【大紀元8月11日訊】
李華和Larry正在討論他們剛才看的電影。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：shrink和gross out。
LH: Larry，剛才電影裡的男主角說他需要看一個shrink是甚麼意思呀？Shrink當動詞用的時候是指縮水，但是在這裡好像不是這個意思。他到底在說甚麼啊？
LL: Shrink is a somewhat negative slang term for a psychiatrist. If you tell someone that he needs to see a shrink, it means that you think he’s crazy.
LH: Shrink是指心理醫生啊！你要是說要去看心理醫生，別人就會覺得你這個人腦袋有問題，精神不正常。
LL: Yeah, but shrink isn’t usually a nice way to refer to psychiatrists.
LH: 噢，shrink是指心理醫生，但是是帶貶意的。為甚麼呢？
LL: Well, for instance, if my dad were a psychiatrist, I wouldn’t describe him to other people as a shrink.
LH: 你爸爸要是個心理醫生，你就不會說他是個shrink，為甚麼？你爸爸是個很糟糕的醫生？
LL: No, it’s because shrink is just not a very respectful word.
LH: 我懂了，所以shrink就是對心理醫生不尊重的稱呼。對了，Larry，你看過心理醫生嗎？
LL: Are you trying to imply that I’m crazy, Li Hua?
LH: 沒有啦，我當然知道你腦子沒有問題。不過，在美國好像很多人都去看心理醫生耶！
LL: It is more acceptable nowadays, but a lot of people are still very uncomfortable about the idea of seeing a shrink.
LH: 是呀，好像這是很普遍的事。原來在美國還是有很多人覺得不能接受，他們覺得去看心理醫生的都是有些問題，腦筋不太正常的人吧！
LL: No, shrinks help people who are depressed or are having family problems. Actually, most of the people who see a shrink probably aren’t what we would call crazy.
LH: 是啊，現代人生活這麼緊張，很多人都得了憂鬱症，這時候心理醫生就能幫上很大的忙。對了，Larry，你認不認識甚麼心理醫生啊？
LL: Actually, my Dad’s best friend is a shrink. He works with children that have social disorders.
LH: 真的啊？你爸爸的好朋友就是一個心理醫生？而且專門治療小朋友不合群的問題？Larry，你小的時候有沒有甚麼問題，去看過這醫生嗎？
LL: Very funny, Li Hua.
LH: 我是跟你開玩笑的啦！
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LL: Hey, Li Hua, were you grossed out by the murder scene in that movie?
LH: 你說電影裡那段謀殺的情節怎麼樣？甚麼是gross out？
LL: Grossed out means disgusted. So, did that scene gross you out?
LH: Gross out就是讓人感到噁心，你這麼一說我就想起來，那段劇情真是夠可怕的，有好多血噢！我是真的覺得gross out！
LL: Yeah, me too. Usually scenes like that don’t bother me too much because I know they’re fake, but that one was particularly nasty. I was really grossed out.
LH: 我啊，一看到血就受不了了。前幾天，我不小心摔傷了膝蓋，看到血流出來，我差點兒沒昏倒 – I almost grossed out.
LL: I guess that it’s a good thing you decided not to be a surgeon. Otherwise, you’ll be grossed out all the time.
LH: 是呀，我媽媽一心想要我當醫生，可是我這種一看到血就噁心的人，怎麼能進醫學院嘛！
LL: Yeah, in medical school, you have to study dead bodies.
LH: Larry，你別再說了，你越說我越害怕，也越覺得噁心了。別再說了啦！
LL: Wow, I guess you do get grossed out easily.
今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是shrink，這是指心理醫生，但是是一種非常不禮貌的稱呼，所以大家在應用時要小心。另一個常用語是gross out，就是讓人噁心的意思。
轉自《美國之音》(http://www.dajiyuan.com)
