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流行美语:后悔到想踹自己

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   李华和Larry一起到饭馆吃饭。店里人多,他们只好排队等位。今天我们要学两个常用语:to kick oneself和wiggle room。

  LH: Larry, 真希望这家饭馆能快点上菜,我快饿晕了!
  L: Yeah, I'm pretty hungry too, and smelling all the delicious food here is only making it worse。
  LH: 咱们待会儿也别看菜单了,就跟服务员说,什么菜能上得最快,我们就点什么。
  L: Well, I guess we could do that ... but if the food is really bad, you're going to be kicking yourself later。
  LH: 你说我要kick myself? 踢我自己?别开玩笑了,我连抬腿的劲儿都没有了,怎么还能踢自己。
  L: Actually, if you really regret something stupid that you did earlier, you can say that you are kicking yourself。
  LH: 哦, 原来to kick oneself不是自己踢自己,而是为自己做的蠢事感到后悔。你是说,要是我不看菜单瞎点,八成得后悔。
  L: Right! Here is another example. I spent $1,000 on a new computer, but I was kicking myself a week later when it went on sale for half the price。
  LH: 那可不,刚买台电脑,没几天就降价50%,这能不让人后悔么?早知道就多等几天,可以省好多钱呢。好了,咱们还是赶快决定吃什么吧,辣鸡翅怎么样?
  L: I really love spicy1 food, but it always makes my stomach hurt. If I eat it, I know I'm going to be kicking myself later。
  LH: 那油炸奶酪?
  L: Yeah, those are really tasty too, but they're so fattening2! I know I'm going to be kicking myself at the gym tomorrow。
  LH: Larry, 你怎么这么多事!这家饭馆挺贵的,应该不会难吃。
  L: Yeah, I'm going to be kicking myself if we spend a lot of money on dinner but the food isn't very good。
  LH: 可是Larry,我真的饿死了。那张桌子空出来了,我们可以进去了!
  L: Great! Let's go and sit down。
  ******
  LH: 啊,真是酒足饭饱,我吃得太多了,撑死了。咱们干点什么消化消消食儿吧。
  L: Hmm ... do you want to go see a movie? I think that the new Tom Cruise3 action movie starts playing at 9 PM。
  LH: 好啊,可是现在已经八点一刻了,咱们赶得及么?
  L: Well, the theater is only 15 minutes away, so we have some wiggle room。
  LH: Wiggle room? 那什么意思?
  L: When you say that you have some wiggle room, that means4 that you have some flexibility5, or room to spare。
  LH: 噢,wiggle room就是回旋余地。你是说电影院离得不远,我们还有一些时间,应该可以赶上九点钟的电影。
  L: Right! Here is another example. My apartment lease6 ends next week, but I have some wiggle room because my landlord7 said I could stay an extra month if I need to。
  LH: 我明白了。房东允许你再多住一个月,所以你就不必赶紧搬家,还有时间可以慢慢找房子。 对了,我听说Tom Cruise的这部新片里有好多电脑特技。
  L: Yeah, I read that the movie cost more than the movie studio8 thought it would. By the end, there was no wiggle room in the budget。
  LH: 啊?拍这个电影花钱太多,最后预算一分不剩都花啦?那这电影一定好看!不过说实话,我还是想看爱情片,我们下周去好不好。
  L: Well ... I probably can ... but I will have to check my schedule。
  LH: 你怎么这么麻烦,到底去不去?
  L: Well, I just want to keep a little wiggle room in case an even better action movie comes out next week!
  LH: 哼,你干什么都不把话说死,总要留点余地。随便,你不陪我就自己去。好啦,咱们走吧,你说给多少小费啊?15%还是20%?
  L: You know, there is some wiggle room. Anything between 15 percent and 20 percent will be fine。
  LH: 好吧。对了,你想不想去隔壁的甜品店吃点冰激凌?
  L: Even though we have some extra time, we probably shouldn't take the risk. We're going to be kicking ourselves if eating ice cream makes us late to the movie。
  LH: 我肯定不后悔,冰淇淋比电影诱人多了。走,陪我去吃!
  今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是to kick oneself, 表示感到后悔。另一个是wiggle room, 意思是灵活性,回旋余地。

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1 spicy zhvzrC     
adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的
参考例句:
  • The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
  • Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
2 fattening 3lDxY     
adj.(食物)要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 );养肥(牲畜);使(钱)增多;使(公司)升值
参考例句:
  • The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油,因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 cruise 2nhzw     
v.巡航,航游,缓慢巡行;n.海上航游
参考例句:
  • They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
  • She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。
4 means 9oXzBX     
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。
5 flexibility vjPxb     
n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性
参考例句:
  • Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
  • The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
6 lease e9xz1     
n.租约,租期,租;v.出租,租出,租得
参考例句:
  • When does the lease of the house run out?这房子的租约何时到期?
  • He signed the lease yesterday.昨天他在租约上签了字。
7 landlord H2sxF     
n.地主,房东,(旅店)店主
参考例句:
  • He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
  • He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。
8 studio Otkw2     
n.摄影棚(场);演播室;画室;工作室
参考例句:
  • They are building a modern studio.他们正在修建一座现代化的摄影室。
  • He had to spend long hours in the recording studio.他不得不花很长的时间在录音室里。
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