美語會話 43 You're such a wimp! 你這個遜腳！

Billy: Gross! What are you doing to yourself?

Jennifer: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes.

Billy: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture.

Jennifer: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler.

Billy: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball!

Jennifer: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards.

Billy: What for?

gross (a.)

與nasty同，意思都是「惡心的」

curl (v.)

使彎曲，弄彎

eyelash (n.)

眼皮」是eyelid

primitive (a.)

原始的

torture (v.)

折磨，刑罰

A: Ahh! I can't decide which dress I should wear.

啊!我決定不了該穿哪一件。

B: Don't torture yourself. They both look great.

別折騰自己了。這兩件都很好看。

wimp (n.)

懦弱無能的人

A: I'm really tired of walking. Can we rest for a little bit?

我真的走累了。我們可以休息一下嗎?

B: Come on. Don't be such a wimp!

拜托。你少沒用了!

eyelash curler (n.)

睫毛夾

pinch (v.)

捏，夾

A: What happened to your finger?

你的手指怎么了?

B: It got pinched in my car door.

被我的車門夾到了。

upwards (adv.)

向上地。「向下地」是downwards

珍妮花在化妝

比 利：惡心!你在對自己做什么?

珍妮花：別緊張!我只是在卷眼睫毛。

比 利：這看起來活像是原始的酷刑。

珍妮花：你這個遜腳!連個卷睫毛夾都怕。

比 利：那你用它夾眼皮看看啊!看會不會少顆眼球!

珍妮花：這只是用來幫我的睫毛往上卷。

比 利：卷了又怎樣?