流行美语 第 84 课

今天Michael 和李华去一个夜总会听音乐，因为他们的朋友Jack¹ 要带他的乐队来
演出。李华会学到 "to stick around" 和 "guilt² trip" 。
(noisy rock music playing, people talking, etc.)

L: (Talking loudly over crowd) Michael! (coughs) 这个地方真让人难受，声音这么
大，还有那么多人抽烟。这些乐队也真是够呛的！
M: I know Li Hua, the show isn't very good. But Jack's band is going to be playing
soon. Let's stick around until their performance is over, OK?
L: Jack 的乐队什么时候来啊？哎，你说什么"stick around"? 你的意思就是先不要
走，是不是？
M: That's right. I said "let's stick around." That means³ to stay or remain in a place.
L: 噢，to stick around 就是在一个地方再呆一会儿。懂了，你的意思就是要我们等
Jack 的乐队来了，表演完了以后再走。Michael, 那乘我们等他的时候，你再给我
举几个例子，好不好？
M: Hmmm... Well, you remember Angie Summers, right? She finished her Ph.D. last
spring, but has decided⁴ to stick around and do some post-doctoral work before she
starts looking for a job.
L: 我当然记得Angie Summers 啦。她今年春天拿到了博士学位，可是决定在开始
找工作前先不离开学校，做一些博士后的工作。所以，在这里，to stick around 就
是她继续呆下去，不离开学校。噢，Michael，我们还要等Jack 等多久嘛？
M: I don't know. Let's just stick around for another half hour or so. If Jack doesn't show
up, we can leave.
L: 好，那再等他半小时，否则我可真要受不了了！
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L: (sighs) 噢，谢天谢地，总算完了，我要再在里面呆下去，就要聋了。
M: Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Li Hua. But if we hadn't waited for Jack to perform, he
would have given us a huge guilt trip about it on Monday.
L: 要是我们不等Jack 的话，他会给我们什么？A guilt trip? Guilt 不是感到有罪，
感到内疚吗？那Trip 是旅行。你是说Jack 会觉得非常抱歉啊？
M: No, I meant he'd make us feel guilty⁵.
L: 噢，他让我们感到内疚?
M: That's right. A "guilt trip" means guilty feelings one has about doing something
wrong. To "give someone a guilt trip" means to try and make him feel guilty.
L: 等等等等，这我得弄清楚了。A guilt trip 就是一个人做错了什么事而觉得内疚，
好象他犯了错误。To give someone a guilt trip 就是让别人感到内疚。嘿，Jack 的乐
队水平那么差，让我们来听这种音乐，他应该觉得内疚才对呀！
M: I agree! So when was the last time you had a guilt trip about something?
L: 我最后一次觉得内疚是什么时候啊？那就是我要跟我男朋友分手的时候啊，是
我要跟他分手的，我到现在心里还感到有点抱歉。
M: Don't let him put a guilt trip on you! So why did you break up with him anyway?
L: 因为我和你老在一块儿学习，他老是让我觉得好象我做错了什么是的。He tried
to put a guilt trip on me.
M: What? That's insane⁶. I'm glad you broke up with him. Anyway, you'd better not try
to make me feel guilty about him.
L: 对，他呀，是有毛病，所以我才和他分手的嘛。我告诉你可是没有要让你感到
内疚的意思啊！
M: That's better!

今天李华学到了to stick around，意思是"在一个地方呆下去，先别走".李华还学到
了a guilt trip，这是指"感到内疚"。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 guilty   

adj.犯罪的；有罪的；内疚的

参考例句：

• There wasn't enough evidence to prove him guilty.没有充分的证据证明他有罪。
• Really honest people are ofter made to feel guilty.真正老实的人常被弄得感到犯了罪似的。

6 insane   

adj.蠢极的，荒唐的，精神错乱的，疯狂的

参考例句：

• Insane people are sometimes dangerous.精神病人有时非常危险。
• The letter made her insane with jealousy.那封信使她妒忌得发疯。