Donny 在北京學(xué)漢語,他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞,就會(huì)來請教他。今天是Jimmy要問的:別慌。
Jimmy: Donny, 大事不好了!
Donny: What happened, Jimmy? You look terrible!
Jimmy: 兩小時(shí)后....我要和女朋友約會(huì),她剛提醒我,今天是我們認(rèn)識(shí)一周年紀(jì)念日,還給我準(zhǔn)備了禮物。But I totally forgot! 怎么辦?她肯定會(huì)生氣,會(huì)罵我,會(huì)分手,還會(huì)......
Donny: Hey! Hey! Don't have a cow!
Jimmy: 啊?你說什么?cow? cow 不是奶牛么?
Donny: What I meant is-- you need to calm down. "Don't have a cow" 也就是中文里說的不要慌張。
Jimmy: 哦,讓別人冷靜,別慌,就說 Don't have a cow! 哎?還有別的說法么?我記得有個(gè)詞叫 chill, c-h-i-l-l?
Donny: Yes! You can say chill out. It means calm down, or "don't panic".
Jimmy: 啊! 要是我今晚跟女朋友坦白講:我就是忘了咱倆認(rèn)識(shí)一周年這回事了,你能把我怎么樣?她肯定會(huì)抓狂。然后我就說:Honey! Chill out!
Donny: 呃....I think you better say "Honey, I'm really sorry. How can I make up to you?"
Jimmy: 呵呵,我開玩笑的。
Donny: Oh, speaking of the word "chill", you can also say "take a chill
pill". It's another way of saying "calm down".
Jimmy: Take a chill pill. Pill, p-i-l-l, pill是“藥丸”的意思,所以, take a chill pill字面意思就是“吃個(gè)冷靜藥丸”,就是叫人別激動(dòng),別慌。
Donny: You got it. So what are you going to do for tonight's date?
Jimmy: 還能怎么辦,抓緊這兩小時(shí),趕緊去買禮物唄! 走啦!
Donny: Before you go, tell me what you've learned today!
Jimmy: 今天學(xué)了讓人別慌的三種說法。第一,Don't have a cow; 第二,Chill out; 第三:Take a chill pill.