美語情景對話 第1298期:Have you ever been a babysitter 你做過保姆嗎?

Diego: Hello, Silvia. This is Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：你好，西爾維婭。我是迭戈，來自墨西哥。

Silvia: Hi. I'm Silvia from Guatemala.

西爾維婭：你好。我是西爾維婭，來自危地馬拉。

Diego: And I want to ask you a question today. I want to ask you, "Have you ever been a baby sitter?"

迭戈：今天我想問你個問題。我想問的是：你做過保姆嗎？

Silvia: Yes, I've been a babysitter. And actually, I was seventeen, so almost eight years ago, and I was in high school, and after school, I would go home, and my cousin would leave her little daughter with me, a two-year old, and she just learned how to walk so imagine that, and it was quite exhausting.

西爾維婭：我做過保姆。當時我17歲，差不多是8年前，那時我還是高中生，放學以後我會直接回家，我表姐把她兩歲的小女兒留給我照顧，那個孩子剛學會走路，想象一下，照顧她相當累。

Diego: She was a handful.

迭戈：她很難管。

Silvia: Yeah, she was.

西爾維婭：對，沒錯。

Diego: Did you get paid for this?

迭戈：那你表姐會付你錢嗎？

Silvia: No, I just liked her so much. I liked taking care of her even though sometimes she drove me crazy, and I felt like spanking her, but in the end I just ended spending the afternoon with her.

西爾維婭：不會，我就是很喜歡那個小女孩。我喜歡照顧她，雖然有時她會把我逼瘋，我喜歡拍她的屁股，不過最後我整個下午都會陪她一起玩。

Diego: Ah, OK, sounds very good.

迭戈：好，聽起來很不錯。

Silvia: It was OK, I guess.

西爾維婭：我覺得還不錯。

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重點講解：
1. a handful 難管的人（尤指孩子）；
例句：Zara can be a handful sometimes.
扎拉有時很難管教。
2. take care of 照顧；照看；看護；
例句：I take care of them to the best of my abilities.
我盡我所能地照顧他們。
3. even though 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：His mind was clear even though he was very ill.
儘管病得很厲害，但他頭腦仍很清楚。
4. in the end 最後；
例句：In the end the 'bad guys' are caught and sent to jail.
最後，“壞人”都被抓住送進了監獄。