美語情景對話 第411期:Ruth's Pet Peeves 魯斯討厭的事

There are two things which really annoy me. Actually I experience both of them, sometimes, on public transport. Often when I travel I go on buses and on trains and both of these things seem to occur quite often. Firstly is when other people listen to music, they listen to their CD player or their MP3 player and the music is really loud. I mean, I don't mind if other people want to listen to music. In fact, I also really like listening to music and I often take my MP3 player to different places with me but I don't like listening to other people's music so I wish they would just turn the volume down a bit.

有兩件事情真的會讓我生氣。實際上這兩件事我在乘坐公共交通時都經歷過。我通常會乘坐公交車或是火車旅行，而這兩件事情似乎會經常發生。第一件事是，其他人用CD播放機或是MP3聽音樂時真的非常吵。我是說，我不介意其他人聽音樂。事實上，我也喜歡聽音樂，我也會帶着MP3去很多地方，可是我不喜歡聽到其他人的音樂，所以我希望他們能把音量調小點。

The other thing which really peeves me is when people leave their mobile phones on in public and the phones ring and ring and people never know whose phone it is because often people have the same ringtone. But the worst thing is when people have long conversations in public on their mobile phones. I don't really want to hear everybody else's gossip. I mean, obviously sometimes it is necessary to make a phone call to arrange a lift or to organise something. That's different. But when people have lengthy conversations I really get annoyed. I wonder what you think about that?

第二件讓我不能忍受的事情是人們把手機放在公共場所，手機一直在響可是沒有人知道那是誰的手機，因爲通常人們都會用相同的鈴聲。但是最糟糕的事情是人們在公共場所用手機進行長時間的通話。我真的不想聽見其他人的八卦。我是說，顯然有時打電話安排行程或是安排其他事情很必要。這可以另說。但是在人們進行長時間的通話時我就會覺得生氣。我不知道你們怎麼看？

重點講解：
1. in fact
（用於修正、引出相反意見或對比等）事實上，其實；
eg. In fact, I think too much, and I should lighten myself of it a little.
事實上我確實想得太多了，我應該讓自己放鬆一點。
eg. On the surface, this seems like a difficult problem, but in fact there's an easy solution to it.
表面看來這是個難題，實際上很容易解決。
2. turn down
關小；調低；
eg. I would appreciate it a lot if you could turn down the volume.
如果你將音量關小，我將十分感激。
eg. Please turn down the television.
請把電視機的聲音關小。
3. in public
公開地；當衆；
eg. Bylaws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.
地方法規將規定在公共場合抽菸爲非法。
eg. When teaching or correcting manners, try never to embarrass your child in public.
當教給或者糾正孩子的禮儀時，絕不要當衆讓孩子難堪。