常春藤生活英語：Just Fooling 愚人節(jié)快樂

Dialogue A

Eva just called Steve on the phone.

Eva：Hey, Steve. It's Eva. Did you hear about your naughty girlfriend?

Steve：What did she do now?

Eva：Do you know where she was last night?

Steve：She told me she was studying at the library.

Eva：I know that she was at a KTV and made a fool of herself with her terrible singing.

Steve：Don't play me for a fool. That's exactly why Julie never goes to KTVs.

Eva：That's not all, Steve. Are you sitting down?

伊娃撥了通電話給史蒂夫。

伊　娃：喂，史蒂夫。我是伊娃。你有沒有聽說你那頑皮的女朋友?

史蒂夫：她這下又做了什么?

伊　娃：你知道她昨晚在哪里嗎?

史蒂夫：她跟我說她在圖書館念書。

伊　娃：我知道她去了KTV，而且難聽的歌聲還讓她出盡洋相。

史蒂夫：別耍我。這就是茱莉從不去KTV的原因。

伊　娃：史蒂夫，事情還不止如此。你現(xiàn)在坐著吧?

Dialogue B

Steve：Yeah. What's the problem?

Eva：She was there with Carl, the guy you hate.

Steve：What?

Eva：And they were fooling around.

Steve：Really? My lovely Julie? The one who I truly love?

Eva：I'm just fooling. Happy April Fools' Day. Julie is right here.

Julie：Hi, honey. Sorry about that. I thought it would be amusing to trick you.

Steve：That's not funny! I want to break it off with you.

Julie：What? No, no...

Steve：Happy April Fools' Day to you, too. See you soon, darling.

史蒂夫：是啊。怎么了?

伊　娃：她當(dāng)時(shí)跟卡爾在一塊兒，就是你討厭的那個(gè)家伙。

史蒂夫：什么?

伊　娃：而且他們鬼混在一起。

史蒂夫：真的嗎?我可愛的茱莉?我的真愛嗎?

伊　娃：我唬你的啦。愚人節(jié)快樂。茱莉就在這里。

茱　莉：嗨，親愛的。對(duì)不起。我想整你一下一定很好玩。

史蒂夫：那可不好笑!我要跟妳分手。

茱　莉：什么?不，不要……

史蒂夫：也祝妳愚人節(jié)快樂。親愛的，等會(huì)兒見。

Building Your Vocabulary

1. amusing　a. 有趣的，好笑的

It is amusing to watch monkeys eat bananas.

看猴子吃香蕉很有趣。

Phrases for Learning

1.make a fool of + 反身代名詞　　(某人)使自己出丑

After Kelly got drunk, she made a fool of herself.

凱莉喝醉后出盡了洋相。

2.play + 人 + for a fool　　愚弄某人

Don't play Liz for a fool. She's not stupid.

別耍麗茲。她并不笨。

3.fool around　　鬼混;閑晃;廝混

Stop fooling around and get back to work.

別鬼混了，快回去工作。

4.I'm just fooling.　　我只是開玩笑而已。

Don't take me seriously. I'm just fooling.

別把我的話當(dāng)真。我只是開玩笑罷了。

5.break...off/break off...　　中止……的關(guān)系

We have broken off all ties with that company.

我們已經(jīng)跟那家公司斷絕來往。

Tips In Use

Hi, honey.

(嗨，親愛的。)

See you soon, darling.

(親愛的，等會(huì)兒見。)

夫妻情侶間，再怎么甜蜜的稱呼也不嫌多。以下為各位介紹更多類似用法，讓另一半甜到心坎里。

1. baby　n. 寶貝

2. sugar　n. 蜜糖

3. sweetie　n. 小可愛

4. sweetheart　n. 甜心

5. precious　n. 寶貝，心愛的人