趣味英语第155期:怎么能让我姐姐不再和混蛋约会

Chewey989 asks:

Chewey989问道：

"How do I get my sister to stop dating jerks² and finally date a good guy?"

“怎么能让我姐姐不再和混蛋约会，而是找个好人交往？”

Take her to church.

带她去教堂。

She's dating jerks. She's supposed to be dating good guys. Do their parents know about this?

她在和混蛋约会。她应该和好人交往。他们的父母知道这件事吗？

I am a kid. Dating is not really my speciality³.

我还是个孩子。约会显然不是我的特长。

Maybe you and your sister don't agree on what a jerk¹ is and what a good guy is.

也许你和你的姐姐对混蛋和好人的定义不一样。

You can't stop her from doing that. Right now, I'm pretty sure she's in the phase⁴ where she's into "bad boys."

你不能阻止她那么做。目前，我很确定她正处于喜欢“坏男孩”的阶段。

Show her any Disney movie. (giggling) Like, where there's a love story.

给她看迪斯尼电影。（吃吃地笑）比如那些爱情电影。

Tell your sister to hang out with a better crowd.

告诉你姐姐要和更好的人一起玩。

That's a deep one. I can't really make a joke about that. Have a serious talk with your sister. Be like, "Yo, the guys you're dating are dicks."

这是个深奥的问题。我不能开玩笑。你要和你姐姐认真地谈一谈。你可以说，“嘿，正在和你约会的那些人是蠢蛋。”

Instill good values⁵ on your sister. The reason why she's dating jerks is because she's looking for something that she hasn't found in her life.

向你的姐姐灌输良好的价值观。她和混蛋约会的原因可能是她在寻找生活中没找到的一些东西。

You could show her the right way to treat a woman by how you treat your girlfriends.

你可以用你对待女朋友的方式来向她展示对待女性的正确方式。

You could call up a good guy you know and then just have him come over to the house and maybe talk with the jerk boyfriend⁶ on the side and just get the good guy and your sister to start talking. Hopefully, they'll hit it off.

你可以给一个好男孩打电话，让他来你家，然后把你姐姐的混蛋男朋友拉去一边说话，让那个好男孩和你姐姐聊天。希望他们能投缘。

1 jerk   

n.（口语）笨蛋，性情古怪的人，急拉，肌肉抽搐；v.痉挛，急拉，急推，急动

参考例句：

• Just keep that jerk off me.让那个笨蛋离开我。
• The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.那把刀子被卡住了，她猛地一拔，把它拔了出来。

2 jerks   

猛拉( jerk的第三人称单数 )； （使…）猝然一动[颤动]

参考例句：

• The Physical Jerks would begin in three minutes. 再有三分钟，体操就要开始啦。 来自英汉文学
• The absence of knee jerks should suggest the diagnosis. 膝反射消失应说明此诊断。

3 speciality   

n.专业，专长，名产，特产

参考例句：

• Silk is the speciality of this village.丝绸是这村子的特产。
• His speciality is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。

4 phase   

n.相位，时期，局面，阶段；vt.逐步执行，实行，按计划进行

参考例句：

• The first phase of the project has been completed.第一期工程已经告一段落。
• It was a very important phase of history.它是一个非常重要的历史阶段。

5 values   

n.对价值的看法；准则；标准；价值观念；值( value的名词复数 )；价值；价值标准；（货币、邮票等的）面值v.估价( value的第三人称单数 )；重视；给…定价；评价

参考例句：

• a lack of spiritual values in the modern world 现代世界精神价值的缺失
• Emphasis was placed on the school as a transmitter of moral values. 人们强调学校为道德价值观的传输者。

6 boyfriend   

n.男朋友

参考例句：

• The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
• My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。