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michael 和李华正在教室里等着上课。今天李华会学到两个常用语：gee 和oh well...
l: michael, 你听说了没有，professor johnson 的车坏了，这节课取消了。
m: his car broke down? (sarcastically) gee... that's too bad! i was really looking
forward to professor johnson's class!
l: 你不是最讨厌上professor johnson 的课吗？你说geeeee, 这是什么意思啊？
m: (sighs) come on, li hua! don't you know what sarcasm is? of course i don't like
that class!
l: 噢，你是在说反话！哎哟，你们美国学生老是说那些讽刺挖苦的话，有时候我
都听不懂。哎，gee 到底是什么意思吗？
m: well, "gee..." is an interjection that shows surprise, wonder, or uncertainty.
sometimes when people say "gee..." (in a long, drawn out fashion) they are just
pretending that they are surprised.
l: 你是说gee 放在句子里，可以表示惊奇或是怀疑。可要是拖长了调，说geeeeee，
这说话的人啊就是假装他感到惊奇。等等，那要是我问你，纽约今年的冬天会冷
吗？这个问题当然是很傻啦，因为纽约的冬天总是冷的，那，你会怎么样带着讽
刺的口气来回答呢？
m: i would say, "gee..., i don't know... winter here has been cold every year for the last
ten thousand years, but maybe this year will be different."
l: 几千年来纽约的冬天都是冷的，今年可能会不同，哎，michael, 你也真是能说
反话哎！
m: now, li hua, why don't you give me an example using "gee" without sarcasm to
show that you are surprised.
l: 举个不带讽刺意思的例子啊... 哎，要是你告诉我你得到一大笔让你到中国去学
习的奖学金，我就会说：gee, that's great!。哎，michael, 教室都空了，你走不走
啊？
m: (sarcastically, in english) "gee, i don't know. sometimes i just like to sit in an
empty classroom and do nothing..."
l: 得，你愿意坐在空教室里，那我走了！
m: hey, wait!
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m: did you hear, the football team won't make the playoffs this year. oh well, that's too
bad.
l: 对，足球队今年不能参加决赛。你说是owell 不好，谁是owell?
m: i said, "oh well". oh, o-h, well, w-e-l-l. "oh well" is use to show mild regret. we
also use it to tease people or pretend that you are upset.
l: 噢，原来这是两个字，oh 和well。oh well 就是表示有点遗憾。michael, 你等
等，我要到那个售货机去买包土豆片。(sound of vending machine). 嗨，这个机器
坏了，我给了一包的钱，它给我两包。
m: it's broken? oh well, i guess you have to give me a bag. we don't want to waste
food, right?
l: oh well, 你说这啊是想逗我。我为什么要给你一包土豆片哪！还美其名说什么
不要浪费食品。你不就是想白吃我的土豆片吗？
m: you're not going to give me any chips? (teasing) oh well, i guess i won't be able to
give you a ride home.
l: 你为了一包土豆片就不让我搭你的车，要我走回家啊？行啊，那我以后就不帮
你做中文课作业了！
m: (teasing) oh well. i guess i won't be able to help you learn english then. hm, too
bad!
l: 你呀，别装模作样，不帮我学英语就算了，以后啊不跟你说话了。
m: um, calm down li hua. i was just joking, you know.
l: (in english, sarcastic) gee, really? (chinese) 我还真以为你为了一包土豆片就不
要我这个朋友了呢。
m: oh well, we've been kidding too much. let's go home.
李华今天学到了两个常用语，一个是：gee, 这是一个语气词，可以使你说的话带
有遗憾、惊奇的色彩。另一个是：oh well, 在中文里就是："行啊，得啦！"
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