VOA流行美語 Unit 190:whoa和booboo

Larry和李華正在一家洗衣店裏洗衣服。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：whoa和booboo。

LL: Whoa, Li Hua, don't put so much detergent into the washing machine!

LH: 我放太多洗衣粉啦？那下回我就少放一些。對了，Larry，你剛纔說whoa，那是西部牛仔經常說的話嗎？你剛纔說whoa是什麼意思呀？

LL: Li Hua, have you been watching Westerns lately? You are right. Cowboys say "whoa" when they want their horses to slow down.

LH: 原來我還真猜對了。在西部電影裏，那些牛仔經常會說whoa，就是要他們的馬兒慢下來。所以你剛纔說whoa，就是要我慢點，別倒太多洗衣粉下去。

LL: Right. Whoa, Li Hua, look at all the laundry that guy just brought in!

LH: 等等，Larry，那個人是拿了一大包髒衣服進來，你說whoa是要他慢慢洗嗎？ 你又不認識他，跟你又有什麼相干哪！

LL: No, this time I used "whoa" to express amazement. I was amazed at the piles of laundry that guy just brought it. "Whoa" is an exclamation and depending on how you say it, it can mean different things.

LH: 噢，這兒的whoa 是表示驚奇。你說了兩次whao， 可是意思完全不一樣。看來，這個whao 可以表達不同的意思。

LL：You're absolutely right!

LH：Whoa, Larry，你沒有必要摺衣服摺那麼快嘛！我們還有很多衣服要洗，得在這兒等上好長時間呢！

LL: Hey, that was a good use of "whoa."

LH: 還是得謝謝你這位老師的指導啊！Whoa, Larry，你看到那個人換了多少硬幣要來洗衣服啊？

LL: The guy with all the laundry? He's going to need a lot of quarters to do all of that laundry. Oh, hey, my next load of laundry is done. Let me take it out.

LH: Whoa, Larry, 你的白襯衫怎麼全變成粉紅色啦？

LL: I think you've mastered the use of "whoa," Li Hua.

LH: Whoa, Larry, 我不過是用你剛教的常用語開開玩笑嘛。不過，你的白襯衣是變成粉紅色啦！

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LL: Oh, boy, Li Hua, I made a big booboo.

LH: 你做了什麼？A booboo?

LL: Yeah, a booboo means a big mistake! I left a red sock in with my white t-shirts and underwear. Now everything is pink.

LH: Booboo就是犯了個大錯誤。原來你把一隻紅襪子丟進去和白襯衫一塊洗，怪不得現在它們都成了粉紅襯衫了。沒關係啦，Larry，犯錯誤的人多着吶，我昨天也犯了個大錯 - a booboo。

LL: What was that?

LH: 我啊，把錢包和鑰匙放在廚房的桌子上，走出家纔想起來，所以就把鑰匙給鎖在家裏了。

LL: That was a booboo, all right. How did you fix your booboo?

LH: 還能怎麼辦，只好請鎖匠來開門。當然啦，就是得花錢，破財消災嘍！Larry，我來幫你把這些粉紅襯衫放到烘乾機裏吧！

LL: Thanks. Hey, Li Hua, do you see that kid over there with the booboo on his knee?

LH: The kid with a booboo on his knee? 你是說坐在那兒，那個膝蓋上貼繃帶的小孩啊？

LL: Yeah, I saw him fall down earlier and get a booboo. He just scraped his knee a little. He cried, but his mom cheered him up.

LH: 噢，你看到他摔下來，膝蓋受了傷啊？等等，Larry，這麼說，booboo除了指錯誤，也可以指受傷，對嗎？

LL: Right, but not a serious injury. . . Oh, Li Hua, watch out for the door of the dryer!

LH: Ow! 好痛噢， 我的手指給烘乾機的門夾到了。

LL: Oh, let me see. Look, you've got a booboo, too!

今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是whoa，這個詞有幾種意思，它可以指“嘿，慢點”。也可以表示“很驚奇”。李華學到的另一個常用語就是：booboo。Booboo也有兩種意思。一個是指錯誤，另外也可以指受傷。