流行口語 第155課

Larry和李华正在学校体育馆里打篮球．今天李华会学到两个常用语： butterfingers 和 klutz。
LL: Here, Li Hua, catch!
LH: 嘿！Larry，你不要那么用力嘛！你这么用力我接不住啊！
LL: Don't blame the fact that you're a butterfingers on me. I don't think it's my fault that you keep dropping the ball.
LH: 对，我老是接不住球，可我没有怪你呀！我只是让你别使那么大劲儿嘛．你说我是什么来着啊？ Butterfingers？喝！你肯定又在损我了，是不是？
LL: A butterfingers is someone who is clumsy¹ and tends to drop things.
LH: 哦～，我知道了， butter 是黄油， fingers 是手指， butterfingers 就好像啊手上抹黄油，油腻腻的抓不住东西．也就是指那些笨手笨脚，经常会把东西掉在地上的人． Larry，我才不是呢，都是你～，扔球太用力，所以我才接不住啊！
LL: Okay, butterfingers, you can keep trying to blame this on me, but I know the truth.
LH: 别再叫我 butterfingers 了啦．吔，来吧，再丢一次，只是别那么用力了喔！
LL: All right, but I don't think it's going to help.
LH: 你看．我这不是接住了吗？ I'm not a butterfingers！
LL: That was just luck. Don't feel too bad, though, my sister's much more of a butterfingers than you are.
LH: 你妹妹比我还糟糕？怎么说啊？
LL: She used to try out for the softball² team every year in high school, but she never made the team because she couldn't catch the ball.
LH: 啊～，她念中学的时候每年都参加垒球队选拔，从来没有被接纳呀！就是因为她老接不到球！看来她真的是个 butterfingers。
LL: My sister's tough, though, she never let the fact that she's a genuine³ butterfingers stop her from trying.
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LH: Larry，你怎么摔倒啦，没事吧？
LL: Yeah, I'm all right. I just tripped over that rock. I'm such a klutz!
LH: 喔～，是一块石头把你绊倒了啊？疑？你说你是什么来着啊？ Klutz？那是什么意思啊？
LL: A klutz is someone who is very clumsy and falls, and trips, and bumps⁴ into things very easily.
LH: Klutz 就是指那种经常会撞上什么东西，经常会跌倒的人啊． Larry，我可从来没有见你摔倒过吔．这还是第一次呢，所以你还算不上是个 klutz。
LL: Thank you, Li Hua. I appreciate it. However, I assure⁵ you that I can be a real klutz sometimes. Fortunately, I usually do klutzy things when no one else is looking.
LH: 哼哼嘿，Larry，你啊真有意思．你怎么知道你笨手笨脚的时候没有人看见呢？不久前你好像告诉我你撞到什么东西．我听了也忘了。
LL: Oh, that's a few months ago. One day, I wasn't paying attention and I walked into a street sign. Some girls saw me and they started laughing. I felt ridiculous⁶!
LH: 光听你这么说啊，我就觉得很好笑，从没听说有人走在路上还会撞上路标的．我可以想象，你当时啊一定显得很傻， a real klutz!
LL: Well, that's the only time people saw me being a klutz. I don't plan on doing a repeat performance.
LH: 就这一次给人看见？以后不再会这样傻了？你别太自信了！
LL：You mean once a klutz, always a klutz?
LH：我不是说你做了一次傻事，以后永远做傻事．我是说啊你还有可能做傻事喔。
LL：Well, let's see!
 
　　今天李华学到了两个常用语．第一个是： butterfingers，这是指“抓不稳东西、手里拿的东西经常会掉到地上去”．另外一个常用语是： klutz，是形容“一个人经常跌倒，或者是撞到东西，笨手笨脚的”。

 

1 clumsy   

adj.笨手笨脚；不圆滑的，缺乏技巧的

参考例句：

• He is clumsy with his hands.他的一双手很笨。
• Its body looks heavy and clumsy when it has eaten its fill.它步态蹒跚，吃饱了的身体更显得笨拙可笑。

2 softball   

n.垒球(与棒球相似，但球场较小，球大而软)

参考例句：

• The softball is solid.垒球是实心的。
• I love sports like volleyball and softball.我喜欢体育运动比如排球和垒球。

3 genuine   

adj.真的，非人造的；真诚的，真心的

参考例句：

• On further examination it was found that the signature was not genuine.经过进一步的调查发现签名不是真的。
• As time went on,a genuine friendship grew up between us.随着时间的推移，我们之间产生了一种真挚的友情。

4 bumps   

碰撞( bump的名词复数 )； 肿块； 轻微撞车事故； 隆起物

参考例句：

• I had goose bumps when we watched the fireworks. 我们看烟火的时候，我起鸡皮疙瘩。
• E was kind of zig-zagging across the pavement, and I bumps into 'im accidental-like. 他有点歪歪斜斜地在人行道上走，我一不小心撞到了他的怀里。 来自英汉文学

5 assure   

vt.使确信；向…保证，使有保证

参考例句：

• The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
• I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。

6 ridiculous   

adj.荒谬的，可笑的；荒唐的

参考例句：

• It is simply ridiculous to attempt such a thing.试图干这种事，简直可笑。
• It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life.这是我有生以来听到的最为荒唐可笑的事。