Jessica在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是吴琼要问的:小心眼。 Jessica: Wu Qiong, are you coming to my birthday party tomorrow? WQ: En...Im afraid not. Jessica: Why not? Youre my best friend! WQ: 我不是不想去参加你的生日派对,可是你请了王贝贝,我可不想见她。 Jessica: Why? I thought you two were friends. WQ: 你不知道,两年前,我们去唱K。她走调了,我心直口快说了出来,结果她记仇,这两年没少说我坏话!太小心眼了!小心眼在英文里怎么说? Jessica: You can say a person is petty. petty is spelled p-e-t-t-y, petty. It means narrow-minded and mean. WQ: 哦,petty 就是心胸狭窄,小心眼。You have no idea, Jessica, you dont know how petty she is. 她一定还在记仇, hold...hold...记仇是 hold 什么来着? Jessica: hold a grudge. grudge is spelled g-r-u-d-g-e. hold a grudge 记仇。but Wu Qiong, I dont think Beibei still holds a grudge against you. WQ: Hmm, I dont know. 她表面上也和我过得去,but I think she still has a secret grudge against me! 她还在心里暗暗记仇呢! Jessica: Oh, come on! Its been two years! Im sure she has gotten over it! |