英语小达人 311 A Man's Guide to What a Woman Is Really Saying

 　　A Man's Guide to What a Woman Is Really Saying

　　女人话语隐含意义指南

　　I JUST NEED SOME SPACE.

　　我需要一些空间。

　　... without you in it.

　　……没有你在里面。

　　DO I LOOK FAT IN THIS DRESS?

　　我穿这身衣服是不是显胖？

　　We haven't had a fight in a while.

　　我们有段时间没吵架了。

　　NO, PIZZA'S FINE.

　　不，不，吃比萨饼就很好。

　　... you cheap slob!

　　……你这个抠门的家伙！

　　I JUST DON'T WANT A BOYFRIEND NOW.

　　我现在还不想交男朋友。

　　I just don't want you as a boyfriend now.

　　我就是不想你做我男朋友。

　　I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

　　我不知道。你想做什么？

　　I can't believe you have nothing planned.

　　我简直不敢相信你竟然毫无计划。

　　COME HERE.

　　过来。

　　My puppy¹ does this, too.

　　我的小狗也是这样的。

　　I LIKE YOU, BUT...

　　我喜欢你，但是……

　　I don't like you.

　　我不喜欢你。

　　YOU NEVER LISTEN.

　　你从不听我的话。

　　You never listen.

　　你从不听我的话。

　　I'LL BE READY IN A MINUTE.

　　我马上就好。

　　I'm ready, but I'm going to make you wait because I know you will.

　　我已经准备好了，可我就是想让你等，因为我知道你会等的。

　　OH, NO, I'LL FAY FOR MYSELF.

　　哦，不用了，我自己付。

　　I'm just being nice; there's no way I'm going Dutch.

　　我只是想表现一下，想跟我AA制，没门。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. a while

　　一段时间；一会儿；

　　eg. I faltered² for a while and was still unable to make a decision.

　　我踌躇了一阵，还是无法做决定。

　　eg. After a while, I began to get bored with my job.

　　过了一段时间，我开始厌烦这份工作。

　　2. I can't believe

　　（表示惊奇）难以置信；

　　eg. I can't believe he got that money honestly.

　　我不相信他是靠正当手段弄到那笔钱的。

　　eg. I can't believe I fell flat on my face at the recital³.

　　我简直不敢相信,我的演奏会完全失败了。

　　3. there's no way

　　没有可能；没门；

　　eg. There was absolutely no way that we were going to be able to retrieve⁴ it.

　　我们绝对不可能把它找回来。

　　eg. There's no way I'm agreeing to that!

　　这件事我决不同意！

　　4. go Dutch

　　各付各的账；平摊费用；AA 制；

　　eg. They decided⁵ to go Dutch.

　　他们决定各自付帐。

　　eg. We went Dutch on a meal in the new restaurant in Shaftesbury Avenue.

　　我们在沙夫茨伯里大道一家新开的饭馆里AA制吃的饭。

1 puppy   

n.小狗，幼犬

参考例句：

• You must school your puppy to obey you.你要训练你的小狗服从你。
• Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.他们的小狗在屋里到处欢快地蹦跳。

2 faltered   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
• "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”

3 recital   

n.朗诵，独奏会，独唱会

参考例句：

• She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
• I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内，他们完全被我吸引了。

4 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。