英語口語:Dud 沒意思、沒勁
Larry準備在公司匯報工作。事先想請李華幫他聽聽,看報告內容能不能吸引人。
LL: Thanks for agreeing to listen to my presentation, Li Hua. I really don’t want it to be a dud.
LH: Larry, 什么是 "dud" 呀 ?
LL: Oh, A dud D-U-D is something or someone that doesn’t live up to expectations and is a disappointment.
LH: Dud就是讓人失望的意思。你是不是想讓我?guī)湍懵犅,你的報告能不能吸引人。?br />
LL: Right! I want my presentation to be lively and interesting. If it is boring and difficult to understand, it will be a dud.
LH: 愿意為您效勞!不過Larry, 你這人這么幽默,不用聽我就知道,你的報告肯定不會枯燥無味的.。
LL: You never know. I once worked with a woman who I thought was really funny, and at work we really got along. But then we went on a date, and it was a real dud.
LH: 你們約會的問題出在哪里呢?
LL: It turns out that we didn’t have much in common except work.
LH: 噢,我知道了,你們倆這叫缺少共同語言。That date really does sound like a dud.
LL: What about you Li Hua? Have you every gone out with a guy who was a real dud?
LH: Dud也能指人啊。那要這么說,我可是遇到過真正的dud。
LL: How was this guy a dud, Li Hua?
LH: 他長得特別帥,可是我們倆出去吃飯,他從頭到尾都在沒完沒了地講他自己,根本不問問我喜歡些什么。That date was a real dud。
LL: Kind of like a firecracker that doesn’t go off! We also call fireworks that don’t go off "duds."
LH: 沒錯,我們管不響的爆竹叫"啞炮"。我最喜歡放炮了,特別是春節(jié)的時候。Larry, 你干嘛呢?
LL: I am trying to get the slide projector to work. It looks like the light bulb is a dud!
LH: 那就別擺弄幻燈了。我光聽就行了。
LL: Okay, let’s get started. Please be honest, Li Hua, and don’t be afraid to tell me if you think my presentation is a dud.
LH: 你放心,我一定怎么想就怎么說。
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