跟艾米莉一起学口语 第498期:情人节爽约

 stand sb up

爽某人的约；让某人空等一场

How dare you stand me up!
你怎么敢爽我的约！
You stood me up last night.
你昨晚放我鸽子了。
 

A:We're through.
我们结束了。
B:Why?
为什么？
A:Why?Isn't it obvious?First,you impose¹ way too much on me,and I'm tired of it.Second,youstood me up on Valentine's Day.
为什么？！这不是明摆着吗？首先，你对我太苛求了。我感觉很累。其次，情人节那天你居然爽约了。
B:I'm really sorry for that,but I've sent you several messages to explain.My mom was seriously ill on that day and I had to look after her.
对这件事我真的很抱歉。可是我也发了好几条短信解释了。那天我妈妈病得很重，我必须得照顾她。
A:But I ended up finding² out later that night that you were with another girl at a cafe near your home.
可是结果我却发现，那天晚上晚些时候你和别的女孩在你家附近的一家咖啡馆里。
B:That girl was my cousin.
那个女孩是我表妹。
A:You've got so many cousins.I called you later that night,but you didn't have the guts³ to answer the phone.
你的表妹可真多。那天晚上晚点的时候我给你打电话了，可是你根本就没有胆子接我电话。
B:I didn't take my cell phone with me at that time.
那会儿我没有带手机。
A:I don't buy your story.
我才不相信你的鬼话呢！
B:I know you can't hear me right now.Please calm down.Anyway,I don't want to part.I'll drop by tomorrow.
我知道你现在听不进去我说的话。请你冷静下来。无论如何，我不想分手。我明天去你那里。
A:No,don't.I don't want to see you anymore.Don't ever call me again.
不行，你别来。我再也不想见到你。永远别再打电话给我了。

1 impose   

vt.把…强加于，加重…负担；征收(税款)

参考例句：

• Don't impose yourself on people who don't like you.不要硬缠着不喜欢你的人。
• I don't want to impose on you.我并不想打扰你。

2 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

3 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》