輕松日記商務(wù)職場(chǎng)篇 第51期:不想當(dāng)電燈泡

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    I don't want to be a third wheel.
    我不想當(dāng)電燈泡。
    be a third wheel直譯過(guò)來(lái)就是:“做第三個(gè)輪子”,自行車上裝第三個(gè)輪子表示累贅,引申到男女約會(huì)時(shí)表示:“多余的第三者,當(dāng)電燈泡”。因此,當(dāng)美國(guó)人說(shuō)"I don't want to be a third wheel."時(shí),他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"I don't want to be an unwanted third party on a date."、"I don't want to disturb you two."、"I don't want to be the needless one."。
    情景對(duì)白:
    Terry: I'm going out with Iris tonight. Why not come and have dinner with us?
    泰瑞:我晚上要和艾蕊絲約會(huì),和我們一起吃晚飯吧!
    Benjamin: You two go on ahead. I don't want to be a third wheel.
    本杰明:你們兩個(gè)去好了,我不想當(dāng)電燈泡。
    搭配句積累:
    ①It's your private affair and I don't want to interfere.
    這是你的私事,我可不想介入。
    ②You two haven't seen each other for so long.
    你們倆這么久沒(méi)見(jiàn)面了。
    ③You must have a lot to confide to her.
    你一定有很多話要對(duì)她說(shuō)。
    ④Let's ask her out to dinner tonight.
    請(qǐng)她和我們一起吃飯。
    單詞:
    1. wheel n. 車輪
    The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road.
    路面上有些油,汽車車輪經(jīng)過(guò)時(shí)直打滑。
    The wheel of history rolls on.
    歷史的車輪滾滾向前。
    2. interfere vi. 涉入
    I wish everyone would stop interfering and just leave me alone.
    我希望大家都別再來(lái)干涉我,讓我一個(gè)人靜一靜。
    The UN cannot interfere in the internal affairs of any country.
    聯(lián)合國(guó)不能干涉任何國(guó)家的內(nèi)政。
    3. confide vi. 吐露
    I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier.
    我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本性的問(wèn)題,早在一年前她就向我傾訴過(guò)。
    He confided to me that he felt like he was being punished.
    他向我訴說(shuō)他覺(jué)得自己像是在受罰。