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流行美语第393课 stuck in a rut...

2012-04-05 12:46来源:未知

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Larry和李华星期六晚上待在家里,觉得有些无聊,他们会用到两个常用语:stuck in a rut和someone's cup of tea. 

LH: Larry, 好无聊啊! 你说干点什么好啊?

Larry: (Distracted) Huh? Uh, yea... that's nice, Lihua. 

LH: 什么好好好? Larry! 你又在打电脑游戏啦?哎呀,不要玩儿了! (pulls the plug) 

Larry: Hey! I was about to clear that level! 

LH: 你每天晚上除了玩线上游戏就什么都不干了! 我们就不能出去转转,找点好玩的事情做吗? 

Larry: (Sigh) You're right, Lihua. We haven't really done anything new recently. I guess we've been stuck in a rut. 

LH: In a rut? 什么意思? 

Larry: Being stuck in a rut means to be stuck in a boring routine. 

LH: To be stuck in a rut就是生活一成不变。那么,这个rut是什么意思呢? 

Larry: A rut is what happens when a wheel rolls over the same place over and over again. Eventually, the wheel will dig a line, or a rut, in the ground. 

LH: 我明白了,rut是车轮不断压过同一个地方后留下的印迹。我想,这就比喻一成不变的常规吧。Larry, 我们最近的确有些stuck in a rut,感觉有点平淡无味,你说这是怎么回事呢? 

Larry: I'm not sure, Lihua, but we have been together for over a year now. It's relatively normal for couples to find themselves stuck in a rut after being together for awhile. 

LH: 啊?你觉得是因为咱们在一起时间不算短了,所以生活就变得平平淡淡了?我觉得根本不是这样,We're stuck in a rot because of that stupid computer game! 都怪你天天打线上游戏,不陪我! 

Larry: I'll admit I like to play my games, but you remember what happened last weekend, right? 

LH: 上个周末?怎么啦? 

Larry: I wanted to take you out for a nice dinner, but you said you were too tired. We ended up staying home and watching TV all night! 

LH: 还说请我吃顿好的?Larry, 你每次请我吃饭都是汉堡和薯条,连吃饭内容都一成不变,难怪我们会stuck in a rut! 

Larry: Hmm... we need to find some new things to do that we both like. Otherwise, we might be stuck in this rut forever! 

LH: 可不是嘛! 咱们好久没有去打网球啦! 不如去打两场吧! 

Larry: Aw, you know tennis isn't my cup of tea, Lihua. And besides, it's been so hot out lately... 

LH: Your cup of tea? 打网球还要喝茶?你不怕热吗? 
Larry: I would drink water, of course! I said "playing tennis is not my cup of tea"...in other words, I don't really enjoy tennis. 

LH: 哦,你说playing tennis is not your cup of tea, 意思就是说你不喜欢打网球。那你的cup of tea到底是什么呀? 

Larry: I like swimming! How about we start going to the pool? It's always refreshing to take a dip in the pool on a hot day! 

LH: 去游泳?可是,游泳不是我的cup of tea。我怕晒黑! Oh, I know! Why don't you take me to the ballet? 我们去看芭蕾舞表演吧! 

Larry: The ballet? Uh, that's not my cup of tea, either. I never understood what's going on! It just looks like a bunch of people jumping around on stage, if you ask me. 

LH: 你这人一点都不浪漫! 

Larry: Being romantic was never my cup of tea, Lihua. Remember when I sent you flowers for your birthday? 

LH: 记得!我生日你送玫瑰花给我,结果我花粉过敏,打了一天喷嚏! 

Larry: Heheh. See? No wonder we're in a rut. I'm horrible at being romantic, and we can never agree on anything new to do. Tell you what - let me think about it some more while I finish this last boss in my video game... 

LH: 不行! 你别想溜! Get us out of this rut, Larry! 要不你就别想玩儿电脑了! 

Larry: Hmmm.... 

LH: 什么呀?你在想什么坏主意? 

Larry: You want us to do something together, right? Our group could use another warrior... 

LH: 你想让我和你一起打线上游戏?我可不会! You know video games are not my cup of tea! 

Larry: (Sigh). Well, I guess I'll go make myself a real cup of tea and go stare out the window for fun... 

今天李华从Larry那儿学到两个常用语,一个是to be stuck in a rut, 表示枯燥,一成不变。另一个是someone's cup of tea, 意思是某人有兴趣干的事。

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