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How to say it in American English
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。今天是小北要問的：無語。
Jessica: Xiaobei! You look upset. What happened?
Yiru: 別提了！我有個朋友欠錢不還，拖了好長時間了，每次都找各種理由搪塞我！氣死我了，以前我還和她理論，現在我簡直是簡直是無語了我！
Jessica: I see. You're so tired of your friend's excuses that you are speechless.
XB: Speechless? 原來這就是無語的意思。
Jessica: Yes. For example, you can say "she was speechless after learning her boyfriend was dating another woman."
XB: 哦，知道男友跟別的女生交往后，她氣得說不出話來。
Jessica: Exactly. Basically, you can use "speechless" to mean something so bad or so surprising that you don't know what to say.
XB: I see. 跟你說，我認識一個女生，她特別虛偽，總是假惺惺地稱贊別人，轉過頭來就說人壞話。Every time I see her being so fake, I'm speechless!
Jessica: I bet you also roll your eyes!
XB: Roll my eyes?
Jessica: If you roll your eyes, you're showing that you don't believe someone or you aren't interested in what they're saying.
XB: 哦，就是因為不相信或者不耐煩而翻白眼。這個說法真形象! 就在今天早上，I got an email saying I was selected to win 5 million dollars. It also asked for my bank account.
Jessica: That's fishy! It must be a scam!
XB: 我當然知道這是詐騙郵件了！I rolled my eyes when I read it! 不過你說，要是我哪天我真中了500萬！
Jessica: That would blow me away! Meaning I'd be really amazed!
XB: 哦，to blow someone away就是使人大吃一驚，不過，這應該是用在形容什么好事兒的時候吧？
Jessica: Exactly. For example, My new computer ran so fast it blew me away!
XB: Or Jessica has so much cash hidden under her bed it blows me away!
Jessica: What? Me? Cash? Now I'm rolling my eyes, xiaobei!
XB: 我來總結一下今天學的詞：因為厭惡或者吃驚而無語，用speechless; 因為不耐煩或不相信而翻白眼是roll one's eyes; 某些好事讓人大吃一驚用blow someone away.
B: I heard something this morning that totally blew me away...
A: What? What happened?
B: Remember Bob and Amanda in my office? They are GETTING MARRIED!
A: 什么？我記得一年前，Bob 還在發愁怎么跟Amanda 講話呢！真為他們高興！
B: Absolutely! Congrats Bob and Amanda! And to celebrate, let's discuss a similar topic for today's business etiquette: having a crash on your co-worker!
