Eztalk美语【35】Stop making fun of me. 别寻我开心了

Billy: Everything is now. I'm kind of sick of it.
Jennifer: Each ring has 3 small diamonds inside the band.
Billy: Oooh! One for each of the zeros in 2000! Wow!
Jennifer: Stop making fun of me.
Billy: So find a guy to marry and you can get one!
Jennifer: I don't need a guy to buy a wedding ring!
Billy: Oh, I see. You're going to wear one and pretend¹ you're married to try to attract guys.

be sick of... 　
对…感到厌烦
A: Do you like living in New York?
你还喜欢住在纽约吗？
B: Yeah, but sometimes I get sick of all the noise and traffic.
喜欢啊，但有时候我对这些噪音和交通混乱感到厌烦。

diamond (n.) 　
钻石
A: What did you give your wife for her birthday?
你送了什么生日礼物给你太太？
B: A 24 karat diamond ring.
一枚二十四K金的钻戒。

band (n.) 　
环带，戒指的金属圈部分

pretend (v.) 　
假装

make fun of... 　
取笑…
A: Why do you look so sad?
你看起来怎么这么难过？
B: Everyone made fun of my new haircut²!
大家都在取笑我的新发型！

attract (v.) 　
吸引
A: How does Harvard attract the best students?
哈佛是怎么吸引到最好的学生？
B: It's the most famous university in America.
因为它是美国最知名的大学。

比 利：什么东西都跟这有关。我都有点烦了。
珍妮花：每只戒指的内环都有三颗小钻石。
比 利：噢！那三个小钻组成了二○○○中的那三个零。哇！
珍妮花：你别寻我开心了。
比 利：那你找个男人嫁了就可以有一只了啊！
珍妮花：买结婚戒指用不着男人！
比 利：我懂了。你是想带着戒指，装成有夫之妇来吸引男人。

1 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。

2 haircut   

n.理发，剪发的方式

参考例句：

• Get yourself a haircut!快去理个发吧！
• He is going to have a haircut.他要去理发。