Eztalk美语【43】You're such a wimp! 你这个逊脚！

Billy: Gross! What are you doing to yourself?
Jennifer: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes.
Billy: It looks like some kind of primitive¹ form of torture.
Jennifer: You're such a wimp²! You're afraid of an eyelash curler.
Billy: Well, you might pinch your eyelid³! Or lose an eyeball!
Jennifer: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards⁴.
Billy: What for?

gross (a.) 　
与nasty同，意思都是「恶心的」

curl (v.) 　
使弯曲，弄弯

eyelash (n.) 　
眼皮」是eyelid

primitive (a.) 　
原始的

torture (v.) 　
折磨，刑罚
A: Ahh! I can't decide which dress I should wear.
啊！我决定不了该穿哪一件。
B: Don't torture yourself. They both look great.
别折腾自己了。这两件都很好看。

wimp (n.) 　
懦弱无能的人
A: I'm really tired of walking. Can we rest for a little bit?
我真的走累了。我们可以休息一下吗？
B: Come on. Don't be such a wimp!
拜托。你少没用了！

eyelash curler (n.) 　
睫毛夹

pinch (v.) 　
捏，夹
A: What happened to your finger?
你的手指怎么了？
B: It got pinched in my car door.
被我的车门夹到了。

upwards (adv.) 　
向上地。「向下地」是downwards

珍妮花在化妆

比 利：恶心！你在对自己做什么？
珍妮花：别紧张！我只是在卷眼睫毛。
比 利：这看起来活像是原始的酷刑。
珍妮花：你这个逊脚！连个卷睫毛夹都怕。
比 利：那你用它夹眼皮看看啊！看会不会少颗眼球！
珍妮花：这只是用来帮我的睫毛往上卷。
比 利：卷了又怎样？

1 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

2 wimp   

n.无用的人

参考例句：

• The more she called her husband a wimp,the more timid he became.她越叫她先生懦夫，他就越胆小怯懦。
• I hate those who get on their high horses in front of wimps.我最恨那些在弱者面前盛气凌人的人。

3 eyelid   

n.眼睑，眼皮

参考例句：

• She lifted one eyelid to see what he was doing.她抬起一只眼皮看看他在做什么。
• My eyelid has been tumid since yesterday.从昨天起，我的眼皮就肿了。

4 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。