VOA流行美語 Unit 30: play hooky; to snap

VOA流行美語 Unit 30: play hooky; to snap

Michael這個美國學生由於各方面的壓力太大而情緒不太好。 今天他想去找李華一起出去放鬆放鬆。現在他正在敲李華的門。Michael會教李華兩個常用語：to play hooky和to snap。

L：Michael，你在這兒幹什麼？你不是有課嗎？

M：Yes, I'm supposed to be in class right now. But I didn't read the assignment for class today, and I just didn't feel like going, so I decided to play hooky.

L：你真夠嗆，沒看今天上課的材料就不想去上課，還想在家玩什麼遊戲！什麼是hooky呀？

M：No, to play hooky means to skip class.

L：噢，原來to play hooky是指逃學，曠課。我還以爲是玩什麼遊戲呢！Michael, 你要進來坐會兒嗎？

M：Actually, I was going to the student center to hang out and have lunch. I was wondering if you would like to come with me.

L：你要到學生中心那兒去看看，然後再吃午飯呀？我跟你一起去，我本來就要去吃午飯。不過，我只有一個小時的時間，下午我得去工作。

M：It seems like you have been working a lot lately. I have an idea! Why don't you call in to work and tell them you're sick! You can also play hooky from work.

L：我最近工作是很忙。Michael，你的意思是讓我打電話給工作的地方說我生病，這樣就可以不去上班？這也可以說是to play hooky?

M：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work.

L：你可真能出餿主意！自己逃學還不算，還要我裝病不去工作。不行，我工作的地方星期一總是很忙的，而且上星期我真的生病，請了兩天假。I don't want to play hooky from work. 我說得對不對，Michael？

M：Yes, very good. I guess you'd better go to work then. It's too bad I can't spend more time with you. Well, if you have only one hour for lunch, we'd better hurry.

L：彆着急，一個小時來得及。等我拿件大衣。

L：Michael, 你很幸運，沒有象我那麼多的壓力。我得自己賺錢付學費，還要養活自己。你可以隨便play hooky, 我可不行。

M：Hey, I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard. Do you think I don't feel any pressure to get good grades? If I don't do well, I won't get a good job later on.

L：喲，哪兒來那麼大的火氣呀！我知道你不是經常逃學，你學習很努力，爭取得到好分數，將來找一份好工作。你不用發那麼大的脾氣嘛！

M：I'm sorry, Li Hua. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed. That's part of the reason why I didn't go to class today.

L：沒關係，我知道你最近壓力很大。你說 “I didn't mean to snap at you", 那是什麼意思呀？是不是指你很生氣地跟我說話？

M：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way.

L：to snap at someone 就是對某人大聲嚷嚷，或者很生氣地和某人說話。Michael，你一般不對人那麼講話的。我想可能是你最近壓力太大了。

M：Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.

L：我是沒有讓你生氣的意思。 沒關係，每個人都有情緒不好的時候嘛！Michael， 我以前好象聽到別人用過to snap at someone， 可不太清楚它的意思。有一次，一個小孩說他打破了什麼東西。。。

M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.

L：對，他是說他媽媽罵他因爲他打破了一個花瓶。可是，Michael，這裏的snap是過去時，那該怎麼拼呢？

M：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized."

L：得了，不用道歉了。啊呀，不好了，時間到了，我得去上班了。See you later, Michael!

M：Bye, Li Hua!

今天李華又從Michael那兒學到兩個常用語，to play hooky就是逃學，或者裝病不去上班；to snap就是對某人嚷嚷，很生氣地對某人說話。這次<流行美語>播送完了，下次節目再見。