跟艾米莉一起學口語 第745期:日常鬥嘴
tell on sb
告發某人；打某人小報告
Good friends don't tell on each other.
好朋友不會打對方小報告。
Ground
將某人禁足
Sally got home at 2 AM last night and her dad grounded her for a week.
薩利昨夜凌晨兩點纔回家，她爸爸將她禁足一個星期。
A: Give me back my cellphone.
把我手機還給我
B: Not until you.return the ten dollars that you owe me
除非你把欠我的十美元還我
A: I gave it back. Now, return my cellphone, or I'll tell on you.
我早就還了，現在把我的手機還回來，不然我就去告狀
B: Nobody likes a tattletale——especially a tattletale that's also a thief.
沒有人喜歡打小報告的人，尤其是那個打小報告的人，還是個小偷
A: I'm not a thief. I gave you back the ten dollars yesterday. I put it under your pillow.
我纔不是小錯，我昨天就還你，那是美元了，我放在你的枕頭底下了
B: Well. it's not there now. See!
這個嘛，他不在那兒，你看
A: Not the pillow on your bed, the spare pillow in your wardrobe.
不是，你牀上的枕頭，是你衣櫥裏那個備用枕頭
B: Oh. You should have said so.
你應該早說。
A: I did say so.
我說了呀。
B: No, you didn't.
不，你沒有。
A: Keep it down, will you?
聲音小點，好嗎？
B: It's you that's raising your voice, not me.
你纔是那個大聲嚷嚷的人，不是我
A: Yes, you are.
就是你。
B: No, I'm not.
不是我。
A: If Mom hears us bickering, she will ground us both.
如果媽媽聽到我們在鬥嘴，他會把我們兩個都禁足。
