VOA流行美语第109课：tick sb. off
第109课：tick sb. off
Larry和李华正在图书馆里看书，在他们旁边有个学生在用手机打电话。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to tick someone off和get lost.
(Someone talking on the phone loudly)
LL: It really ticks me off when people talk so loudly in the library. Don't they realize that other people are trying to study?
LH: 就是嘛，在图书馆里这么大声说话，真讨厌！Hey，Larry, 你说tick me off，那是什么意思啊？
LL: That person ticks me off means he irritates me. To tick someone off is to annoy or irritate someone.
LH: 噢，to tick someone off就是惹人生气，让人讨厌的意思。没错！那家伙说话这么大声害我不能专心看书。Larry，我们是不是该跟他说说呢？
LL: No, that's okay. I think he's leaving now anyway. Thank God. Besides, that would be a rude thing to say to someone's face.
LH: 对噢，当众要他小声点似乎也太厉害，不够礼貌。你看他走了，谢天谢地。Larry，你知道还有什么事tick me off ， 惹我生气吗？
LL: What ticks you off, Li Hua?
LH: 哼！Smith 教授在假期里给我们安排这么多作业，真是气人！这样我们根本没有机会好好休息嘛！
LL: Yeah, that ticks me off, too, but there's nothing we can do about it. What else ticks you off?
LH: 说的也是，我啊再抱怨，作业还是得做。嗯，还有什么事让我生气的啊？对了，我那同屋常常三更半夜才回家，每次都把我吵醒，我一生气就怎么也睡不着了！
LL: No wonder you look so tired lately. You should really talk to your roommate about that. You need to sleep.
LH: 我看起来很累的样子，是不是？哎呀，真糟糕。我是该跟她好好谈谈，可是这种事情真的很难开口嘛！
LL: You can just very politely tell her that it really ticks you off when she comes home so late and ask her to try and be more quiet.
LH: 很礼貌地告诉她她那么晚回来让我生气？让她小声一点？唉，我得好好想想该怎么说才不让她生气。I don't want to tick her off.
