地道美語怎麼說 第10課:別慌
Donny 在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是Jimmy要問的：別慌。
Jimmy: Donny, 大事不好了!
Donny: What happened, Jimmy? You look terrible!
Jimmy: 兩小時後....我要和女朋友約會，她剛提醒我，今天是我們認識一週年紀念日，還給我準備了禮物。But I totally forgot! 怎麼辦？她肯定會生氣，會罵我，會分手，還會......
Donny: Hey! Hey! Don't have a cow!
Jimmy: 啊？你說什麼？cow? cow 不是奶牛麼？
Donny: What I meant is-- you need to calm down. "Don't have a cow" 也就是中文裏說的不要慌張。
Jimmy: 哦，讓別人冷靜，別慌，就說 Don't have a cow! 哎？還有別的說法麼？我記得有個詞叫 chill, c-h-i-l-l?
Donny: Yes! You can say chill out. It means calm down, or "don't panic".
Jimmy: 啊! 要是我今晚跟女朋友坦白講：我就是忘了咱倆認識一週年這回事了，你能把我怎麼樣？她肯定會抓狂。然後我就說：Honey! Chill out!
Donny: 呃....I think you better say "Honey, I'm really sorry. How can I make up to you?"
Jimmy: 呵呵，我開玩笑的。
Donny: Oh, speaking of the word "chill", you can also say "take a chill
pill". It's another way of saying "calm down".
Jimmy: Take a chill pill. Pill, p-i-l-l, pill是“藥丸”的意思，所以, take a chill pill字面意思就是“吃個冷靜藥丸”，就是叫人別激動，別慌。
Donny: You got it. So what are you going to do for tonight's date?
Jimmy: 還能怎麼辦，抓緊這兩小時，趕緊去買禮物唄! 走啦!
Donny: Before you go, tell me what you've learned today!
Jimmy: 今天學了讓人別慌的三種說法。第一，Don't have a cow; 第二，Chill out; 第三：Take a chill pill.
