每天三分钟学英语 第205期:英文"出柜"怎么说

 情景对话：

Claire: Well, hello. How was your first day back in the closet …business?

Mitch: That doesn't make any sense. I've never worked here before.

Claire: It's just a gay¹ joke, Mitchell. Don't overthink it. You settling in?

今日知识点：

in the closet 未出柜的人

Most gay men had to stay in the closet back in those days because society looked down on homosexuality.

大多数同性恋以前都不会公开，因为社会歧视同性恋。

come out of the closet 出柜

I didn't come out of the closet until college. It was a big step in my life.

我大学才出柜，那是我生命中最重要的一步。

Gay joke 基佬笑话

Blonde joke 金发人的笑话

That doesn't make any sense. 这说不通呀/你说什么哪？

A: Eve's racist² against Asians.

Eve歧视亚洲人。

B: That doesn't make any sense. Isn't she Asian?

这说不通呀，她不就是亚洲人吗？

Overthink 过度思考

A: What did she mean when she said “good job”?

她说我们“做得很好”是什么意思啊？

B: I think you're overthinking it. She just meant we did well.

我觉得你想太多了，她就是说我们做的不错。

1 gay   

adj.同性恋的；色彩鲜艳的；n.(男)同性恋者

参考例句：

• I don't know he was a gay person.我不知道他是同性恋者。
• Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.春回大地，万象更新。

2 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。