美语：打扰别人约会的"电灯泡"

2012-06-27 00:00:00来源：可可英语

　　M: This has been Words and Idioms.

　　B: 杨琳, Let me tell you something that's really mind-boggling: a friend of mine got a Ferrari for her birthday! Isn't that something?

　　A：生日礼物是法拉利？够牛的。男朋友送的？

　　B: Yes! I joined them for a drive. It was fantastic!

　　A：人家情侣开车兜风你非要跟着，真是电灯泡。

　　B: 哈哈，They don't seem to mind. 不过说到电灯泡，Let's find out how to say it in American English!

　　How to say it: The third wheel

　　Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是琼燕要问的：电灯泡。

　　QY: Happy Friday， Donny! 你今天晚上有什么计划吗？

　　Donny: Hmm, not yet. What do you have in mind?

　　QY: Let's go salsa!! 我今晚要跟两个朋友去跳salsa, 可他们俩是一对，我可真不想夹在中间，当大电灯泡--very bright light bulb!

　　Donny: I see. You don't want to be the third wheel.

　　QY: The third wheel?

　　Donny: Yep! Wheel is spelled w-h-e-e-l. The third wheel, 第三个轮子, it's a very colloquial way of saying a third person joining a couple in a social context.

　　QY: 没错！我就是不想当 the third wheel!

　　Donny: Exactly, you wouldn't want to bother any love birds, right?

　　QY: Wait! Love birds? 爱的鸟儿？

　　Donny: Yep! In English, we often use the word love birds to refer to a couple who are openly affectionate, especially in public. 就是大庭广众之下卿卿我我。你不想打扰这对love birds吧?

　　QY: 可不是吗！不过这两个人很配！They are a great match!

　　Donny: Oh that's nice! You can also say, they are a match made in heaven.

　　QY: A match made in heaven？那不就是中文里说的天生一对嘛！

　　Donny: There you go! Since you don't want to be the third wheel, I will go with you! But first, let's see what you learned today!

　　QY: 第一：电灯泡叫做：the third wheel;

　　第二，如胶似漆的情侣，可以说 love birds;

　　第三，"天生一对"是，a match made in heaven.

　　A: A match made in heaven 天生一对儿。不过，虽说缘分天注定，有时也得寻觅好多年才能碰上合适的人。

　　B：That's okay as long as you find the one. The process itself will teach you what love really is. Don't you think so?

　　A： You're right! 而且这个过程越曲折，爱情故事就越动人。电视剧就是这么编出来的。

　　B: Speaking of TV shows, let's listen to GoEnglish. Today, Will and Jane will talk about my favorite sitcom, Friends.

　　GoEnglish: TV intermediate