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How to say it in American English:two-faced
Jessica在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是聽眾問的：兩面派。
jessica:吳瓊，我問你，“兩面派”用美語怎么說？
WQ:Ah? jessica, 你從哪兒學到這個詞的？
jessica:From one of our listeners! 有個聽眾問的。
WQ:That's cool! Hmm... 我覺得兩面派一定是double face，對嗎？
jessica:Close! Actually it's two-faced.
WQ:哦！two-faced 兩張臉，當人一面背人一面，兩面派。
jessica:That's right. Sometimes a two-faced person will say nice things about you to your face, then tell others nasty things about you when you're not around.
WQ:哼，我最討厭這種背后捅刀子的人了。
jessica:I know! We call these people back stabbers.
WQ:Back stabber? S-t-a-b-b-e-r, stabber 是用刀子捅別人的人，所以back stabber 就是在背后給人下刀子的人嘍！jessica, 不是吹牛，這種人我一眼就能識破。
jessica:Wow! You must be a really good judge of character.
WQ:judge 是法官，character 是人品，你說我是 a good judge of character， 一定是說我看人看得準，眼光犀利，對嗎？
jessica:Exactly. two-faced people can't fool you if you're a good judge of character.
WQ:不過 jessica, 我覺得，two faced people和back stabbers雖然都很討厭，但他們也有些用處！
jessica:Really?
WQ:Yeah. Their existence will help you see who your real friends are! 沒有他們的存在，怎么能顯出哪些人才是真朋友呢！
jessica:有道理！Now let's see what you've learned today.
WQ:第一：形容某人兩面派是two-faced;
第二：背后害人的人是back stabber;
第三：形容看人準，可以說 someone is a good judge of character.
A:Donny, 上期節目咱們還提到我坐15個小時飛機回北京參加好朋友的婚禮，這么快你也要飛回去啦！
B:是啊！But I don't like traveling by plane. If it were possible to drive from here to Beijing, I would.
A:你喜歡開車？現在油價可不便宜哦！
B:機票也不便宜。Besides, going through airport security is such a pain.
A:這倒是！美國機場的安檢手續繁雜得很，還很費時間。
B:沒錯，今天的“美語三級跳”就來講講機場安檢。
