流行美語第230課
流行美語第230課
李華在幫Larry打掃他的公寓。李華今天會學到兩個常用語Oodles和chuck。
LL: Oh! I forgot about this closet. Whoa. There are oodles of things in here I don't need.
LH: Oodles? 你是說麵條，noodles?
LL: No, no. Oodles and noodles may rhyme, but oodles means lots of something.
LH: 噢，oodles和noodles雖然押韻，但是oodles和麵條毫無關係。Larry，你壁櫥裏怎麼會有那麼多東西呀？ 看來今天我們要扔很多東西。That means there will be oodles of things to throw away!
LL: Yes, like the oodles of old tennis balls I'll never use again.
LH: 不只是網球，還有那麼些舊雜誌，你怎麼會有這麼多雜誌呢？
LL: You know, Li Hua, those are magazines I have had since I was a kid. I would love to look through them, but we don't have oodles of time.
LH: 你小時候的雜誌一直保留到現在， 難怪這麼多。對了，你為什麼說我們沒有很多時間來收拾？我們今天還有別的事嗎？
LL: Well, I arranged for a local charity to stop by at 5:00 and pick up the things I don't need. We've got oodles of work to do before they come, and time is running out.
LH: 原來你已經跟慈善機構約好下午五點鐘來拉東西。你怎麼不早說呢？我們趕快收拾吧。
LL: The problem is that I want to give them useful things. I know I have oodles of things to throw away, but I am not sure I'll have oodles of things to give to charity.
LH: 別擔心，要我看，你的很多東西慈善機構都有用的。比如這些舊衣服和食具，肯定會有人要的。
LL: Say, are you hungry? Why don't we make some lunch?
LH: 做午飯？做什麼呀？你的冰箱都是空的，沒有什麼可吃的呀。
LL: I really need to go to the grocery store, but I DO have oodles of noodles.
LH: 你有好多麵條，那我們就煮麵條吧。
LL: I'm so glad you came by to help out, Li Hua. You've made cleaning my apartment oodles of fun!
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LL: Okay, now that we've collected everything, I need to decide what I'm going to give to charity and what I'm going to chuck.
LH: Chuck? chuck又是什麼意思?
LL: To chuck something is to throw it out.
LH: Oh, chuck就是扔掉。那我們把不要的東西分成兩堆， 怎麼樣？ 一堆捐獻， 一堆扔掉。
LL: Okay, I am definitely going to chuck these old magazines.
LH: 這些舊雜誌一定要扔掉，那這些毛衣呢？ Do you want to chuck these sweaters?
LL: No, I don't want to chuck those. I will give those to charity.
LH: 你一下子扔掉這麼多東西，以後不會後悔嗎？要是你改變了主意怎麼辦？
LL: I don't think I'll change my mind, Li Hua. Most of the things I am chucking, I haven't used in months.
LH: 我想那些你好久沒有用過的東西，扔了你也不會再想到它們。
LL: It just feels good to chuck a bunch of stuff you don't need. My apartment will be neater after we are done, and I'll have more room.
LH: 沒錯，東西扔了以後房間也會整齊一些，地方也會顯得大一些Larry, 這個炒菜鍋也要扔掉嗎？
LL: Well, the handle came off, and I bought another one. So, I just thought I'd chuck it. Since the pan is broken, I didn't want to give it to charity.
LH: 鍋子的把手掉了？讓我看看。Larry，我喜歡這個炒菜鍋。把它扔了還不如給我算了。 我可以修理。
LL: Li Hua. I'd be happy if you got some use out of it. Giving the pan to a friend is much better than just chucking it in the trash can.
LH: 謝謝你， Larry。 你沒聽說嗎？ 一個人的垃圾是另一個人的寶貝："One man's trash is another man's treasure."
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是oodles, 意思是很多。還有一個是chuck, 意思是扔掉。