今天Michael和李華去一個(gè)夜總會聽音樂，因?yàn)樗麄兊呐笥袹ack要帶他的樂隊(duì)來演出。李華會學(xué)到 "to stick around" 和 "guilt trip" .

    （noisy rock music playing， people talking， etc.）

    L： （Talking loudly over crowd） Michael！ （coughs） 這個(gè)地方真讓人難受，聲音這么大，還有那么多人抽煙。這些樂隊(duì)也真是夠嗆的！

    M： I know Li Hua， the show isn't very good. But Jack's band is going to be playing soon. Let's stick around until their performance is over， OK？

    L： Jack的樂隊(duì)什么時(shí)候來��？哎，你說什么"stick around"？ 你的意思就是先不要走，是不是？

    M： That's right. I said "let's stick around." That means to stay or remain in a place.

    L： 噢，to stick around就是在一個(gè)地方再呆一會兒。懂了，你的意思就是要我們等Jack的樂隊(duì)來了，表演完了以后再走。Michael， 那乘我們等他的時(shí)候，你再給我舉幾個(gè)例子，好不好？

    M： Hmmm…… Well， you remember Angie Summers， right？ She finished her Ph.D. last spring， but has decided to stick around and do some post-doctoral work before she starts looking for a job.

    L： 我當(dāng)然記得Angie Summers啦。她今年春天拿到了博士學(xué)位，可是決定在開始找工作前先不離開學(xué)校，做一些博士后的工作。所以，在這里，to stick around就是她繼續(xù)呆下去，不離開學(xué)校。噢，Michael，我們還要等Jack等多久嘛？

    M： I don't know. Let's just stick around for another half hour or so. If Jack doesn't show up， we can leave.

    L： 好，那再等他半小時(shí)，否則我可真要受不了了！

    L： （sighs） 噢，謝天謝地，總算完了，我要再在里面呆下去，就要聾了。

    M： Yeah， I'm sorry about that， Li Hua. But if we hadn't waited for Jack to perform， he would have given us a huge guilt trip about it on Monday.

    L： 要是我們不等Jack的話，他會給我們什么？A guilt trip？ Guilt不是感到有罪，感到內(nèi)疚嗎？那Trip是旅行。你是說Jack會覺得非常抱歉��？

    M： No， I meant he'd make us feel guilty.

    L： 噢，他讓我們感到內(nèi)疚？

    M： That's right. A "guilt trip" means guilty feelings one has about doing something wrong. To "give someone a guilt trip" means to try and make him feel guilty.

    L： 等等等等，這我得弄清楚了。A guilt trip就是一個(gè)人做錯(cuò)了什么事而覺得內(nèi)疚，好象他犯了錯(cuò)誤。To give someone a guilt trip就是讓別人感到內(nèi)疚。嘿，Jack的樂隊(duì)水平那么差，讓我們來聽這種音樂，他應(yīng)該覺得內(nèi)疚才對呀！

    M： I agree！ So when was the last time you had a guilt trip about something？

    L： 我最后一次覺得內(nèi)疚是什么時(shí)候��？那就是我要跟我男朋友分手的時(shí)候啊，是我要跟他分手的，我到現(xiàn)在心里還感到有點(diǎn)抱歉。

    M： Don't let him put a guilt trip on you！ So why did you break up with him anyway？

    L： 因?yàn)槲液湍憷显谝粔K兒學(xué)習(xí)，他老是讓我覺得好象我做錯(cuò)了什么是的。He tried to put a guilt trip on me.

    M： What？ That's insane. I'm glad you broke up with him. Anyway， you'd better not try to make me feel guilty about him.

    L： 對，他呀，是有毛病，所以我才和他分手的嘛。我告訴你可是沒有要讓你感到內(nèi)疚的意思啊！

    M： That's better！

    今天李華學(xué)到了to stick around，意思是“在一個(gè)地方呆下去，先別走”。李華還學(xué)到了a guilt trip，這是指“感到內(nèi)疚”。