DONNY在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，他的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教他。今天是吳瓊要問(wèn)的：拗口。

DONNY:吳瓊，What's up?

WQ:我表姐要生寶寶了，發(fā)動(dòng)全家給孩子起名兒呢，這不，我翻翻字典，找點(diǎn)靈感。

DONNY:Interesting! 我也來(lái)出主意！

WQ:孩子姓唐，你說(shuō)叫什么好？

DONNY:唐？嗯……唐 - 老 - 鴨。

WQ:啊？！

DONNY:Haha! I'm sorry, Wu Qiong. I know this is a terrible name, but when you mentioned the word“唐”， the name rolled right off my tongue.

WQ:Rolled right off your tongue? 從舌頭上滾下來(lái)？我明白了，就是順口，脫口而出。你一聽(tīng)到“唐”字，順口就說(shuō)出了唐老鴨。 那……如果不順口，也就是拗口，該怎么說(shuō)呢？

DONNY:You can say it's a tongue twister.

WQ:哦，tongue twister，就是說(shuō)起來(lái)拗口的東西! This name is a tongue twister 這個(gè)名字真難念。

DONNY:沒(méi)錯(cuò)! Wu Qiong, you know the luxury car brand "Mercedes-Benz", do you?

WQ:Mercedes-Benz? 就是奔馳嘛!

DONNY:Right. The Chinese translation“奔馳”rolls right off the tongue. However, if we call the brand 梅賽德斯·本茲， to me , that's a tongue twister! It's like I'm tripping over my own tongue when I try to say it.

WQ:Trip over your own tongue? 我知道trip是絆倒的意思，所以trip over one's own tongue 就是打磕巴，吃螺絲吧？

DONNY:Absolutely!

WQ:DONNY, We need to find a good name for this baby. We don't want people to trip over their own tongues when they say the baby's name!

DONNY:Of course, but first let's see what you've learned today!

WQ: 第一，順口叫“to roll right off the tongue”；

第二，拗口的東西則是“a tongue twister”；

第三，打磕巴，吃螺絲，叫“to trip over one's own tongue”。