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网络社交英语口语 Unit42:真是有点俗气
SCENE① C 柔丝家
Sue: He named it after you.
苏: 他用你的名字取的。
Rose: So?
柔丝: 所以咧?
Sue: That's kind of 1) cheesy. He 2) obviously likes you.
苏: 真是有点俗气。他很明显在喜欢你。
Rose: He wrote it in college! It has nothing to do with me!
柔丝: 他是在大学的时候写的!跟我一点关系都没有!
Sue: So maybe it's 3) fate! Like he knew he would meet you someday!
苏: 那这或许是缘分啰!好像他早就知道有一天会遇见你!
Rose: You're more of a hopeless romantic than I am.
柔丝: 你比我还更是无可救药的浪漫主义者。
Sue: What are you waiting for? I want to hear it!
苏: 你在等什么?我要听!
Rose: Okay, okay! (She plays the music)
柔丝: 好啦!好啦!(播放音乐)
语言详解
A: That show was so cheesy.
那节目真是俗到家了。
B: Yeah. That's why all the girls were crying.
对啊。那就是为什么女孩子看了都在哭。
【be named after... 以(某人的名字)被命名】
为了表示敬意或怀念,美国人经常用已故亲人的名字为孩子命名。这种情况在台湾很少发生在人身上,但用在马路、建筑物的情形则相当普遍。
A: I was named after my German grandfather.
我以我的德国祖父命名。
B: No wonder I can't pronounce your name!
难怪我不会念你的名字!
1) cheesy (a.) 俗气的
2) obviously (adv.) 明显地
3) fate (n.) 命运