VOA流行美語 Unit 171:crummy和sack out

Larry和李華正在吃午飯。Larry好像心情不太好。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：crummy和sack out。

LH: Larry，怎麼啦？你好像不太開心，是什麼事惹你不高興？

LL: Oh, I'm just having a really crummy day. My crummy computer crashed again and my crummy air conditioner isn't working.

LH: 你的電腦壞了，連你的空調也壞了。你可真倒黴耶！不過，你說了好幾個crummy，那是什麼意思啊？

LL: When you're talking about a situation, crummy means miserable. When you're talking about an object, crummy means cheap and poor quality.

LH: 噢，crummy形容一個情況，是指非常難受、很慘。要是形容一個東西，就是指這個東西很次，質量很差。Larry，你真可憐，有沒有什麼我能幫忙的？

LL: Not unless you can fix my crummy computer and my crummy air conditioner.

LH: 抱歉，我真希望我能幫忙，可是我既不會修電腦，也不會修空調。你有沒有通知你的房東，要他來修空調呢？

LL: Yeah, but he's not a very good landlord. He takes forever to fix anything, and even when he finally fixes something, he usually does a crummy job.

LH: 嗨，這樣的房東！要就不給你修，就是修也修得不怎麼樣。這可真糟糕呢！What a crummy situation!

LL: You said it. I brought my computer to the repair shop and they say that they will have to keep for a week and it will cost $100 to fix.

LH: 什麼！要在修理的店裏放一個星期，還要一百美元？

LL: Yes, I hope they don't do a crummy job of fixing it. Well, if they do a crummy job the first time, then they should fix it the second time for free.

LH: 當然嘍，如果一次沒修好，他們當然得免費再幫你修。不過如果他們修理的技術太差，要我的話，可不想再回去找他們。

LL: That's understandable. Well, hopefully, they'll do a good job.

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LL: I think part of the reason I'm having a crummy day is because I'm tired. I think I'll go home and sack out for an hour or two.

LH: 你累了？可你要回家做什麼？什麼是sack out?

LL: To sack out is to go to sleep. I want to go home and sleep for a while.

LH: 噢，原來to sack out就是睡覺。那不就和hit the sack意思一樣嘛？

LL: That's right. If I sack out for a couple of hours, then I should wake up in a better mood.

LH: 對了，Larry，你怎麼會這麼累啊？

LL: Well, I didn't sack out until around 2 this morning because I was trying to fix my crummy computer.

LH: 哇！修電腦修到清晨兩點，怪不得你那麼累！你真應該早點休息！

LL: I know. It was so hard to get out of bed and go to work this morning.

LH: 那當然啦，半夜兩點才睡覺，早上肯定不想起牀。如果你現在回家睡覺，那你今晚還睡得着嗎？

LL: I'm so tired that I don't think it will be a problem. I could probably sack out now and not wake up until tomorrow morning.

LH: 你累到這種程度呀？現在回家睡覺，可以一覺睡到明天早上？看你這個樣子，你再要這樣熬夜早晚得生病的！

LL：I don't believe you sack out at regular hour every night. You stay late too.

LH：嗯，我有必要時當然也會開夜車，但沒有象你這麼經常呀！你得自己注意身體嘛。

LL：You're right! I'll try not to sack out too late.

今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是crummy, 可以指情況很糟糕，也可以指一樣東西質量很差。另一個常用語是sack out，就是睡覺的意思。