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Modren Family,《摩登家庭》

A:Hey，how come you guys haven't accepted my friend requests?

甲:嘿，我的好友申请，你们为什么不接受啊？

B:I didn't know you were on Facebook.

乙:我不知道你在脸谱网上呀。

A:Yeah. You said it was only for teenagers and people looking to have affairs.

甲:是啊，你说那是给未成年人以及找炮友的人用的。

B:Well, I figured if you can't fight it...Not the having the affair.

乙:嗯，我觉得难以抵制住诱惑…不是说想出轨，

A:That's still bad. No. Not that,but there's nothing wrong with catching up with a few old friends, right?

甲:那还是不好的。绝对不行，但想跟老朋友叙叙旧，也没什么不好吧？

B:Or doing a little social networking with by b.f.f.s?

乙:或者在社交网络上，跟闺蜜互动一下也没什么不好吧？

A:Social networking or social not-working?

甲:社交网络还是断交网络？

B:Oh! You know what we gotta do? We gotta get a picture of us all together on a boat.I think that's a thing now. So what do you say? Accept my friend thingy.Sorry, mom，I-I didn't get a friend thingy from you.

甲:哦，你知道咱要做什么吗？咱要一起在船上拍张照，现在很流行这个。你们怎么 说?接受我的好友申请吧。对不起，妈妈，我，我没收到你的好友申请。

B:Yeah, you know，they have a lot of blocks on there to protect kids from weirdoes.

乙:是，你知道的，他们有很多措施，防止儿童被变态骚扰。

A:Okay. Good，good. I'll send it again.

甲:好吧，好，好，那我再发一次。

B:Great Please do.

乙:太棒了！请发吧。

社交美语

Are you a newbie?

你是新手吗？

No, why do you say that?

不是啊，为什么这样说?

重点讲解:

Are you a new hand?

Are you a newbie?

说到新手，第一反应可能是new hand或者green hand。但是现在网络新手有一个专用名词：newbie。