VOA流行美語 Unit 70: JINX / COME OFF IT

現在Michael和李華在準備下午的考試。李華會學到兩個常用語：to jinx和come off it。

L: Michael, 考試準備得怎么樣了？ 可別再像上次那樣考砸了！

M: Ahh! Li Hua, don't say that! You'll jinx me!

L: Jinx you? 聽不懂，什么是jinx??？

M: Jinx. Jinx can be used as a verb or a noun. One way to jinx someone is to say something unlucky, like you just said.

L: 噢，jinx這個詞可以作動詞，也可以作名詞。你剛才說：You'll jinx me, 意思是你認為我說"這次你可別考砸了"，這句話不吉利，會讓你倒霉。哎喲，Michael, 你那么迷信啊！

M: Well, some people believe in jinxes. For instance, a lot of people think that there is a jinx on the Chicago Cubs baseball team. It hasn't won a World Series for 95 years.

L: 有人說芝加哥棒球隊"小熊隊"撞上了倒霉運，所以老是進不了世界杯決賽。Michael, 你剛才說，There is a jinx on the Chicago Cubs. 這個jinx就是名詞了吧？

M: That's right! I don't believe in black magic or anything like that. But I do think that if someone hears something unlucky, or believes that there is a jinx, it can affect his or her performance.

L: 我啊，也不相信真的有什么魔術或巫術的。可是，要是你確實相信聽到倒霉話就真的會倒霉，那是會影響你的心理，也會影響你做事的結果。我就不信真的有jinx！

M: Really? What if I told you that I think you're going to fail this test unless you apologize to me? I am jinxing you!

L: 什么？你要我對你道歉！我要不跟你道歉，我考試就會不及格！你想咒我啊，You are trying to jinx me? 我才不怕呢。我又不信jinx這一套！我只是希望你這次別考砸了。我是好意??！

M: Li Hua, you said it again! I'm going to give you five seconds to apologize for jinxing me.

L: 給我五秒鐘對你道歉？我干嗎要道歉，我又沒有說錯話。我看你還是趕快去復習你的功課吧！別相信什么悔氣不悔氣的。

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L: 哎呀，Michael, 我這次肯定考砸了。都是你的錯，you jinxed me before the test!

M: Oh come off it, Li Hua. You said you don't believe in jinxes.

L: Come off it? 你在說什么呀？

M: I said "come off it!" That means "stop talking nonsense" or "stop pretending that something is true".

L: 噢，come off it就表示"不要瞎說"、"別裝蒜啦"。嗨，你不是說你相信聽了倒霉的話就真的會倒霉呀？

M: Come off it, Li Hua! You're the one who said that if someone fails, it has nothing to do with the jinx.

L: 我是不相信所謂的jinx, 可是你在考試前和我爭來爭去，影響我情緒，所以我沒有考好??！

M: You want me to feel guilty? Well, I don't!

L: Come off it, Michael! 你要我跟你道歉，還說不然我就會考不好，這當然影響我情緒啦！

M: Come off it, Li Hua! It's not my fault. It's your fault you didn't come to class on Friday. You missed about a third of the material covered on the test.

L: 什么？我考試沒考好是因為我禮拜五沒有來上課？哎，你明明知道那天我生病了嘛！

M: Oh, come off it! I saw you later that day. You weren't sick!

L: You come off it, Michael! 我是真的生病啦！

M: Unlucky, huh? So you're still blaming me for jinxing you? Come off it, already. You don't really believe in that jinx nonsense, do you?

L: 對，我考試沒考好，不怪你，算我自己倒霉，行了吧？

李華今天在和Michael談論考試的時候，學到了兩個常用語：to jinx表示"帶來壞運氣"；come off it表示"不要瞎說"、"別裝蒜"。