VOA流行美語 Unit 147: To crack somebody up/Fess up

Larry和李華剛剛看完Robin Williams主演的一部新的喜劇片。兩人正準(zhǔn)備離開戲院。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：to crack somebody up和fess up.

LL: That was great! Robin Williams really cracks me up!

LH: 這部電影真的很有意思。我都笑得快流出眼淚了。對(duì)了，你剛才說crack me up，crack不是破裂，裂開的意思嗎？這和好不好笑有什么關(guān)系？

LL: If something or someone cracks you up, it means that it makes you laugh.

LH: 噢，crack you up就是讓你發(fā)笑啊？你是說Robin Williams很好笑，我完全同意。我特別喜歡看他演的電影。特別是演喜劇片，每次都會(huì)讓我笑得肚子疼！

LL: You know what else cracks me up?

LH: 還有什么事情讓你覺得好笑啊？我猜不出來耶！

LL: That joke that you told me yesterday.

LH: 我昨天告訴你的笑話？對(duì)，那個(gè)笑話誰聽了都笑個(gè)沒完。

LL: After you told me the joke, I shared it with my friend, John. It really cracked him up, too. He was laughing so hard that I thought he was going to have a heart attack.

LH: 你的朋友John笑得那么厲害，你還以為他要發(fā)心臟病！那他肯定是個(gè)愛笑的人。說到愛笑，我就是一個(gè)。我鄰居那只貓經(jīng)常讓我笑。

LL: Why? What does it do? Tell you jokes?

LH: 哎喲，貓哪會(huì)講笑話吶！ 那只貓經(jīng)常愛玩自己的尾巴。那天它在沙發(fā)上為了玩自己的尾巴，不小心從沙發(fā)上摔下來，那個(gè)模樣真是逗！ That really cracks me up!

LL: That is cute. Animals crack me up, too. They do all kinds of silly things.

LH: 沒錯(cuò)，很多小動(dòng)物都好可愛，常常有一些特別好笑的舉動(dòng)。我就準(zhǔn)備養(yǎng)一只寵物。

LL: Now, that idea cracks me up. You don't know how to take care of a pet!

LH: 哼！我想養(yǎng)小動(dòng)物，有什么好笑？很多東西我都可以學(xué)嘛！

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LL: Li Hua, you look like there's something you want to tell me. Come on, fess up.

LH: 我是有事情想告訴你，不過你先解釋一下，什么是fess up啊？

LL: To fess up is to confess or admit something.

LH: 原來，fess up就是承認(rèn)，坦白的意思。好吧！那我說了。你還記不記得我說過想養(yǎng)一只寵物？我去了流浪動(dòng)物收容所，而且還領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了一只小貓咪！

LL: That's great! But does your landlord know you have a pet now?

LH: 嗯，這就是我在擔(dān)心的地方，我還不敢告訴我的房東。我怕他知道我在屋子里養(yǎng)貓，他會(huì)生氣。

LL: Why? Aren't you allowed to have pets in your apartment?

LH: 嗯，其實(shí)...

LL: Come on, fess up.

LH: 我們是可以在公寓里養(yǎng)寵物，但是我們應(yīng)該先征求房東的同意后才可以。

LL: And you didn't ask the landlord first, did you?

LH: 沒有耶，我沒有先征詢過他的意見，所以我現(xiàn)在才會(huì)擔(dān)心嘛！

LL: Well, you'd better fess up to him soon. It's better if he finds out from you. Otherwise, you seem dishonest.

LH: 你說的沒錯(cuò)，要是被他發(fā)現(xiàn)我先斬后奏，他說不定會(huì)把我踢出去呢！我想我今天下午就會(huì)告訴他，希望他答應(yīng)讓我保留我的小貓咪！ I'll fess up to him today!

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：to crack somebody up，意思就是讓某人發(fā)笑。另一個(gè)常用語是fess up，也就是坦白，承認(rèn)的意思。