VOA流行美語 Unit 81: ZIP / DRAMA QUEEN
VOA流行美語 Unit 81: ZIP / DRAMA QUEEN
李華和Michael這個週末什麼功課都沒有，原來準備好好玩一玩，可是後來計劃落空。李華會學到兩個常用語：zip和drama queen。
L: 嗨，Michael, 你這個週末有功課要做嗎？
M: Nope. I don't have to do zip. I'm free the whole weekend.
L: 你不用做zip? 那是什麼意思呀？Zip不是衣服上的拉鍊嗎？
M: No, I mean zip as in zero or nothing. I don't have zip means I don't have anything to do.
L: 噢，zip可以解釋爲"零"，"什麼也沒有"。那你的意思是你週末什麼事也沒有，對不對？
M: Yes. If you ask me for money and I don't have any, I could say I haven't got zip. Get it?
L: 知道了，你沒有錢，我本來也沒有想問你借錢啊。
M: Good. Now, do you have any money I could borrow. I want to buy a coke.
L: "No, I don't have zip." 我這麼說對不對？
M: Yes, you used it right, but I really want to buy a coke.
L: 你真的要問我借錢哪？Michael, 我可真是沒有錢，我不騙你。
M: Oh well, I guess I'll have to go to the bank before we can do anything interesting this weekend. If I don't have any cash, then we won't be able to do zip.
L: 沒錯，你要不到銀行去取錢，那週末我們哪兒也去不了。We won't be able to do zip.
M: Now you've learned the word zip. The bank is over there. I'll get some cash and I'll come right back.
L: 快點，我餓了，要去吃晚飯了。嗨，Michael, 你多取點錢，I don't have zip in my pockets.
M: Alright.
******
L: Michael, 我們週末出去玩的計劃全被打亂了。我們的歷史教授從電腦上發給我們一個新作業，星期一就要交了。啊呀，我真氣死了。
M: Oh, don't be such a drama queen. The assignment can't be that bad, and I know for a fact that you do have free time.
L: 你叫我什麼？ Drama queen? Drama是戲劇，queen是女王。這兩個詞合在一起，嘿，我雖然不知道drama queen的具體意思，但是我肯定你是在諷刺我，對不對？
M: Not really. A drama queen is a girl who exaggerates her problems, usually to get attention. Your problem really isn't that bad, but you make it sound like the end of the world.
L: 噢，drama queen原來是說一個女孩，爲了引起別人的注意，誇張了她面臨的問題。 哎喲，就是小題大作。嗨，我可不是小題大作。我是因爲沒有時間完成作業，所以我才心煩意亂。
M: Oh, please. You are being a little too dramatic about this homework assignment.
L: 只是一個作業，你說得倒簡單！算了，算了，不跟你爭了。可能是我還不清楚drama queen的含意，Michael, 你再給我舉個例子，好不好？
M: Do you remember my friend, Angela, who called me crying because she couldn't find her math book?
L: 當然記得。她呀，爲了找不到她的數學書給你打電話的時候還哭了，我真是難以相信。她好像老是有什麼事感到不高興似的。
M: She is such a drama queen. She makes a huge deal out of losing a book or a bad haircut. Once, she wouldn't talk to me for a week because I forgot to call her back.
L: 對，她總是大驚小怪，小題大作的，丟了一本書也不高興，剪頭髮剪得不好也不高興。你忘了給她打回電，她當然要生氣，一個星期不跟你講話就算客氣的了。我可沒有象她那樣，所以別叫我drama queen.
M: Yeah, you're not quite as bad.
今天李華學到了zip和drama queen兩個常用語，zip就是零，什麼也沒有的意思；drama queen是指那種喜歡小題大作，大驚小怪的女孩子。
