轻松日记商务职场篇50:不想当电灯泡

　　核心句型：

　　I don't want to be a third wheel.

　　我不想当电灯泡。

　　be a third wheel直译过来就是：“做第三个轮子”，自行车上装第三个轮子表示累赘，引申到男女约会时表示：“多余的第三者，当电灯泡”。因此，当美国人说"I don't want to be a third wheel."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I don't want to be an unwanted third party on a date."、"I don't want to disturb you two."、"I don't want to be the needless one."。

　　情景对白：

　　Terry: I'm going out with Iris¹ tonight. Why not come and have dinner with us?

　　泰瑞：我晚上要和艾蕊丝约会，和我们一起吃晚饭吧！

　　Benjamin: You two go on ahead. I don't want to be a third wheel.

　　本杰明：你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①It's your private affair and I don't want to interfere².

　　这是你的私事，我可不想介入。

　　②You two haven't seen each other for so long.

　　你们俩这么久没见面了。

　　③You must have a lot to confide³ to her.

　　你一定有很多话要对她说。

　　④Let's ask her out to dinner tonight.

　　请她和我们一起吃饭。

　　单词：

　　1. wheel n. 车轮

　　The car wheels spun⁴ and slipped on some oil on the road.

　　路面上有些油，汽车车轮经过时直打滑。

　　The wheel of history rolls on.

　　历史的车轮滚滚向前。

　　2. interfere vi. 涉入

　　I wish everyone would stop interfering⁵ and just leave me alone.

　　我希望大家都别再来干涉我，让我一个人静一静。

　　The UN cannot interfere in the internal affairs of any country.

　　联合国不能干涉任何国家的内政。

　　3. confide vi. 吐露

　　I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided⁶ in me a year earlier.

　　我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本性的问题，早在一年前她就向我倾诉过。

　　He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished.

　　他向我诉说他觉得自己像是在受罚。

1 iris   

n.虹膜，彩虹

参考例句：

• The opening of the iris is called the pupil.虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
• This incredible human eye,complete with retina and iris,can be found in the Maldives.又是在马尔代夫，有这样一只难以置信的眼睛，连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。

2 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

3 confide   

v.向某人吐露秘密

参考例句：

• I would never readily confide in anybody.我从不轻易向人吐露秘密。
• He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.他将向我们吐露他心里的秘密。

4 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

5 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

6 confided   

v.吐露（秘密，心事等）( confide的过去式和过去分词 )；（向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）

参考例句：

• She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
• He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露，他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》