VOA流行美語 Unit 123: to level with someone
VOA流行美語 Unit 123: to level with someone/ clueless
Larry和李華正在乘公共汽車去公園去溜冰。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：to level with someone和clueless.
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LL: I have to level with you, Li Hua. I'm not very fond of ice-skating. I haven't done it in years.
LH: To "level with me?" Level是水平的意思。你是說你溜冰的水平和我不一樣啊？哎！你又沒看過我溜冰，怎麼知道我的程度呢？
LL: No, "to level with someone" is to be direct and honest.
LH: 噢，to level with someone, 就是向人誠實坦白的意思。嘿！那我也得和你老實說，我根本不太會溜冰。我只是想去看看歷史課的同學Jake。他說他今天會去公園溜冰，可是我又不想一個人去，所以.....
LL: Now, the truth comes out! Come on, level with me, do you have a crush on Jake?
LH: 嗯... 我是挺喜歡他的。 不過我想和他多聊聊，看看我是不是真喜歡他。
LL: Well, Li Hua, I have to level with you and say that you might not make the best impression on Jake if you're falling all of the time.
LH: 對，我要是老摔倒，他看見了怎麼會對我有好的印象呢！我還是少溜一些，站在一旁看別人溜吧！
LL: Hey, that's not fair! You drag me ice skating and now you aren't going to ice skate?
LH: 哎喲，對不起嘛！我把你拖來溜冰自己又不溜。To level with you，我來之前根本就沒想那麼多！
LL: That's obvious. I think you might as well level with Jake and ask him to help you.
LH: 對耶！我怎麼沒想到？我可以叫Jake教我溜冰啊！嗯，可是Larry, 那你怎麼辦？
LL: Then I'll just sit and watch while you and your new boyfriend skate around on the ice.
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LL: Li Hua, I think I'll skate after all, but I'm really clueless about ice-skating. How do I put these skates on?
LH: 怎麼穿溜冰鞋啊！把鞋帶繫好不就行啦！對了，你剛纔說"clueless"，那是什麼意思啊？
LL: Okay. If someone is "clueless" it means that he or she has no idea what they are doing.
LH: 噢，clueless就是什麼也不懂。我雖然會穿溜冰鞋，可是對溜冰我也是一竅不通吶！I'm also clueless about ice-skating.
LL: Great. This is the blind leading the blind. We're both more or less clueless. Do you see your friend Jake? Maybe he can help us.
LH: 嗯，我沒看到Jake，也許... 他不來了。
LL: Li Hua, is Jake really coming? If he is, what time is he supposed to come here?
LH: 嗯，我不知道。
LL: You're not sure or you're clueless?
LH: 好啦好啦，to level with you，我就聽他說了一聲今天會來滑冰。我根本不知道他到底什麼時候來嘛！
LL: Li Hua, what were you thinking?
LH: Larry, 對不起嘛！我很喜歡Jake，可是我不知道該怎麼接近他，怎麼樣進一步瞭解他。
LL: Oh, I understand. Yeah, sometimes I'm clueless about girls, too. Everyone feels that way sometimes. Don't worry; I'll help you find an excuse to talk to Jake.
LH: 真的嗎！Wow! Larry, 你真好。有你幫忙，我就放心了。看樣子我們在這兒也沒別的事可做。那就一塊兒溜冰咯！來吧！
今天李華學到兩個常用語。一個是: to level with someone, 意思是向人坦白說實話。另一個常用語是clueless, 意思是對某件事什麼也不知道。
