美语会话实录第191期(MP3+文本):Take it!

英文原文:

Acheng:Thank you so much. I can't take this.
Sophia:She will insist. It's a rosary. She has millions of them. Take it.
Acheng:What did she mean just now about raising pigs?
Sophia:Oh! My grandmother used to say “raising pigs, raising kids...at least you can eat the pigs.”
Acheng:Ha-ha. I get it. That's funny. Your cousin's a real sarcastic1 lady.
Sophia:She likes to complain about her macho husband and her “bambinos”, but she loves them all dearly.

参考译文:
阿　震：谢谢。我不能收下。
苏菲亚：她会坚持要你收下。这是念珠。这东西她多得是。收下吧。
阿　震：她刚刚说养猪是什幺意思？
苏菲亚：喔！我祖母常说 养小孩还不如养猪，至少养猪还吃得到猪肉。
阿　震：哈哈。我懂了。真好玩。你表妹还真是个会挖苦人的小姐。
苏菲亚：她喜欢抱怨她的肌肉老公还有她的小孩，不过她还是很爱他们

重点词汇:

insist (v.)
坚持
I insist you stop looking at my tush.
我警告你别再看我的屁股了。
rosary (n.)
（专指天主教徒念玫瑰经时用的）念珠。一般佛教念珠则称为prayer beads2
You must say the rosary eight times for your sins.
你必须念八次玫瑰经赎罪。
sarcastic (a.)
挖苦的，讽刺的
A: I think GB is the best president ever.
而且我觉得乔治布什真是有史以来最好的总统。
B: Don't be so sarcastic, we all know how you really feel!
别这幺话中带刺嘛，我们都知道乔治布什很糟糕!