爆笑英语口语 第76期:美国人吐槽《太阳的后裔》

 Language Points

1. Everyone is so prudish¹.

2. In what world do people in their mid-twenties faint over a kiss on the cheek?

3. And why does every single first kiss involve wide eyes?

4. Someone is always losing his/her memory.

5. Or coming down with a terminal disease.

6. Or falling in love with a (possible) sibling².

7. I mean, you never know when you’re going to discover a long lost family member.

8. The poor, kind-hearted female lead is always falling for the arrogant³, rich asshole.

1 prudish   

adj.装淑女样子的，装规矩的，过分规矩的；adv.过分拘谨地

参考例句：

• I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.我并不是假正经的人，但我觉得这些照片非常淫秽。
• She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish.她对男女关系与其说是注重贞节，毋宁说是持身谨慎。

2 sibling   

n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)

参考例句：

• Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
• Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里，兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。

3 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。