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B:楊琳, Let me tell you something that's really mind-boggling: a friend of mine got a Ferrari for her birthday! Isn't that something?
A：生日禮物是法拉利？夠牛的。男朋友送的？
B:Yes! I joined them for a drive. It was fantastic!
A：人家情侶開車兜風你非要跟著，真是電燈泡。
B:哈哈，They don't seem to mind. 不過說到電燈泡，Let's find out how to say it in American English!
How to say it:The third wheel
Donny 在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是瓊燕要問的：電燈泡。
QY:Happy Friday， Donny! 你今天晚上有什么計劃嗎？
Donny:Hmm, not yet. What do you have in mind?
QY:Let's go salsa!! 我今晚要跟兩個朋友去跳salsa, 可他們倆是一對，我可真不想夾在中間，當大電燈泡--very bright light bulb!
Donny:I see. You don't want to be the third wheel.
QY:The third wheel?
Donny:Yep! Wheel is spelled w-h-e-e-l. The third wheel, 第三個輪子, it's a very colloquial way of saying a third person joining a couple in a social context.
QY:沒錯！我就是不想當 the third wheel!
Donny:Exactly, you wouldn't want to bother any love birds, right?
QY:Wait! Love birds? 愛的鳥兒？
Donny:Yep! In English, we often use the word love birds to refer to a couple who are openly affectionate, especially in public. 就是大庭廣眾之下卿卿我我。你不想打擾這對love birds吧?
QY:可不是嗎！不過這兩個人很配！They are a great match!
Donny:Oh that's nice! You can also say, they are a match made in heaven.
QY:A match made in heaven？ 那不就是中文里說的天生一對嘛！
Donny:There you go! Since you don't want to be the third wheel, I will go with you! But first, let's see what you learned today!
QY:第一：電燈泡叫做：the third wheel;
第二，如膠似漆的情侶 ，可以說 love birds;
第三，"天生一對"是，a match made in heaven.
A:A match made in heaven 天生一對兒。不過，雖說緣分天注定，有時也得尋覓好多年才能碰上合適的人。
B：That's okay as long as you find the one. The process itself will teach you what love really is. Don't you think so?
A：You're right! 而且這個過程越曲折，愛情故事就越動人。電視劇就是這么編出來的。
B:Speaking of TV shows, let's listen to GoEnglish. Today, Will and Jane will talk about my favorite sitcom, Friends.
GoEnglish:TV intermediate
各位聽眾，大家好！今天我們為您播出“美語三級跳”節目“電視節目”單元的中級課程。
