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《洋话连篇》之蜗牛版 ? 1 清晨呓语Things you say in the morning. Teacher: What’s wrong with you? William: I’m not myself today. “I’m not myself”这句话是什么意思呢？我都不是我自己了？那么我是什么呢？看来这句话不能光从字面上来理解。那么它是什么意思呢？让我们来打个比方吧：你昨天晚上失眠了，第二天上课，无论老师问你什么你都不知道，那么老师会很生气地问你:” What’s wrong with you?” 那么最好地借口就是：”I am not myself today”“我今天状态不佳” “I am not myself”句子看起来很简单，但要掌握其真正的意思，还需要更多的和朋友在设想的情景下练一练。 Hogan: William! We gotta go! It’s burning down!（烧的精光了）指没有时间剩余。 William: Don’t bother me! 有人喜欢在早晨睡懒觉，这时如果家人叫你起床，你还可以可怜巴巴的说：“Please give me five more minutes.”请让我在多睡五分钟好吗？ 这是一种很有礼貌的说法，当然了，如果你很生气别人打扰了你的美梦，你就很有可能恶狠狠地说：”Don’t bother me!””别烦我了”，这有点像北京话：“别理我，烦着呢!” “bother”是”打扰比人，给别人添麻烦的意思，想寻求别人的帮助，你可以这样说：” Sorry to bother you, but can you help me with this?”打扰一下，能麻烦您帮我个忙吗？ （Sleeping on a bed of nails）a bed of nails 是指钉子床，来自印度的魔术师或者瑜珈师的一种表演刀具，如果在这种床睡一晚的话，你的睡眠肯定是terrible了。 Hogan: How did you sleep? William: Not good at all. 早晨起来，看到你的朋友气色不太好，你可以这样问候他：“How did you sleep?”你昨晚睡的怎么样啊？ 如果对方确实是因为没睡好，导致脸色看起来很差的话，就会说：“Terrible”糟透了！或者说：”I didn’t sleep well last night”，我昨晚没睡好！睡眠不足的原因有很多，有可能是由于工作，学习上的压力太大导致失眠，“失眠“在英文理叫做“insomnia”，也有可能你白天睡的太多，导致晚上无法入睡，那么别人会指责你：”You overslept”或者说”You slept too long today.”你今天睡觉睡的太多了。 Culture note: 文化背景 In this episode we are talking about things you say in the morning. What kind of person are you? Are you a morning person or are you not a morning person. For example, my father is a morning person. He loves to get up in the morning, with lots of energy and he says, “Good morning, world!” My mother, on the other hand, is not a morning person. In the morning, she always says, “don’t bother me! Give me five more minutes.” So you really don’t want to talk to her then. But many people, before they can wake up completely, they like to have a big cup of coffee. Then, and only then, should you ask, “How did you sleep?” you got that? ? 2. 厕所外的呐喊 Bathroom Commands (Hogan is trying to pick up a girl) pick up由于对某人有好感而想结识某人 Hogan: So, Can I buy you a drink? William: Hey! Hogan! Don’t hog my girlfri