美语越说越地道第3期:别小看我
31. Don't underestimate me. 别小看我.
W: Can you finish typing this file in one day?
M: Don't underestimate me.
W: Fine. Send it to my office tomorrow morning.
M: I can eat five steam bread for a meal.
W: You are lying.
M: Don't underestimate me.
Underestimate
think or guess that the amount, cost or size of something is smaller than it really is 低估；对…估计不足
to underestimate the cost/difficulty/danger of the expedition 低估远征的费用／艰难／危险VN
We underestimated the time it would take to get there. 我们低估了抵达那里所需的时间。
1. not realize how good, strong, determined, etc. somebody really is 对…认识不足（或重视不够）；低估；轻视 VN
Never underestimate your opponent. 决不可低估你的对手。
32. Bon voyage. 一路平安.
W: You will return to Shanghai tomorrow, won't you?
M: Yes.
W: Bon voyage.
M: I will go to America to study in a few days.
W: Really? Bon voyage.
M: Thank you.
'Bon voyage'来源于法语,相当于中文的”一路平安”.
33. It'll drive me crazy. 这会把我逼疯的.
W: There is too much homework today.
M: Yes. It's impossible to finish.
W: It'll drive me crazy.
M: It'll drive me crazy.
W: What's going on?
M: This file is too difficult to translate.
34. Hopeless. 没希望.
W: Wang Lei failed the math exam again.
M: Hopeless.
W: Yes, you really get worried for him.
M: I am really hopeless.
W: What's wrong?
M: I made the same mistake again. (OK朗读者口误)
35. He is too picky. 他太挑剔了.
W: Why are you unhappy?
M: The general editor said I have mistakes in using punctuation.
W: He is too picky.
M: What do you think of Zhang Tao?
W: He is too picky.
M: It's hard to tell.
Picky: of a person 人 liking only particular things and difficult to please 挑剔的;难伺候的
36. Please excuse me. 对不起,很抱歉.
W: Please excuse me.
M: Are you busy?
W: It's too late. I must go home.
M: Don't forget we are going to the KTV to sing songs this evening.
W: Sorry. Please excuse me.
M: It's a pity.
37. Don't set yourself against me. 别和我作对.
W: I want to smoke. Is it OK?
M: No. Go outside.
W: Don't set yourself against me.
M: Don't always set yourself against me, OK?
W: But I'm only trying to help you.
M: There is no need.
set somebody against somebody: to make somebody oppose a friend, relative, etc. 使某人反对(朋友、亲人等)
She accused her husband of setting the children against her. 她指责丈夫唆使孩子们跟她作对。
38. Don't be long winded. 别那么啰嗦.
W: Don't be long winded.
M: I just want to remind you.
W: But you make me sick.
M: Don't read when you eat.
W: Don't be long winded.
M: That's good for you.
Long-winded: (especially of talking or writing 尤指说话或写作) continuing for too long and therefore boring 冗长枯燥的;啰嗦的;唠唠叨叨的 adjective disapproving
a long-winded speaker 喋喋不休的发言人
a long-winded process 繁琐乏味的程序
39. (但是朗读者读的是:37) Don't make jokes about me. 别取笑我.
W: You wrote this article really well.
M: Don't make jokes about me.
W: This is my real word from my heart.
M: I didn't do well in today's exam.
W: But every time you are still Number 1.
M: Don't make jokes about me.
40. I don't know when I will see you again. 不知道什么时候才能再见到你了.
W: I would return to my country tomorrow.
M: So I don't know when I will see you next time.
W: I will come to see you when I have time.
M: When are you going to New York to work?
W: I should go this weekend.
M: So we don't know when we'll see each other again.
