美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第283期:美国单身狗的生活

今天我们从一组美国漫画，看看美国单身狗心里想什么？

关键词：

A lowly single person: 卑微的单身
Lonely and pathetic: 孤独、可怜
A pathetic bachelor: 可怜的单身汉
Weird (adj): 怪怪的
Weirdo (noun): 怪人、有点变态
Weird can be cute: weird也可以很可爱
A weirdo is always bad: weirdo肯定很恐怖
I hope someone gets me: 我希望有人真的懂我
Quirks: 怪怪的小毛病
OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder): 强迫症
The man/woman of my dreams: 我的梦中情人
Struggle: 挣扎、纠结
Cherish their freedom: 珍惜自由
Cherish their bachelorhood: 珍惜单身的阶段
Bachelor: 单身男人
Bachelorette: 单身女性
Self-mocking/self-deprecating: 自嘲
Americans don't have the same kind of pressure to get married as Chinese do:
美国人没有中国人这么大的结婚压力

A free agent: 自由身
A player:一个花心的人
Flirtatious: 花心的、爱玩的
To be walked: 遛
Walk your dog: 遛狗
Our lives are parallel lines that will never cross: 我们的生活是平行线，永远不会交汇
It's not meant to be: 注定无缘
Fattening: 让人肥胖的
To text someone: 给人发短信、微信
Square root: 平方根
Imaginary: 想象的、不存在的
Imaginary boyfriend/girlfriend: 假想的男女朋友
They're so real that you can fake it with your parents: 这些假想男女朋友非常真实，可以用来骗你的父母
Are you single: 你是单身吗？
There're more and more women who are focusing more on their career and don't care as much about having a man in life: 越来越多的女孩子更注重事业，没那么在乎男人
Economically independent: 经济独立
Pursue our career: 追求自己的事业
But you feel the insecurities at the same time: 但同时也会感到不安全