本課您將學(xué)到：kill（殺人？）It's not that big of a deal!（沒什么大不了?。?BR> 今天接著討論關(guān)于吸煙的話題。
上次說到青年人吸煙的兩個主要原因，一個是peer pressure，另一個是advertisement.其實(shí)，還有一個原因也很重要，那就是家庭的影響。
Macy comes home and finds her little brother Greg sitting in the kitchen looking guilty.
Macy: Why does it reek of smoke in here?
Greg: Er … I was cooking some eggs and …
Macy: Don't lie（說謊） to me. You were smoking, weren't you?
Greg: I just had a few puffs, and I didn't even like it.
Macy: Good. Dad would kill you if you started smoking.
Greg: Who do you think I got the cigarette from?
啊哈，原來是Dad干的“好事”！沒辦法，姐姐只好改口：
Macy: But smoking is for adults（成年人）.
Greg: It's not that big of a deal! Everyone at school smokes.
Macy: And if everyone at school decided to jump off a bridge（橋）, would you join them?
姐弟倆的對話，總是會不知不覺變成抬杠，呵呵……
Greg: Well, what do you want me to do? My two best friends smoke, and when I don't join them, they laugh at me.
Macy: I know all about peer pressure. It's just not worth it to give in.
弟弟對姐姐的說教有點(diǎn)不耐煩了，警告她說：
Greg: One day I'll be an adult, and you won't be able to tell me what to do.
Macy: In the meantime, trust me on this one. Don't start something you may not be able to stop.
當(dāng)姐姐真是不容易，你說呢？
「讀書筆記」
Macy和Greg是姐弟倆，這天，姐姐回家發(fā)現(xiàn)弟弟正滿臉羞愧地坐在廚房里，怎么會事？reek是不及物動詞，與of連用表示“散發(fā)出濃烈氣味（通常指不好的味道）”，如：He reeks of whisky.他滿口散發(fā)出威士忌酒味。Greg則把廚房搞得“煙”熏火燎的（Why does it reek of smoke），還假裝說自己是在煎蛋（I was cooking some eggs）。
姐姐當(dāng)場揭穿，他還不忘狡辯，不過抽了幾口（a few puffs）而已嘛，再說我根本不喜歡那個味道。puff是可數(shù)名詞，表示“（抽）一口煙”，如：The manager took a puff at his cigarette.經(jīng)理抽了一口煙。我們吹出的一口氣，也可以用這個詞來表示，如：He blew out three candles with a single puff.他一口氣吹滅了三根蠟燭。
姐姐幸災(zāi)樂禍地說Good，老爸知道了一定會kill你！kill在這里當(dāng)然不是“殺人”的意思，而是“對……發(fā)怒”的意思，口語中我們經(jīng)常能聽到這樣的話：The boss will kill me if he finds out.老板知道了,會對我大發(fā)脾氣的。弟弟有恃無恐，原因很簡單：你以為我是從誰哪得到煙的？（Who do you think I got the cigarette from?）
這下，姐姐沒了尚方寶劍，只好拿年齡問題堵弟弟的嘴，抽煙是成年人的事（smoking is for adults），小孩子不能染指?？傻艿芩坪跽J(rèn)為Children and grown-ups should have equal rights.（兒童和大人應(yīng)該享有同樣的權(quán)利，grown-up也可以表示“成年人”），所以對姐姐的批評不以為然，那又怎么樣！（It's not that big of a deal!）學(xué)校里每個人都抽煙。（Everyone at school smokes.）每個人都吸煙當(dāng)然不可能，不過我們應(yīng)該理解弟弟這種不服氣的心情，當(dāng)你覺得某件事沒什么大不了的，也可以放膽說一聲：It's not that big of a deal! 或者What's the big deal!
A: I caught a fish twice that big last week.（上星期我釣到的魚有那條的兩倍大。）
B: What's the big deal! I've caught a fish twice bigger than yours.（那算什么！ 我還釣到過比你的大兩倍的魚呢?。?BR> 弟弟自以為回答得很瀟灑，沒想到被姐姐抓住了把柄，反問他：如果學(xué)校里的人都去跳河，你也去嗎？（if everyone at school decided to jump off a bridge, would you join them?）
弟弟理虧詞窮，口氣軟了下來：你到底想要我怎么樣？（what do you want me to do?）我的兩個好朋友都吸煙，如果我不干，他們會嘲笑（laugh at）我的。人們就是這樣，往往因?yàn)閯e人和自己不同就互相嘲笑，就像“老友記”中的Phebo不就經(jīng)常會有這樣的遭遇嘛：They all laughed at her queer idea.（他們都嘲笑她的怪念頭。）
姐姐對這種peer pressure也深有體會，但我們不能因?yàn)檫@樣就讓步（give in）啊！根本不值得嘛?。↖t's not worth it.）當(dāng)然，每個人價值觀不同，所以對值得或不值得的看法也不相同，不過，我的許多同事在看過《英雄》這部電影時都是這樣評價的：It's not worth it, you'd better rent a video instead.（沒什么意思，還是租影碟吧。）所以，至今我也沒去看這部電影。
弟弟顯然不贊同姐姐的看法，走著瞧，總有一天（One day），我成年了，你就再也不能對我指手畫腳了。（you won't be able to tell me what to do.）姐姐并不放棄，因?yàn)樵诖似陂g（In the meantime，也可以說成meanwhile），也就是在你未成年之前，在這件事上你還得相信我，（trust me on this one）告訴你一個做人的原則就是：別做你控制不了的事。（也就是別染上你戒不掉的毛病。）
上次說到青年人吸煙的兩個主要原因，一個是peer pressure，另一個是advertisement.其實(shí)，還有一個原因也很重要，那就是家庭的影響。
Macy comes home and finds her little brother Greg sitting in the kitchen looking guilty.
