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不知道你们有没有过这种经历-当你不小心听到别人议论你时,却被对方发现。但其实更让人尬的是,你用自以为别人听不懂的方言/语言大声评价对方,却极其反转的发现,被你议论的那个人也掌握了这种方言/语言。呵呵,这种感觉真是酸爽。

国外的网友们分享了一些类似的经历,相信你隔着屏幕都能感受到一丝尴尬...

New Words:

Peruvian 秘鲁人; 秘鲁的;

Peru n. 秘鲁

Latino n.(居住在美国的) 拉丁美洲人;

attractive adj. 英俊的; 吸引人的;

Rockefeller 洛克菲勒;

carol n.圣诞颂歌;

compliment1 v.恭维;称赞;

ego2 boost3 自我吹捧;

Latino guys

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I'm Swiss and Peruvian and I live in Peru, so I don't look at all like a Swiss guy. There were two Swiss girls sitting behind me on a bus talking about Latino guys. Then one of them asked the other if she found me attractive. I turned around and said that I would love to know that too. The look of confusion4 and shame was priceless. Then we just all laughed. Now I've got two new friends!

我是瑞士和秘鲁的混血儿,我住在秘鲁,看起来也不太像瑞士人。我在坐公交车的时候,有两个瑞士的女孩,就在我后面讨论拉丁裔人。然后其中一个女孩就问对方觉得我怎么样。结果我转身说我也很想知道。结果她们俩都惊呆了,然后我们就都笑了,现在我多了两个新的朋友。

An ego boost

I was at a hotel bar in NY and a Russian couple were sitting a few chairs down from me talking about what they should do for the evening. So I suggested that they go to Rockefeller center to see the tree (it was a couple days before Christmas) and try and find some carolers/Christmas music performances to listen to.

我当时在纽约的一家旅馆酒吧,一对俄罗斯夫妇坐在我旁边,聊着晚上该怎么办。所以我建议他们去洛克菲勒中心看圣诞树(那是圣诞节前几天),试着找些圣诞颂歌/圣诞音乐表演来听。

They were shocked an American could speak Russian and they were super pleasant people. They bought me a drink and talked about their impressions of NY for 20 minutes or so before they went out for the night. I was able to give them some advice and they gave me an ego boost by complimenting5 my Russian.

他们对美国人会说俄语感到震惊,而且他们人超好,请我喝了一杯,和我聊了20分钟左右他们对纽约的印象后就出去了。我能给他们一些建议,而他们称赞我的俄语更是让我信心满满。


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1 compliment BpDzx     
n.[pl.]问候,致意;n./v. 称赞,恭维
参考例句:
  • The manager paid her a compliment on her work.经理赞扬了她的工作。
  • Your presence is a great compliment.承蒙光临,不胜荣幸。
2 ego 7jtzw     
n.自我,自己,自尊
参考例句:
  • He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
  • She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。
3 boost XtHzU     
n.鼓励,激励,提高;v.鼓励,使增强信心
参考例句:
  • This will be a great boost to the economy.这对于经济发展将是一个巨大的促进。
  • These changes will help to boost share prices.这些变化将有助于提高股票价格。
4 confusion 3pbz7     
n.困惑,迷乱,混淆,混乱,骚乱
参考例句:
  • His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.他对我的问题的回答只是使我更加困惑不解。
  • His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措。
5 complimenting 6b152369568eb10628f0de04971be31c     
v.表扬,恭维( compliment的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • They embarrassed her by complimenting her on her beauty. 他们恭维她的美貌使她很不好意思。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Here are a few magazine articles complimenting our products. 这是些称赞我们产品的杂志文章。 来自辞典例句

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