Eztalk美语【55】Have Cold Feet 害怕,恐惧

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Christmas day, Brooke is on the phone with her mom

Mom: Merry Christmas, sweetie. How’s your brother enjoying Taiwan?
Brooke: Ryan says he wants to stay. I think he’s in love with some girl who designs fruit platters…
Mom: No! Christmas without him is bad enough. So, honey, do you have cold feet yet?
Brooke: Yeah, especially since Jack didn’t take care of the plane reservations.
Mom: You’re not coming?
Brooke: Not until the 31st. So can you change the church reservations?
Mom: I’m afraid not. The church is booked until the year 2001.

book (v.)  
预订,预购

fall in love with  
与…坠入情网
A: Have you ever fallen in love?
你有坠入过情网吗?
B: Once, when I was much younger.
一次,那是在我很年轻的时候。

fruit platter (n.)  
水果拼盘

have cold feet  
害怕,恐惧

圣诞节当天,与妈妈通电话

妈 妈:亲爱的,圣诞节快乐!你弟弟喜不喜欢台湾啊?
布鲁克:雷恩说他想要留下来。我想他是跟一个设计水果拼盘的女孩坠入情网了……
妈 妈:不!没有他的圣诞节已经够糟了。对了,亲爱的,你开始惶恐了没?
布鲁克:开始了,尤其是因为杰克没把预定机票的事办好。
妈 妈:你们不过来了?
布鲁克:要到三十一号才能过去。你可以跟教堂另外约时间吗?
妈 妈:恐怕不行。教堂到二○○一年之前都已经预约额满了。

Eztalk美语【54】Trust me. 相信我。

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Brooke: And you didn’t think to leave them my cell phone?
Jack: I didn’t think there would be a problem.
Brooke: It’s the holidays! Everybody knows how hard it is to get tickets!
Jack: I’m sorry. We’re still going. I got reservations for all of us on the 31st. It will be OK. Trust me.
Brooke: Trust you! You can’t even handle simple plane reservations!
Jack: [Click!] Brooke!

cell phone (n.)  
行动电话。cell为cellular「蜂巢式的」之略

handle (v.)  
处理,掌握
A: How do you handle problems with your girlfriend?
你和女朋友出问题时都怎么处理?
B: We usually just talk them out.
我们通常都会把话说清楚。

布鲁克:你没想到把我的大哥大号码留给他们吗?
杰 克:我没想到会有问题啊。
布鲁克:那时候可是假日!大家都知道机票有多难买!
杰 克:我很抱歉。我们还是会去。我在三十一号帮大家都订了票。没问题的,相信我。
布鲁克:相信你!你连个简单的订机票都搞不定!
杰 克:(喀喇!)布鲁克!

Eztalk美语【53】Don’t you dare tell me 我不许你跟我说

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On the phone

Jack: Brooke, I have bad news.
Brooke: What!
Jack: I called the airlines to reconfirm the reservations today.
Brooke: Don’t you dare tell me that…
Jack: I’m sorry. I didn’t reconfirm in time and they gave away half of the seats.
Brooke: Well, they should have called you!
Jack: They said that they did. I’ve been so busy…

airline (n.)  
航空公司。air line是「航线」

在电话上

杰 克:布鲁克,我有坏消息。
布鲁克:什么?
杰 克:我今天打过电话去航空公司重新确认机票订位。
布鲁克:我不许你跟我说……
杰 克:对不起。我没有及时打去重新确认机位,他们把一半的机票都卖走了。
布鲁克:那他们也该打个电话给你啊!
杰 克:他们说他们有打。我最近都在忙…