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：擺臭臉。

XB:Jessica, 今天我可是太丟人了!

Jessica:What happened?

XB:我在圖書館里戴著耳機聽電腦里的音樂，結果發現大家都在皺著眉頭看我，最后圖書管理員過來說，請你把音樂關掉! 原來我的耳機沒插牢，音樂聲都跑出來了!

Jessica:Oh! That's why people were mean mugging you!

XB:啊？什么意思？

Jessica:To mean mug someone means to give someone an angry look.

XB:啊，mean mug someone就是沖某人擺臭臉. I was wondering why everyone in the library was mean mugging me!

Jessica:You can also use the phrase "to give someone an evil eye." It also means to glare at someone with a lot of anger and hatred.

XB:I see. Give someone an evil eye就是恨恨地瞪著別人。那天我在銀行， someone cut in line. Oh, you should have seen the evil eye everybody gave him!

Jessica:在銀行插隊被人瞪？活該!

XB:I agree! 對了，話說今天我學習了一天，發覺我的電腦實在太慢了，我打算跟我爸張口，讓他送我一臺新的!

Jessica:Didn't your Dad just pay for your trip to Hong Kong?

XB:呵呵，那是沒錯啦! 不過，我爸特寵我，只要我對他撒撒嬌，裝裝可憐，他什么都答應我!

Jessica:Haha! Daddy's little girl likes to use the puppy-dog eyes trick!

XB:puppy-dog eyes? 小狗的眼睛？

Jessica:對啊。When you give someone those puppy-dog eyes, you enlarge your eyes over dramatically with a sad face to get whatever you desire.

XB:哦!就是睜大眼睛，像小狗一樣賣萌裝可憐! Hey, my little nephew gives me those puppy-dog eyes every time he wants to play with my iPad!

Jessica:Did you give it to him?

XB:我才不吃這一套!

Jessica:So what did he do?

XB:那還用問，he started mean mugging me!

XB:今天我們學了，擺臭臉是mean mug someone; 恨恨瞪別人是give someone an evil eye; 睜大眼睛賣萌裝可憐是give someone those puppy-dog eyes.