身临其境练一练

Lie to me, 《别对我撒谎》

A: Can I have a muffin?
甲：我能来个松饼吗？
B: Ah, no. no, no, no, you don't want the muffins here. They arc terrible. They taste like sofa cushions covered with the moldy nuts your grandmother used to keep in that old jar on her...
乙：哦，不。不，不，不，别买这儿的，难吃死了。那口味就像沙发垫子的味道，上面布满了你奶奶保存在大缸里发霉了的坚果……
A: Okay, okay. Between you and Lightman, a girl could starve. Do you have anything for me?
甲：好吧, 好吧只要莱特曼和你在，女孩子都得饿死。有什么要跟我说的？

B: Yeah, um… I've been watching tape of Earl. I'm trying to understand what's behind the anger. Uh, nothing so far, but I did come up with this expression. I have been through the facial coding book, and there 're elements of au-four and au-five. But it's not anger.
乙：有，嗯，我一直在看厄尔的录影带，想弄明白他到底为什么生气。呃，目前没什么发现，但是我看到了这个表情。我查了那本表情编码的书，有AU-4和AU-5的要素。但那不是愤怒。
A: No. It's not. Can we pull up full STAT for Earl over the year?
甲：对，不是愤怒，能弄到厄尔的全年技术统计吗
B: Sure. What emotion is it?
乙：当然了，这是什么感情来着？
A: It's not an emotion.
甲：这不是什么感情。

生活口语

A: This is our chefs specialty. Have a try.
A: 这是我们厨师的特色菜。尝尝看。
B: This tastes funny.
B: 味道很怪。
A: This tastes funny.
A：味道很怪：
B: Oh, come on! This is my favorite dish.
B：哦，不是吧！这是我最爱吃的一道菜。

重点讲解：

This tastes strange.
This tastes funny.
一提到"奇怪的"英文说法，我们会立刻想到形容词strange,而实际上老外在形容"味道很怪"时，更喜欢用funny，即This tastes funny.