英语悠选脱口秀 第166期:额 你们声音小一点嘿

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Today's key word is neighbour

Your neighbour is someone who lives near you.

n-e-i-g-h-b-o-u-r neighbour

邻居 邻国 邻近的

Here is an example:

A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.

远亲不如近邻。

今天我们要说的这个邻居呢，有点吵 （此处有费玉清版嘿嘿嘿）

Jenna is a student at Syracuse University in New York.

Student life can throw up many challenges; a lack of money, terrible food and exams.

But for Jenna, the main issue blighting¹ her academic life was noisy next door neighbours, who liked nothing more than engaging in rather loud lovemaking.

因为爱情生活过的特别激烈的隔壁邻居，Jenna表示单身的她很受伤。

于是，她给邻居写了一封信。

'Hello neighbor, Please have it a little more quietly please. Some of us are trying to nap and not be reminded of how alone I am...feel free to make all the love you want. Just please, make it nasty² at a lower volume. Thank you!'

大致意思就是，单身汪在隔壁伤不起，嘿嘿嘿的时候请小点声音，保护单身汪，人人有责！

She then received a postcard posted under her door, accompanied by a bar of chocolate. Amusingly³, the postcard had photos of bananas on.

Jenna收到了邻居回复的一张卡片和一块巧克力，这张卡片上印有三支香蕉的图案。

那信里写了什么呢？

It read: 'Dearest neighbors, I'm so so incredibly sorry about that. I didn't realise how loud I was being, and yaknow, sometimes have loud lovemaking is low key kinda hot but obviously at your cost, which I apologise so sincerely for. I'm so so sorry, hope this hasn't been occurring too often, and thanks so much for the incredible⁴ and hilarious⁵ card.

I will for sure try to keep it nasty at a significantly lower level. And hey, don't worry, you're not alone forever. The right person will come along when the time comes. I was single for 18 years. Haha. Once again, I apologise so sincerely and deeply. Sorry, Room 338."

这两个妹子都太可爱了。小便签写的也是可爱的不要不要的。你们有没有遇到过类似被撒狗粮，秀恩爱的情况呢？

留言告诉我们吧。Talk to you next time!

1 blighting   

使凋萎( blight的现在分词 )； 使颓丧； 损害； 妨害

参考例句：

• He perceived an instant that she did not know the blighting news. 他立即看出她还不知道这个失败的消息。
• The stink of exhaust, the mind-numbing tedium of traffic, parking lots blighting central city real estate. 排气管散发的难闻气味；让人麻木的交通拥堵；妨碍中心城市房地产的停车场。

2 nasty   

adj.令人讨厌的，困难的，恶劣的，下流的

参考例句：

• She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。
• When this material burns，it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。

3 amusingly   

adv.有趣地，好笑地

参考例句：

• The play was amusingly written, but its subject was a serious one. 剧本写得风趣逗笑，但其主题则是严肃的。 来自辞典例句
• He talked lightly and amusingly of kings and cardinals. 他悠闲和风趣谈及国王和枢机主教。 来自互联网

4 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

5 hilarious   

adj.充满笑声的，欢闹的；[反]depressed

参考例句：

• The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
• We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。