美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 155 - butterfingers / klutz
Larry和李華正在學(xué)校體育館里打籃球。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：butterfingers和klutz。
LL: Here, Li Hua, catch!
LH: 嘿！Larry，你不要那么用力嘛！你這么用力我接不住啊！
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: 對(duì)，我老是接不住球，可我沒有怪你呀！我只是讓你別使那么大勁兒。你說我是什么來著 ? Butterfingers? 你肯定又在損我，是不是？
LL: A butterfingers is someone who is clumsy and tends to drop things.
LH: 噢，我知道了，butter是黃油，fingers是手指，butterfingers就好像手上抹黃油，油膩膩的抓不住東西。也就是指那些笨手笨腳，經(jīng)常會(huì)把東西掉在地上的人。Larry，我才不是呢，都是你扔球太用力，所以我才接不?。?/p>
LL: Okay, butterfingers, you can keep trying to blame this on me, but I know the truth.
LH: 別再叫我butterfingers了。來吧，再丟一次，只是別那么用力了！
LL: All right, but I don't think it's going to help.
LH: 你看。我這不是接住了嗎？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: 你妹妹比我還糟糕？怎么說??？
LL: She used to try out for the softball team every year in high school, but she never made the team because she couldn't catch the ball.
LH: 啊，她念中學(xué)的時(shí)候每年都參加壘球隊(duì)選拔，從來沒有被接納呀！就是因?yàn)樗辖硬坏角?！看來她真的是個(gè)butterfingers。
LL: My sister's tough, though, she never let the fact that she's a genuine butterfingers stop her from trying.
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LH: Larry，你怎么摔倒了，沒事吧？
LL: Yeah, I'm all right. I just tripped over that rock. I'm such a klutz!
LH: 噢，一塊石頭把你絆倒了？嗨，你說你是什么來啦？Klutz？那是什么意思？
LL: A klutz is someone who is very clumsy and falls, trips, and bumps into things very easily.
LH: Klutz就是指那種經(jīng)常會(huì)撞上什么東西，經(jīng)常會(huì)跌倒的人。Larry，我可從來沒有見你摔倒過。這還是第一次，所以你還算不上是個(gè)klutz。
LL: Thank you, Li Hua. I appreciate it. However, I assure you that I can be a real klutz sometimes. Fortunately, I usually do klutzy things when no one else is looking.
LH: Larry，你真有意思。你怎么知道你笨手笨腳的時(shí)候沒有人看見？不久前你好象告訴我你撞到什么東西。我聽了也忘了。
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 ridiculous!
LH: 光聽你這么說，我就覺得好笑，沒聽說有人走在路上會(huì)撞上路標(biāo)的。我可以想像，你當(dāng)時(shí)一定顯得很傻，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: 就這一次給人看見？ 以后不再會(huì)這樣傻了？別太自信了！
LL：You mean once a klutz, always a klutz?
LH：我不是說你做了一次傻事，以后永遠(yuǎn)做傻事。我是說你還有可能做傻事。
LL：Well, let's see!
今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。第一個(gè)是butterfingers，是指抓不穩(wěn)東西，手里拿的東西經(jīng)常會(huì)掉到地上去。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是klutz，是形容一個(gè)人經(jīng)常跌倒，或撞到東西，笨手笨腳的。
