疯狂英语每日开讲 第十二课
It doesn’t matter
.所谓谁人无错,犯错的时候,应该得饶人处且饶人。当别人诚恳地向你道歉时,你也应该善意地响应一句:It doesn’t matter.(没关系,不要紧)或者说:It’s not important. / It’s not a big deal. (这个不重要这 / 没什么大不了)。此外,如你见到朋友好像心情不佳,你也不妨问候一下:What’s the matter?(有什么事?)如果不太想回答,可说:It doesn’t matter.(没什么,不要提)。
对话
A:Adrian? Sweetheart, I’m sorry I crashed your car last night.
B:I know. It doesn’t matter now.
A:And I knocked somebody down. His face looked a lot like yours.
B:I know. It doesn’t matter now.
A:What do you mean it doesn’t matter? Don’t you care for me anymore?
B:Yes I do, but I have to leave you now.
甲:亚德里恩? 甜心,对不起,我昨晚把你的车子撞坏了。
乙:我知道,不要紧。
甲:我还撞倒一个人,他很像你。
乙:我知道,不要紧。
甲:什么不要紧?难道你不关心我吗?
乙:我当然关心你,但是我现在要离开你了。
说It doesn’t matter.(不要紧),可以表示客气的 ‘不必介意’,也可以表示冷漠的 ‘这和我无关’,例如:(1) “I’m afraid I’ve messed up the room.” “It doesn’t matter. The room needs cleaning anyway.”( ‘对不起,我把房间弄脏了。’ ‘不要紧,房间反正要清洁了。’)(2) “The tax on cigarettes is going to rise.” “It’s doesn’t matter to me. I don’t smoke.”( ‘香烟要加税了。’ ‘这对我没有影响。我不吸烟。’)
要说 ‘这对我没有影响’,英文还有(It) Makes no difference to me. 的说法,随便一点可说:(It) Makes me no difference,例如:Cigarette tax hikes make no difference to me(香烟大幅加税,对我没有影响)。英文indifference一字,就是说 ‘漠不关心’,形容词是indifferent,例如:Adrian is totally indifferent to what his girlfriend has done. / Adrian shows total indifference to what his girlfriend has done.(亚德里恩对女朋友所做的事,完全漠不关心)。
亚德里恩决定和女朋友分手了,所以,无论她做了多么可怕的事,都说:It doesn’t matter now。通俗一点,他还可以说:Makes no nevermind to me. 或Makes me no nevermind。
美国口语以nevermind作名词,意思是 ‘关怀、注意’或 ‘关怀、注意的事情’。这个字须用于否定句,这里不妨再举一例:Pay him no nevermind.(不要理他)。