可可英語的網(wǎng)友們大家好。看歐美原聲電影的時候我們常常會聽到一些由兩個發(fā)音相近的詞組合在一起成為一個新詞，并且這樣的詞充滿感情色彩，形式也很活潑。今天，我們就集中將部分這樣的詞語展現(xiàn)給大家。同樣，聽的過程中別忘了猜猜它的含義。

A lot of people thought Uncle Max was crazy. He was always losing things in his topsy-turvy office where papers were scattered all over, or he was trying to explain some new scientific mumbo jumbo that no one else could understand. He was so wishy-washy that I once saw him waste ten minutes trying to decide whether to wear a blue shirt or a white one.
It was only later we discovered that the old fuddy-duddy, who spent most of his time alone with his books, was a very important scientist. He worked in a secret government operation. He was a rocket technician in one of the most hush-hush project of this century.

Uncle Max被認為有些瘋癲。在自己topsy-turvy的辦公室里總是丟東西。其實這個詞從后面的定語從句where papers were scattered all over上也能猜出它的意思是“亂七八糟的”，相當于messy。另外，他還總會跟你說一些沒人能聽懂的 mumbo jumbo，莫名其妙的話。

這個老人還有一個毛病，就是wishy-washy，挑個襯衫也要花上十分鐘。這個詞就表示“缺乏決斷力的，優(yōu)柔寡斷的”。再比如：Stop being so wishy-washy and make up your mind. 別再這么優(yōu)柔寡斷了，你得拿定主意。

不過，就是這么一個被我們稱為fuddy-duddy，老古董的人，卻是一個非常重要的科學家。Fuddy-duddy，守舊的人。比如：Her boss is such a fuddy-duddy. He won't allow her to chew gum on the job. 她的老板古板的要命。不準她在工作室吃口香糖。

最后，我們知道Uncle Max是本世紀最hush-hush的一個項目的火箭技師。Hush這個詞大家也許不陌生。讓人不要說話得時候就用這個詞，相當于漢語里的“噓，不要說話。”兩個hush放在一起，大家都不說的，也就是“機密的；秘而不宣的”。再比如：The information is all hush-hush. 那些信息都是機密。

英語中，這樣的詞語還有很多。比如pitter-patter 形容下雨時的劈啪聲；wheeler-dealer 追求利益的人，獨斷獨行的人；humdrum 單調(diào)的，乏味的；dillydally 慢吞吞地閑混；tip-top最好的；第一流的；頭等的。
好了，來看本期的小問題：If someone talks mumbo jumbo, is it clear to you?