你想听我讲一些鬼的事情吗：VOA职场口语

Mary：

You big coward! I’m just joking.

你真是个胆小鬼!我只是开玩笑而已。

Harry：

You know, I get spooked from ghost stories and scary movies. The scary movies made my hair stand on end, and keep me awake at night.

你知道我被鬼故事和恐怖电影吓着了。恐怖电影把我吓得头发都竖起来了，晚上也睡不着觉。

Harry：

Stop playing around. You know, I get scared when you start talking like this.

别瞎说了。你知道，你这么一说我就开始害怕了。

Mary：

He died? ten years ago.

他十年前就去世了。

Harry：

Big deal! That’s not very scary. Next you’ll tell me he’s dead.

有什么了不起的!这并不吓人。你接下来肯定会告诉我他死了。

Mary：

Do you want to hear something spooky? I met my uncle yesterday.

你想听我讲一些鬼的事情吗?我昨天遇到我叔叔了。

Mary：

Actually, I wasn’t completely joking. I saw him in a dream last night.

实际上，我也没有完全在开玩笑。昨晚我确实梦到他了。

Harry：

Maybe you just miss him.

可能是你想他了。

Mary：

Yeah, he was a great uncle, very kind to me, when he was alive?.

是啊，他是个很好的叔叔，生前对我很好的。

Harry：

Next time try not to scare me too much with your stories. You know it upsets me.

下次可别拿这种故事来吓我了，你知道这会使我心神不宁的。

Mary：

OK. I promise.

好的。我保证。