美语会话 43 You're such a wimp! 你这个逊脚！

Billy: Gross! What are you doing to yourself?

Jennifer: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes.

Billy: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture.

Jennifer: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler.

Billy: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball!

Jennifer: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards.

Billy: What for?

gross (a.)

与nasty同，意思都是「恶心的」

curl (v.)

使弯曲，弄弯

eyelash (n.)

眼皮」是eyelid

primitive (a.)

原始的

torture (v.)

折磨，刑罚

A: Ahh! I can't decide which dress I should wear.

啊!我决定不了该穿哪一件。

B: Don't torture yourself. They both look great.

别折腾自己了。这两件都很好看。

wimp (n.)

懦弱无能的人

A: I'm really tired of walking. Can we rest for a little bit?

我真的走累了。我们可以休息一下吗?

B: Come on. Don't be such a wimp!

拜托。你少没用了!

eyelash curler (n.)

睫毛夹

pinch (v.)

捏，夹

A: What happened to your finger?

你的手指怎么了?

B: It got pinched in my car door.

被我的车门夹到了。

upwards (adv.)

向上地。「向下地」是downwards

珍妮花在化妆

比 利：恶心!你在对自己做什么?

珍妮花：别紧张!我只是在卷眼睫毛。

比 利：这看起来活像是原始的酷刑。

珍妮花：你这个逊脚!连个卷睫毛夹都怕。

比 利：那你用它夹眼皮看看啊!看会不会少颗眼球!

珍妮花：这只是用来帮我的睫毛往上卷。

比 利：卷了又怎样?