英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng):擺臭臉

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英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)頻道為大家整理的英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng):擺臭臉,供大家參考:)
    Jessica在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ),她的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞,就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教她。今天是小北要問(wèn)的:擺臭臉。
    XB :Jessica, 今天我可是太丟人了!
    Jessica :What happened?
    XB :我在圖書(shū)館里戴著耳機(jī)聽(tīng)電腦里的音樂(lè),結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)大家都在皺著眉頭看我,最后圖書(shū)管理員過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō),請(qǐng)你把音樂(lè)關(guān)掉! 原來(lái)我的耳機(jī)沒(méi)插牢,音樂(lè)聲都跑出來(lái)了!
    Jessica :Oh! That's why people were mean mugging you!
    XB :???什么意思?
    Jessica :To mean mug someone means to give someone an angry look.
    XB :啊,mean mug someone就是沖某人擺臭臉. I was wondering why everyone in the library was mean mugging me!
    Jessica :You can also use the phrase "to give someone an evil eye." It also means to glare at someone with a lot of anger and hatred.
    XB :I see. Give someone an evil eye就是恨恨地瞪著別人。那天我在銀行, someone cut in line. Oh, you should have seen the evil eye everybody gave him!
    Jessica :在銀行插隊(duì)被人瞪?活該!
    XB :I agree! 對(duì)了,話(huà)說(shuō)今天我學(xué)習(xí)了一天,發(fā)覺(jué)我的電腦實(shí)在太慢了,我打算跟我爸張口,讓他送我一臺(tái)新的!
    Jessica :Didn't your Dad just pay for your trip to Hong Kong?
    XB :呵呵,那是沒(méi)錯(cuò)啦! 不過(guò),我爸特寵我,只要我對(duì)他撒撒嬌,裝裝可憐,他什么都答應(yīng)我!
    Jessica :Haha! Daddy's little girl likes to use the puppy-dog eyes trick!
    XB :puppy-dog eyes? 小狗的眼睛?
    Jessica :對(duì)啊。When you give someone those puppy-dog eyes, you enlarge your eyes over dramatically with a sad face to get whatever you desire.
    XB :哦!就是睜大眼睛,像小狗一樣賣(mài)萌裝可憐! Hey, my little nephew gives me those puppy-dog eyes every time he wants to play with my iPad!
    Jessica :Did you give it to him?
    XB :我才不吃這一套!
    Jessica :So what did he do?
    XB :那還用問(wèn),he started mean mugging me!
    XB:今天我們學(xué)了,擺臭臉是mean mug someone; 恨恨瞪別人是give someone an evil eye; 睜大眼睛賣(mài)萌裝可憐是give someone those puppy-dog eyes.