“我在厕所”千万不要说成“I'm in WC”,太尴尬了!

2022-03-23 21:16:31

「轻松一课」第18期

Excuse me,where is the restroom?/

请问卫生间怎么走?

你知道在美语里,

如何准确含蓄地表达上厕所吗?

节目音乐:when we were young(Adele)

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go to the bathroom

一次朋友聚会,大家建议说一起分享来美国之后因为culture shock(文化差异)或者英语不好而闹出的笑话,其中一个朋友分享的事情让我至今仍记忆犹新。


他说一次他出去逛街,确实走累了,想找个地儿休息,刚好看到一个restroom,于是就走了进去...幸运的是,恰好进的是男厕?



其实restroom在是卫生间、厕所的意思,美国人一般用bathroom or restroom来表达厕所,像WC、washroom都不会使用。


英式英语中,人们还用toilet这个词,但是toilet在美国主要是指马桶,这是不一样的地方。


这次旅行呢,我听到飞机广播里提到一个单词lavatory,在美语中,只有火车或飞机上的厕所才被叫做lavatory。所以啊,大家需要记住在美国卫生间怎么说:


bathroom 家庭中的浴室和较为小型的厕所



restroom 商业、工业设施中的大型公共厕所



但在口语中,上洗手间人们习惯都说go to the bathroom, 即使是指公共厕所。


lavatory(飞机或者火车上)


大家都知道,在中文里我们要去卫生间一般都不会直接说,为了显得文雅一些呢,我们会说“去方便一下”,那在美语里,我们应该怎么含蓄又准确地表达上厕所呢?


Are you ready to learn some fun, and extremely useful English? Here we go!


1.比如说你找不到卫生间在哪,你可以问别人说:


Excuse me,where is the restroom?

请问卫生间怎么走?



2.跟别人在一起,但是你需要去一趟卫生间,你可以说:


Excuse me,I need to use the bathroom,I’ll be right back.

不好意思,我需要去趟卫生间,很快回来。



以上两种表达呢,适用于比较正式的场合。


3.跟朋友或者家人在一起,可以表达的随意一些,我们可以说:


Where is the bathroom, I need to pee.

厕所在哪啊,我要尿尿。



但是呢,Lotus还是建议大家使用go to the bathroom(万精油),除非是真的很亲近。


4.你第一次去别人家,想去卫生间,你可以说:


Excuse me, may I use your bathroom?

可以借用一下卫生间吗?



在美国,还有一个可能弄错,造成尴尬的,就是“纸”这个词应该怎么说,不可以只说paper哦,老外会很confuse的。Here I made a summary for you. 下面呢,Lotus 为大家做了一个总结。


1.paper是指一般的纸张。


2.如果去餐厅吃饭,我们要用餐巾纸,在美语中,我们说napkin。


3.如果流鼻涕,需要用纸巾,那我们应该说tissue/tissue paper。tissue 可以是抽的,也可以是小包的,通常质地比较软。


4.美国还有一种纸叫paper towel,是一种比较高的卷纸,通常用来擦厨房灶台什么的。


5.最后一种就是上厕所用的纸啦,叫toilet paper。


大家一定要分清这些指的不同叫法,不然会造成很多尴尬,对方可能不知道你真正需要的是哪种纸。



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《when we were young(Adele)》 

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Everybody loves the things you do
From the way you talk
To the way you move
Everybody here is watching you
'Cause you feel like home

You're like a dream come true
But if by chance you're here alone
Can I have a moment
Before I go?
'Cause I've been by myself all night long
Hoping you're someone I used to know

You look like a movie
You sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young

Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time
That we might be exactly like we were
Before we realized
We were sad of getting old
It made us restless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song

I was so scared to face my fears
Nobody told me that you'd be here
And I swear you moved overseas
That's what you said, when you left me

You still look like a movie
You still sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young

Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time
That we might be exactly like we were
Before we realized
We were sad of getting old
It made us restless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song

When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young

It's hard to admit that
Everything just takes me back
To when you were there
To when you were there
And a part of me keeps holding on
Just in case it hasn't gone
I guess I still care
Do you still care?

It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young

When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young

Let me photograph you in this light
In case it is the last time
That we might be exactly like we were
Before we realized
We were sad of getting old
It made us restless
Oh, I'm so mad I'm getting old
It makes me reckless
It was just like a movie
It was just like a song
When we were young


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