网络社交英语口语 Unit42:真是有点俗气

SCENE① C 柔丝家

Sue: He named it after you.

苏： 他用你的名字取的。

Rose: So?

柔丝： 所以咧？

Sue: That's kind of ¹⁾ cheesy. He ²⁾ obviously likes you.

苏： 真是有点俗气。他很明显在喜欢你。

Rose: He wrote it in college! It has nothing to do with me!

柔丝： 他是在大学的时候写的！跟我一点关系都没有！

Sue: So maybe it's ³⁾ fate! Like he knew he would meet you someday!

苏： 那这或许是缘分啰！好像他早就知道有一天会遇见你！

Rose: You're more of a hopeless romantic than I am.

柔丝： 你比我还更是无可救药的浪漫主义者。

Sue: What are you waiting for? I want to hear it!

苏： 你在等什么？我要听！

Rose: Okay, okay! (She plays the music)

柔丝： 好啦！好啦！（播放音乐）

语言详解

A: That show was so cheesy.

那节目真是俗到家了。

B: Yeah. That's why all the girls were crying.

对啊。那就是为什么女孩子看了都在哭。

【be named after... 以（某人的名字）被命名】

为了表示敬意或怀念，美国人经常用已故亲人的名字为孩子命名。这种情况在台湾很少发生在人身上，但用在马路、建筑物的情形则相当普遍。

A: I was named after my German grandfather.

我以我的德国祖父命名。

B: No wonder I can't pronounce your name!

难怪我不会念你的名字！

1) cheesy (a.) 俗气的

2) obviously (adv.) 明显地

3) fate (n.) 命运