VOA流行美语 Unit 155:butterfingers和klutz

LL: Here, Li Hua, catch!

LH: 嘿！Larry，你不要那么用力嘛！你这么用力我接不住啊！

LL: Don't blame the fact that you're a butterfingers on me. I don't think it's my fault that you keep dropping the ball.

LH: 对，我老是接不住球，可我没有怪你呀！我只是让你别使那么大劲儿。你说我是什么来着 ? Butterfingers? 你肯定又在损我，是不是？

LL: A butterfingers is someone who is clumsy and tends to drop things.

LH: 噢，我知道了，butter是黄油，fingers是手指，butterfingers就好像手上抹黄油，油腻腻的抓不住东西。也就是指那些笨手笨脚，经常会把东西掉在地上的人。Larry，我才不是呢，都是你扔球太用力，所以我才接不住！

LL: Okay, butterfingers, you can keep trying to blame this on me, but I know the truth.

LH: 别再叫我butterfingers了。来吧，再丢一次，只是别那么用力了！

LL: All right, but I don't think it's going to help.

LH: 你看。我这不是接住了吗？I'm not a butterfingers！

LL: That was just luck. Don't feel too bad, though, my sister's much more of a butterfingers than you are.

LH: 你妹妹比我还糟糕？怎么说啊？

LL: She used to try out for the softball team every year in high school, but she never made the team because she couldn't catch the ball.

LH: 啊，她念中学的时候每年都参加垒球队选拔，从来没有被接纳呀！就是因为她老接不到球！看来她真的是个butterfingers。

LL: My sister's tough, though, she never let the fact that she's a genuine butterfingers stop her from trying.

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LH: Larry，你怎么摔倒了，没事吧？

LL: Yeah, I'm all right. I just tripped over that rock. I'm such a klutz!

LH: 噢，一块石头把你绊倒了？嗨，你说你是什么来啦？Klutz？那是什么意思？

LL: A klutz is someone who is very clumsy and falls, trips, and bumps into things very easily.

LH: Klutz就是指那种经常会撞上什么东西，经常会跌倒的人。Larry，我可从来没有见你摔倒过。这还是第一次，所以你还算不上是个klutz。

LL: Thank you, Li Hua. I appreciate it. However, I assure you that I can be a real klutz sometimes. Fortunately, I usually do klutzy things when no one else is looking.

LH: Larry，你真有意思。你怎么知道你笨手笨脚的时候没有人看见？不久前你好象告诉我你撞到什么东西。我听了也忘了。

LL: Oh, that's a few months ago. One day, I wasn't paying attention and I walked into a street sign. Some girls saw me and they started laughing. I felt ridiculous!

LH: 光听你这么说，我就觉得好笑，没听说有人走在路上会撞上路标的。我可以想像，你当时一定显得很傻，a real klutz!

LL: Well, that's the only time people saw me being a klutz. I don't plan on doing a repeat performance.

LH: 就这一次给人看见？ 以后不再会这样傻了？别太自信了！

LL：You mean once a klutz, always a klutz?

LH：我不是说你做了一次傻事，以后永远做傻事。我是说你还有可能做傻事。

LL：Well, let's see!

今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是butterfingers，是指抓不稳东西，手里拿的东西经常会掉到地上去。另一个常用语是klutz，是形容一个人经常跌倒，或撞到东西，笨手笨脚的。