VOA流行美語 Unit 54: PAIN IN THE NECK, HAVE HAD IT

pain in the neck

to have had it

今天Michael會(huì)教李華兩個(gè)常用語：pain in the neck和to have had it。

M:

Hello? I'm sorry. I'm not interested. No. No thank you. Look, I said I am not interested! (sound of phone hanging up)

L: Michael，是誰打來的電話，讓你這么生氣啊？

M: That was someone who wanted to sell me a magazine subscription over the phone. Those people are such a pain in the neck!

L: 嗯，我也不喜歡別人在電話里跟我推銷東西?？墒悄憬兴麄兪裁矗緼 pain in the neck？

M: That's right. Pain. A pain in the neck is something that is just very very annoying.

L: 噢，我明白了,"a pain in the neck"就是指討厭到了極點(diǎn)。

M: Exactly. I can't stand telemarketers. When I get home and finally sit down, they always call. What a pain!

L: 那是真的很討厭。哎,"a pain in the neck"是不是只能形容人呢？

M: Not always. Things or situations can be a "pain in the neck".

L: 噢, 所以，"a pain in the neck"還可以拿來指某樣?xùn)|西，或者是某種處境。那我可不可以說"It is such a pain in the neck when the electricity goes out"?

M: You've got it! And it really was a pain in the neck, too! I couldn't do anything last week when we had the blackout. I couldn't cook, couldn't watch TV......

L: 哎喲，不能看電視算得上什么"pain in the neck"。那天我開車回家，馬路上連紅綠燈都?jí)牧耍遣沤胁环奖隳亍?/P>

M: Yeah, well that's all over now. Oh man! It's my neighbor again! He always plays his drums in the evening. It's such a pain in the neck.

L: 原來是你的鄰居，他又在練習(xí)打鼓啊。唉，我也有個(gè)討厭的鄰居，她那只狗總是叫個(gè)不停，有時(shí)候晚上睡著了又給那狗吵醒了。真是個(gè)"pain in the neck"。

M: Yeah, well if it's that bad, why don't you ask your neighbor to do something about it.

L: 有啊?？墒撬坏桓?，還和我們耍態(tài)度呢。這個(gè)人啊，也是個(gè)"pain in the neck"。

M: I guess the only thing worse than telemarketers are noisy neighbors.

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M: I have had it! That guy has got to stop doing this.....I've got to call him.

L: 等等，Michael，你說"I have had it"，那是什么意思??？

M: It means that I am so annoyed by something that I cannot stand it any longer.

L: 噢,"I have had it"就是你再也無法忍受了，是不是？

M: That's right. When we say "I have had it," we just mean that we have been dealing with the problem for a long time, and can't stand it any longer.

L: 哎，Michael，這次讓我來接。(Speaking to phone in English) Hello? No, sorry, I'm not interested. No, I'm not the lady of the house. Listen, we've had it with you telemarketers! Leave us alone! (hangs up loudly)

M: Wow, looks like you learned this phrase quickly. Don't you think you were a bit rude with them?

L: 什么？你說我粗魯？哎呀，我真是受不了你。你這個(gè)人啊，就是沒有魄力，什么事也做不成。你討厭誰就直接告訴他嘛。還有啊，為什么你不敢理直氣壯告訴你的鄰居他打鼓的聲音太吵了。光坐在那兒抱怨有什么用嗎？

M: Alright then, I've really had it with my neighbor. I'm going to do something about it this time.

L: (Mocking tone of voice) 喲，Michael，這回來真的啦。你要做什么，打電話向你媽咪訴苦嗎？

M: I've had it with you too, Li Hua. You always laugh at me. You can be such a pain in the neck!

L: 哎呀，Michael，對(duì)不起嘛。我不是故意要?dú)饽愕睦?！不過你說的也沒錯(cuò)，有的時(shí)候我還真的是"pain in the neck"。

M: No.....no. You're not really a pain in the neck. The noise is just making me crazy. I'm going to call that guy and tell him to stop.

今天李華學(xué)的兩個(gè)常用語都和人的情緒有關(guān)，pain in the neck是討厭到了極點(diǎn)，to have had it是再也無法忍受下去了。