恒星口语讲堂:"新手,菜鸟"英语怎么说?

Newbie 新手/菜鸟

Larry和李华在咖啡店里买咖啡。

LL: Wow, it seems to be taking a long time for this guy to get our coffee made. Maybe he is a newbie.

LH: A newbie? 你说他是新来的？

LL: Right. A newbie is someone that is new to a place, activity or organization.

LH: 你说得对，他肯定是新手，好像连咖啡机还用不好呢！

LL: It is like this new guy in my office. He just started work the day before yesterday. He doesn't know where anything is.

LH: 初来乍到是最困难的时候，Larry, 你一定要帮帮这个新同事。

LL: I have been helping him, and he's doing pretty well for a newbie. He is clearly very bright and has picked up on a lot of things very quickly.

LH: 我们的咖啡来了，我们找地儿坐吧。

LL: MMMmmm...It may have taken him a while to make the coffee, but the newbie did a good job. This coffee is great!

LH: 你看，有时候对新手就是要有耐心。我还记得刚开始教中文的时候，样样东西都要学。

LL: What did you find the most difficult about being a newbie Chinese teacher, Li Hua?

LH: 当初最让我头痛的就是安排课堂活动，我总是掌握不好各项活动的时间长短。

LL: Yeah, when I was a newbie, I remember having to learn where everything was in the office and who was responsible for which aspects of my job. . .Say, Li Hua, I want to show you something on my lap top.

(Takes out lap top)

LH: 是新的电脑游戏吗？

LL: Yes, it is a fantasy role-playing game where you pretend to be a warrior or a wizard and run around attacking people and collecting treasure. I've just started the game, so I am kind of a newbie.

LH: 这里面好像还有其他人，他们也是newbies吗？

LL: No, some people have been playing the game for a long time. Their characters are very experienced, and they have fun attacking and stealing treasure from the newbies.

LH: 那你肯定也是被这些老手欺负的对象喽？我是不会玩电脑游戏，也没兴趣。

LL: You should try it, Li Hua. It is a lot of fun to play computer games, and it gets more fun when you aren't a newbie any more.

LH: 还是算了吧，在电脑游戏上面，我宁愿做个newbie.