每個工作環境都有一處地方是讓大家又愛又恨,而「冰箱」就是其中之一,
因為總會有些東西一放就是釘子戶,主人也不見蹤影,被遺留的東西就成為冰箱的生化武器🤮
而在日常生活中,偶爾會碰到讓自己覺得難以忍受的氣味或場景,這些感受又該如何用英文表達呢?
[學習目標]: 學習用英文表達對令人噁心、不可置信等用法字詞
Practice Target: Learn some useful expressions about something disgusting, appalling,etc.
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Dialogue: (對話)
| (Joey just came back from the office break room. ) |
Hope: | Hey, Joey—You look pale. What’s up? |
Joey: | Oh, Hope… you will not believe what I just found in the office fridge. |
Hope: | Uh-oh. Let me guess… The infamous three-week-old moldy sandwich that Michael left? |
Joey: | Worse than that. It was Michael’s sandwich and we all know that. |
Hope: | So, what’s that so appalling to you? |
Joey: | Someone left a 保鮮盒 in the fridge. You know that, right? |
Hope: | That Tupperware container? |
Joey: | 沒錯! That Tupperware container. 就是那個保鮮盒. It’s been sitting there for a month. Somehow, someone shoved it into the corner and it just appeared again. |
Hope: | And you don’t know who it belongs to? |
Joey: | Nobody! 主人就直接神隱了! |
Hope: | So, the owner totally ghosted it! |
Joey: | Ghosted it? |
Hope: | Right. The owner has completely abandoned it, disappeared, zero responsibility. |
Joey: | Exactly. That’s what I want to say, “The owner has completely ghosted it or abandoned it! |
Hope: | Perhaps, we can just toss it. No big deal. |
Joey: | I tried to. But, you know, the lid was already鼓起來了。So, I thought there was a need to check what was going on. |
Hope: | You mean the lid was bulging, and you wanted to do vibe check on it?! |
Joey: | 對,我得先感受一下那是甚麼情況。I had to do a vibe check on it because the lid was … |
Hope: | Bulging! |
Joey: | Yes, the lid was bulging. |
Hope: | Ew. So? |
Joey: | So, I opened it. YOLO, right? You only live once. |
Hope: | You did not! So, what happened? Tell me all the details. |
Joey: | It used to be chili. 就是辣椒醬。Now, it’s just like a … like a …living thing. 會動的新生命體! 上面來有五顏六色的絨毛。 |
Hope: | A what? Gross! A new pulsating life form with multicolored fuzz?! |
Joey: | Yes. A new pulsating life form with multicolored fuzz. And you would never want to smell it! 那味道簡直就是臭味中的冠軍。Yikes. |
Hope: | That’s so disgusting! You mean it was the king of all bad smells. |
Joey: | 不容置疑的! |
Hope: | An Undisputed fact! |
Joey: | Yes, an undisputed fact! 不容置疑的事實! So, I stepped back and thought about throwing the whole thing, the container and all, into the trash can. 那根本就是生化武器, you know. 不誇張. |
Hope: | No kidding. It sounds like a biohazard to me, too. |
Joey: | Yes. It is like a biohazard. To even look at it, 你需要一顆很強壯的心臟! |
Hope: | I bet! You need a strong stomach to look at it. |
Joey: | Not a strong heart, but a strong stomach? |
Hope: | Right. You need a strong stomach. |
Joey: | I don’t know, but if the owner ever shows up, I am going to roast them for life! 就是要好好數落他們一頓。 |
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Vocabulary(單字)
1.You need a strong stomach. 你的心臟要夠強.
2.break room 休息室
3.fridge 冰箱
4.shove 推:擠
5.infamous 惡名昭著的
6.moldy = mouldy 發黴的
7.appalling 駭人聽聞的
8.Tupperware container 保鮮盒
9.That’s gross. 很噁心.
10.ghost v. 神隱
11.abandon v. 拋棄
12.toss v. 扔;擲;拋
13.bulging 凸起的;鼓起的
14.do a vibe check on sth 感受…狀況
15.YOLO = You only live once. 人生只有一次
16.pulsating 活耀的
17.multicolored 五顏六色的
18.fuzz 絨毛
19.undisputed 不容置疑的
20.biohazard 生化武器
21.roast sb for life 好好數落一頓