可可英语的网友们大家好。看欧美原声电影的时候我们常常会听到一些由两个发音相近的词组合在一起成为一个新词，并且这样的词充满感情色彩，形式也很活泼。今天，我们就集中将部分这样的词语展现给大家。同样，听的过程中别忘了猜猜它的含义。

A lot of people thought Uncle Max was crazy. He was always losing things in his topsy-turvy office where papers were scattered all over, or he was trying to explain some new scientific mumbo jumbo that no one else could understand. He was so wishy-washy that I once saw him waste ten minutes trying to decide whether to wear a blue shirt or a white one.
It was only later we discovered that the old fuddy-duddy, who spent most of his time alone with his books, was a very important scientist. He worked in a secret government operation. He was a rocket technician in one of the most hush-hush project of this century.

Uncle Max被认为有些疯癫。在自己topsy-turvy的办公室里总是丢东西。其实这个词从后面的定语从句where papers were scattered all over上也能猜出它的意思是乱七八糟的，相当于messy。另外，他还总会跟你说一些没人能听懂的 mumbo jumbo，莫名其妙的话。

这个老人还有一个毛病，就是wishy-washy，挑个衬衫也要花上十分钟。这个词就表示缺乏决断力的，优柔寡断的。再比如：Stop being so wishy-washy and make up your mind. 别再这么优柔寡断了，你得拿定主意。

不过，就是这么一个被我们称为fuddy-duddy，老古董的人，却是一个非常重要的科学家。Fuddy-duddy，守旧的人。比如：Her boss is such a fuddy-duddy. He won't allow her to chew gum on the job. 她的老板古板的要命。不准她在工作室吃口香糖。

最后，我们知道Uncle Max是本世纪最hush-hush的一个项目的火箭技师。Hush这个词大家也许不陌生。让人不要说话得时候就用这个词，相当于汉语里的嘘，不要说话。两个hush放在一起，大家都不说的，也就是机密的；秘而不宣的。再比如：The information is all hush-hush. 那些信息都是机密。

英语中，这样的词语还有很多。比如pitter-patter 形容下雨时的劈啪声；wheeler-dealer 追求利益的人，独断独行的人；humdrum 单调的，乏味的；dillydally 慢吞吞地闲混；tip-top最好的；第一流的；头等的。
好了，来看本期的小问题：If someone talks mumbo jumbo, is it clear to you?