Macy: Why does it reek of smoke in here?
Greg: Er … I was cooking some eggs and …
Macy: Don't lie（說謊） to me. You were smoking, weren't you?
Greg: I just had a few puffs, and I didn't even like it.
Macy: Good. Dad would kill you if you started smoking.
Greg: Who do you think I got the cigarette from?
啊哈，原來是Dad干的“好事”！沒辦法，姐姐只好改口：
Macy: But smoking is for adults（成年人）.
Greg: It's not that big of a deal! Everyone at school smokes.
Macy: And if everyone at school decided to jump off a bridge（橋）, would you join them?
姐弟倆的對話，總是會不知不覺變成抬杠，呵呵……
Greg: Well, what do you want me to do? My two best friends smoke, and when I don't join them, they laugh at me.
Macy: I know all about peer pressure. It's just not worth it to give in.
弟弟對姐姐的說教有點(diǎn)不耐煩了，警告她說：
Greg: One day I'll be an adult, and you won't be able to tell me what to do.
Macy: In the meantime, trust me on this one. Don't start something you may not be able to stop.
當(dāng)姐姐真是不容易，你說呢？
「讀書筆記」
Macy和Greg是姐弟倆，這天，姐姐回家發(fā)現(xiàn)弟弟正滿臉羞愧地坐在廚房里，怎么會事？reek是不及物動詞，與of連用表示“散發(fā)出濃烈氣味（通常指不好的味道）”，如：He reeks of whisky.他滿口散發(fā)出威士忌酒味。Greg則把廚房搞得“煙”熏火燎的（Why does it reek of smoke），還假裝說自己是在煎蛋（I was cooking some eggs）。
姐姐當(dāng)場揭穿，他還不忘狡辯，不過抽了幾口（a few puffs）而已嘛，再說我根本不喜歡那個味道。puff是可數(shù)名詞，表示“（抽）一口煙”，如：The manager took a puff at his cigarette.經(jīng)理抽了一口煙。我們吹出的一口氣，也可以用這個詞來表示，如：He blew out three candles with a single puff.他一口氣吹滅了三根蠟燭。
姐姐幸災(zāi)樂禍地說Good，老爸知道了一定會kill你！kill在這里當(dāng)然不是“殺人”的意思，而是“對……發(fā)怒”的意思，口語中我們經(jīng)常能聽到這樣的話：The boss will kill me if he finds out.老板知道了,會對我大發(fā)脾氣的。弟弟有恃無恐，原因很簡單：你以為我是從誰哪得到煙的？（Who do you think I got the cigarette from?）
這下，姐姐沒了尚方寶劍，只好拿年齡問題堵弟弟的嘴，抽煙是成年人的事（smoking is for adults），小孩子不能染指?？傻艿芩坪跽J(rèn)為Children and grown-ups should have equal rights.（兒童和大人應(yīng)該享有同樣的權(quán)利，grown-up也可以表示“成年人”），所以對姐姐的批評不以為然，那又怎么樣！（It's not that big of a deal!）學(xué)校里每個人都抽煙。（Everyone at school smokes.）每個人都吸煙當(dāng)然不可能，不過我們應(yīng)該理解弟弟這種不服氣的心情，當(dāng)你覺得某件事沒什么大不了的，也可以放膽說一聲：It's not that big of a deal! 或者What's the big deal!
A: I caught a fish twice that big last week.（上星期我釣到的魚有那條的兩倍大。）
B: What's the big deal! I've caught a fish twice bigger than yours.（那算什么！ 我還釣到過比你的大兩倍的魚呢?。?BR> 弟弟自以為回答得很瀟灑，沒想到被姐姐抓住了把柄，反問他：如果學(xué)校里的人都去跳河，你也去嗎？（if everyone at school decided to jump off a bridge, would you join them?）
弟弟理虧詞窮，口氣軟了下來：你到底想要我怎么樣？（what do you want me to do?）我的兩個好朋友都吸煙，如果我不干，他們會嘲笑（laugh at）我的。人們就是這樣，往往因?yàn)閯e人和自己不同就互相嘲笑，就像“老友記”中的Phebo不就經(jīng)常會有這樣的遭遇嘛：They all laughed at her queer idea.（他們都嘲笑她的怪念頭。）
姐姐對這種peer pressure也深有體會，但我們不能因?yàn)檫@樣就讓步（give in）啊！根本不值得嘛?。↖t's not worth it.）當(dāng)然，每個人價值觀不同，所以對值得或不值得的看法也不相同，不過，我的許多同事在看過《英雄》這部電影時都是這樣評價的：It's not worth it, you'd better rent a video instead.（沒什么意思，還是租影碟吧。）所以，至今我也沒去看這部電影。
弟弟顯然不贊同姐姐的看法，走著瞧，總有一天（One day），我成年了，你就再也不能對我指手畫腳了。（you won't be able to tell me what to do.）姐姐并不放棄，因?yàn)樵诖似陂g（In the meantime，也可以說成meanwhile），也就是在你未成年之前，在這件事上你還得相信我，（trust me on this one）告訴你一個做人的原則就是：別做你控制不了的事。（也就是別染上你戒不掉的毛病。）