中级美语L100

100. Stop Bullshitting! 别瞎扯 Candy is asking her friend, Rudy, why guys swear so much. 肯蒂正在问他的朋友鲁迪为什么男孩子都那么爱说脏话。 C: Why do guys swear so much? 肯蒂：为什么男孩子都那么爱说脏话? R: It adds color and emphasis to language. 鲁迪：那样可以使语言增加趣味和加强语气。 C: Bullshit! People who swear don't have class. 肯蒂：扯淡！说脏话的人最没水准了。 R: See? You just said "bullshit." 鲁迪：看吧！你刚才说了“扯淡”。 C: "Bullshit" isn't swearing. It's even in the dictionary. 肯蒂：“扯淡”不是脏话，字典里有这个词呢。 R: Sure it's swearing. 鲁迪：那当然是脏话了。 C: It simply mean, "male cow manure." 肯蒂：它的意思只是“公牛的粪便”。 R: Then why don't you just say "shit"? It's in the dictionary as well. 鲁迪：那你为什么不说“狗屎”就好了？那个词字典里也有。 C: We're just going round in circles. Tell you what. If you stop saying "shit," I'll stop saying "bull-shit." 肯蒂：我们只是在原地打转。我跟你说吧。如果你不再说“狗屎”，我就不再说“扯淡”了。 R: Considering they both aren't very nice things to say anyway, that's a deal. 鲁迪：就其两者反正都不是好话而论，一言为定。