外教領讀課丨學點口語的特殊表達法以免鬧笑話~

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Hello everyone!

This is Laura from SayClass! 大家好！

我是隨時隨課的老師Laura。

Summary

Today I want to tell you about some conversations about my two Chinese coworkers: Sophie and Linda.

今天，我想和大家講兩個我和我同事之間的故事，一個是關於蘇菲的，一個是關於琳達的。

One day, Linda thanked Gabby to order some food for her, she said, 「Thanks Gabby! You』re the bomb!」 Gabby looked at her very confused. 「Is that a compliment?!」 Then Linda explained, 「Oh that means you are great. You are awesome! 「

有一天，琳達感謝加比幫她點餐，說：「You』re the bomb！」加比很困惑，心想我是在誇她嗎？琳達解釋說是「乾的漂亮」意思。

Then another day, I show Sophie an essay. I said to Sophie, 「Sophie, you are going to die when you see this!」 She also looked very confused. 「I』m going to die?!」 Then I explained, 「this means you will think it is very funny and laugh a lot.」

還有一天，我給蘇菲看學生寫的有趣的文章，對她說：「You are going to die！」 蘇菲疑惑地看著我，「是說我看了會死嗎？」我向她解釋說是「你會大笑」的意思。

Reading Materials

English can be so strange, but it can also make some very funny situations!

英語有時會讓我們覺得很陌生，但也會有一些很有趣的事情。

She was thinking, 「Is that a compliment?!」

她想道：那是在誇我嗎？

Review new words

coworker n. 同事；合作者

Sometimes after work, I go out to eat with my coworkers.

有時下班后，我會和我的同事一起吃飯。

close adj. 緊密的；親密的；親近的

I am very close to my mother and we talk everyday.

我和我媽媽關係非常好，我們每天都會聊天。

compliment n. 恭維；稱讚；問候

He gave her a compliment on how pretty her dress was that night.

他誇她那天晚上穿的真漂亮。

you』re the bomb 幹得好

Thanks for playing music at my party. You』re the bomb!

謝謝你在我生日聚會上的演奏，演奏的真好！

you are going to die 大笑

You are going to die when you see the picture Sara put on Wechat.

當你看到Sara在微信上發的照片的時候，一點會哈哈大笑。

原文

Today I want to tell you about some conversations that have happened in my office. You know, I am very lucky to work with two Chinese coworkers: Sophie and Gabby. And I also work with a foreign coworker named Linda.

今天，我想和大家分享我們辦公室發生的一段對話。大家都知道，我很幸運，有兩個同事：蘇菲和加比。同時，我還有一個外國同事，她叫琳達。

We are all pretty close. We get along well and try to help each other. One day, Gabby helped Linda order some food from a restaurant, and to thank her, she said, 「Thanks Gabby! You』re the bomb!」 Gabby looked at her very confused. She was thinking, 「Is that a compliment?!」 Then Linda explained, 「Oh that means you are great. You are awesome! 「

我們的關係是非常好，並且會互相幫助。一天，加比幫琳達點了餐。琳達回謝道：「謝謝你，加比！你做的太棒了！（英文字面意思是炸彈）」加比滿臉困惑的望向琳達，並想著：「這是在誇我么？」接著，琳達解釋道：「我說的意思是你太棒了！」

This phrase doesn』t make a lot of sense because bombs are bad things, but in English when you say, 「You』re the bomb,」 This is a good thing!

這個短語可能看起來似乎講不通，因為炸彈本身表示不好的東西。但在英語中，如果你說「You』re the bomb」，這便是一句誇獎的話。

Then another day, a student wrote something really funny in his essay. I said to Sophie, 「Sophie, you are going to die when you see this!」 She also looked very confused. She was thinking, 「I』m going to die?!」 Then I explained, 「Oh, this means you will think it is very funny and laugh a lot.」

還有一天，一個學生寫了的文章寫的非常有趣。我便對蘇菲說：「蘇菲，you are going to die when you see this!」蘇菲一臉懵的看著我。估計她在想：「我會死？」接著，我對她解釋說：「我的意思是，你會覺得這篇文章非常搞笑，然後會哈哈大笑。」

English can be so strange, but it can also make some very funny situations!

英語有時會讓我們覺得很奇怪，但也會有一些很有趣的事情。

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