: What do you think of spiders?

LH: 蜘蛛？我觉得蜘蛛比蟑螂更可怕！

LL: Yeah, I don't like spiders very much either. My friend has a pet tarantula, which is a really big hairy spider, and it is the freakiest thing I've ever seen.

LH: 我真搞不懂，像你朋友那样的人怎么会养蜘蛛当宠物，毛茸茸的蜘蛛想起来就让人头皮发麻，怎么还能当宠物，真是freaky耶！

LL: Pet tarantulas are actually pretty common. You can buy them in any pet shop.

LH: 嗨，我才不管这种蜘蛛宠物是不是很常见。我还是觉得养蜘蛛当宠物真是很怪，很可怕的，very freaky！

LL: There's a horror movie about giant spiders that is so freaky that I can't even bear to watch it.

LH: 噢，你是说那部有大蜘蛛的电影？嗯，我还记得看过他们的广告。别说去看了，我连想都没想过。如果我真的去看了那电影，大概会做一个月的恶梦。

LL: Yeah, I only watched a few minutes of it before I decided⁵ that it was too freaky for me.

LH: 瞧，连你这个大男生都不敢看，那电影一定很freaky。对了，Larry，除了蟑螂、蜘蛛，你觉得蛇是不是也很freaky？

LL: Actually, snakes don't bother me that much. Rats don't bother me very much, either.

LH: 啊，你不怕蛇，也不怕老鼠。好怪噢！我啊，我觉得蛇跟老鼠就像蜘蛛一样恐怖！

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LL: Hey, Li Hua, would you wig out and refuse to come to my apartment if I got a pet rat?

LH: 你想在家里养老鼠当宠物，还问我会不会wig out，那是什么意思啊？

LL: To wig out means the same as to freak out. It means to get very excited or upset.

LH: 噢，wig out跟freak out意思一样，就是让人激动，或者把人吓坏了。哎，Larry，你是真的想养一只老鼠当宠物啊？

LL: They actually make good pets and they are relatively⁶ easy to care for.

LH: 你觉得养老鼠当宠物比较简单，那你就去养，我管不着，不过，我可能再也不敢去你家了。

LL: That's what I was afraid of. I wouldn't mind having a pet rat, but I don't want to make all of my friends wig out, either.

LH: 嗯，听你这么一说，我倒强烈建议你别养老鼠。我想很多人，特别是女孩子，大概会被你的宠物吓跑。这样你想交女朋友的希望就更加渺茫喽！

LL: I hadn't thought of that. Yeah, I don't want to meet a nice girl then cause her to wig out when she finds out that I have a pet rat.

LH: 就是啊，为了一只老鼠，吓跑了女朋友，那就不上算了。不过话说回来，Larry，你要是真的很想养宠物，就别太在意别人的想法嘛！

LL: I know, but I don't want people wigging⁷ out every time they come to my apartment.

LH: 你又想养宠物，又怕朋友被吓跑。对了，或许你可以考虑养鱼啊，一般人不会怕鱼，有的鱼还非常好看呐！

LL：That's a good idea!

今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是freaky，是形容很可怕，很怪的意思。另一个常用语是wig out，这是指让人激动，或者使人很害怕的意思。
 

1 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。

2 cockroach   

n.蟑螂

参考例句：

• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
• She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 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。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

7 wigging   

n.责备，骂，叱责

参考例句：

• He got a wigging for being out late last night. 他昨晚因回来太迟而被骂了一顿。 来自互联网