搬救兵

心儀的女孩子好不容易開口邀約，拒絕了實在太可惜，看來Andy這回只好犧牲學業了。畢竟新學期剛開始，沒有什么要緊的。不過，“好的開始是成功的一半”這話一點都不假。一開始就輸在起跑線上，要追上可就難了。

Andy: Bro， you have to help me out.

Luke: Huh? What are you talking about?

Andy: Well， I’ve got a class tomorrow， right…

Luke: Yeah， the semester just began.

Andy: ①…but Karen asked me if I want to tag along with her and her family to the beach tomorrow.

Luke: ②You want to cut class to go to the beach with

some girl?

Andy: She’s not just “some girl”. I’ve had a crush on her since middle school. It’s Karen Jones! The girl is like a super model. People don’t pass up an opportunity like this one.

Luke: ③You’ve lost the plot! ④Would you seriously put a girl before your education? It’s only the second week of semester. You are not setting a good example for yourself for the rest of your college life.

Andy: I know， I know. I’ve thought it all through. The classes tomorrow are only basic introductory stuff. I won’t be missing anything important.

Luke: ⑤So how do I come into the picture anyway?

Andy: Well， they 1)take attendance for all my units. The university policy for missing classes involves presenting a medical 2)certificate to the head of the department…

Luke: Who just happens to be my best friend.

Andy: Bingo! ⑥You could talk to Sarah for me and get me off the hook. ⑦I’ll owe you big time.

Luke: You’re 3)darn right you will. Man， I don’t know. I 4)suck at stuff like this. I’m a terrible liar.

Andy: It’s not lying， it’s just 5)bending the truth

a little.

Luke: What exactly am I supposed to say?

Andy: I’m thinking just go with illness. No one can question that.

Luke: Unless she asks for a doctor’s certificate.

Andy: Well， that’s why you just have to explain that I am sick， but not sick enough to see a doctor. Tell her I’m just resting at home. Tell her it’s just a 24-hour thing.

Luke: Yeah， 24 hours until Karen is finished with you and moves on to a new guy.

Andy: Shut up. She’s not like that.

Luke: OK. I’ll do my best， but ⑧don’t blame me if Sarah doesn’t buy it.

安迪:兄弟，你一定得幫幫我。

盧克:哼?你到底在說什么?

安迪:呃，我明天有課，就是……

盧克:對，學期才剛剛開始。

安迪:……但是凱倫問我明天要不要跟她和她的家人一起去海邊玩。

盧克:你想逃課跟某個女生去海

邊玩?

安迪:她才不是什么“某個女生”。我從中學開始就喜歡她了。她可是凱倫·瓊斯!她就跟個超級模特一樣。是人都不會浪費這樣的機會的。

盧克:你真是瘋了!你真的打算為了泡妞而置自己的學業于不顧?現在才是學期開始的第二周。你這是給你未來的大學生活開了個壞頭。

安迪:我知道，我知道。我都想清楚了。明天的課都是一些基礎的介紹性內容。我不會錯過什么重要的教學內容的。

盧克:那這件事又跟我有什么關系?

安迪:是這樣的，我的每門功課都要登記考勤情況。學校的規定是，缺課的人必須向系領導遞交一份醫生證明……

盧克:而這個系領導恰好是我的好朋友。

安迪:完全正確!你幫我跟莎拉說一下，這次就這么放過我吧。我欠你一個大大的人情。

盧克:你說對了，你的確欠我的。老兄，我不知道。我不來這些事情，我是個糟糕的說謊者。

安迪:這也不是撒謊啊，就是稍微扭曲一下事實

而已。

盧克:我到底應該怎么說?

安迪:我想不如就用生病這個借口好了。這個不會有人懷疑的。

盧克:除非她要求出示醫生證明。

安迪:呃，這樣的話你就必須跟她解釋我雖然病了，但還沒病到需要去看醫生的程度。告訴她我就在家休息，就說休息一天就會好的啦。

盧克:對，一天足夠凱倫甩了你去跟別的男孩在

一起。

安迪:閉嘴。她才不會這樣做。

盧克:好吧，我會盡力，但如果莎拉不買賬的話你可別怪我。

Smart Sentences

① …but Karen asked me if I want to tag along with her and her family to the beach tomorrow. ……但是凱倫問我明天要不要跟她和她的家人一起去海邊玩。

tag along: follow sb. to somewhere， especially when not asked to(跟隨，特別是自行跟隨)。例如:

She seems unhappy to have Larry tag along.

她似乎對萊里跟在身后不太高興。

② You want to cut class to go to the beach with some girl?你想逃課跟某個女生去海

邊玩?

cut class: skip class(逃課)。例如:

I never cut class once during my four years in college.

我在四年大學里沒有逃過一次課。

③ You’ve lost the plot. 你真是瘋了!

lose the plot: to become confused or lose one’s mind(犯胡涂)。例如:

You can’t lose the plot， dear. Health is more important than playing.

別犯胡涂，親愛的，健康可比玩兒重要。

④ Would you seriously put a girl before your education? 你真的打算為了泡妞而置自己的學業于不顧?

put sth. before another: consider sth. to be more important than another(把一事看得比另一事重要)。

例如:

I always put my family before work.

我永遠都會把家庭放在工作之上。

⑤ So how do I come into the picture anyway? 那這件事又跟我有什么關系?

come into the picture: become part of the situation(被牽扯進去)。例如:

I don’t think you come into the picture at all.

我認為這根本沒你的份兒。

⑥ You could talk to Sarah for me and get me off the hook. 你幫我跟莎拉說一下，這次就這么放過我吧。

off the hook: get out of an unpleasant situation(擺脫困境)。例如:

I don’t think you’ll get off the hook unless you correct the mistake yourself.

除非你自己糾正錯誤，否則我認為你無法擺脫目前的困境。

⑦ I’ll owe you big time. 我欠你一個大大的人情。

owe sb. big time: sb. deserves a huge favor(欠某人一個大人情)。例如:

Lucy owes me big time because I helped her lie to her mother last night.

我昨晚幫露西向她媽媽撒謊，她可欠我一個大人情了。

⑧ Don’t blame me if Sarah doesn’t buy it. 如果莎拉不買賬的話你可別怪我。

buy sth.: believe or accept an idea or a theory(相信或接受某個想法或理論)。例如:

I don’t buy any of what Lucas said in the meeting.

盧卡斯在會上說的話，我一點兒都不信。