网络社交口语对话第49集：这我做不来

Sue: Because you want him, but you don't have him.

苏： 因为你想要他，却还没得到。

Rose: I can't do it.

柔丝： 这我做不来。

Sue: Just look at him as if he were a big piece of chocolate... and you 1) have a weakness for chocolate...

苏： 你就把他当作是一大块的巧克力……而你一看到巧克力就忍不住……

Rose: Like this?

柔丝： 像这样？

Sue: Oh, yes! That's 2) provocative!

苏： 对了！这样够挑逗！

Rose: Is that all there is to 3) flirting?

柔丝： 眉目传情就这样子而已啊？

语言详解

A: Keep that candy away from me!

把那糖果拿远一点！

B: Oh! You have a weakness for sweets, too!

哦！原来你也挡不住甜食的魅力！

【...have a weakness for... 对于……无法招架】

每个人都有自己的弱点。所以当你遇上了你的克星，或是有哪样事物的魅力，是你挡都挡不住的，你就可以用上这个表达法。

A: If you want to win Tom's heart, make him a cheesecake.

若是你想讨汤姆欢心，做起司蛋糕给他吃准没错。

B: Great idea! I know he has a weakness for sweets.

好主意！我知道他看到甜食就没辙。

【Is that all there is to... 这样就完成……了吗？】

这句话用在你觉得事情没有那么简单，但又不知道接下来还有什么可以做的时候。

A: ...And you pour the spaghetti sauce over the noodles.

……再把意大利肉酱倒在面条上。

B: Is that all there is to making spaghetti?

做意大利面就这点功夫啊？

1) have a weakness for... (n.) 抵抗不了……的诱惑。

2) provocative (a.) 撩人的

3) flirt (v.) 调情