VOA流行美語 Unit 151:Downer;baby
Larry到李華住的地方去接她出去吃晚餐，可是發現李華正焦急地到處找什麼東西。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：downer和baby.
LH: Larry，我的錢包不見了。找了半天也沒找到。我肯定是放在家裡的，你說現在怎麼辦呢？
LL: That's a real downer. Let me help you look for it. What does it look like?
LH: 嗯，我的錢包是紅顏色的，上面還鑲有藍色的邊。你剛才說downer，那是什麼意思？
LL: Oh, a "downer" is something that makes you feel "down" or depressed. Losing your wallet is definitely a downer.
LH: Downer就是讓人不高興的事情。嗯，丟錢包真的是很倒黴。丟了錢還不算，還得重新申請駕駛執照、身份證件，還得打電話給信用卡公司取消我的信用卡，想到這些我就頭疼。
LH: Hey, don't get all upset yet. We still haven't finished looking for it.
LL: 我知道。這樣吧，我到廚房去找，你幫我找一找沙發底下。
LL: Sure. Hey, you know what else is a downer? Julia can't go out with us tonight. Her boyfriend is sick and she went over to his house to take care of him.
LH: 噢，Julia今晚不能和我們去吃飯啦？真讓人失望。That is a downer! 自從她交了男朋友以後，我已經好久沒見到她了。
LL: I know what you mean. I haven't seen her in at least two months.
LH: 我找到了！我找到我的錢包了。你看，在冰箱下面，一定是今天早上我買菜回來時掉下去的。
LL: Great! Let's go. I'm so hungry that I can eat a whole horse. It would be a real downer if we have to wait for a table at the restaurant.
LH: 餐廳裡等不到位子，那還不是什麼大問題。我要是真找不到我的錢包，那才真是a real downer。
LL: Yeah, then I'd have to pay!
LH: (Whiny) 什麼！還得等一個小時才有座位啊？啊，我不行了，我快要餓死了！
LL: Oh, don't be such a big baby. You'll survive. Besides, it might not take that long.
LH: Larry, 你說我像個baby 。Baby 就是嬰兒，娃娃。我餓了還不行嗎？大人也會肚子餓哪！
LL: Well, then don't act so immature and whiny. You're too old to whine like a baby.
LH: 你說我表現得象個孩子一樣，所以叫我baby。我餓了還不能說呀？
LL: Saying that you're going to starve to death is a little dramatic, don't you think?
LH: 我說快要餓死了。這是強調，誇張！為了找錢包，我中午飯都沒有來得及吃。所以我真的是很餓啊！
LL: All right, don't get so upset. I was just teasing you. You don't need to be such a big baby about it.
LH: 你怎麼你又叫我baby了！
LL: I'm sorry. It's just fun to tease you.
LH: 噢，你就喜歡逗我。你覺得這樣很好玩啊？好啊！你不也是經常抱怨沒有時間看球賽，沒有時間出去玩嗎。那下回我也叫你a big baby!
LL: I really was just kidding, Li Hua. You're not a big baby. You don't need to start thinking of ways to get even with me.
LH: 你惹急了我就說是開玩笑。我當然要想辦法報復了。
LL：Hey, look our table's ready.
LH：謝天謝地。我們終於等到位子了。現在你再叫我big baby， 我也無所謂了。吃飯要緊，快點菜吧。
今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是downer, 就是指讓人非常失望，非常不高興的事。另一個常用語是baby, 是形容一個人表現得像小孩一樣幼稚。
