現在Michael和李華在準備下午的考試。李華會學到兩個常用語：to jinx和come off it.

    L： Michael， 考試準備得怎么樣了？ 可別再像上次那樣考砸了！

    M： Ahh！ Li Hua， don't say that！ You'll jinx me！

    L： Jinx you？ 聽不懂，什么是jinx啊？

    M： Jinx. Jinx can be used as a verb or a noun. One way to jinx someone is to say something unlucky， like you just said.

    L： 噢，jinx這個詞可以作動詞，也可以作名詞。你剛才說：You'll jinx me， 意思是你認為我說“這次你可別考砸了”，這句話不吉利，會讓你倒霉。哎喲，Michael， 你那么迷信啊！

    M： Well， some people believe in jinxes. For instance， a lot of people think that there is a jinx on the Chicago Cubs baseball team. It hasn't won a World Series for 95 years.

    L： 有人說芝加哥棒球隊“小熊隊”撞上了倒霉運，所以老是進不了世界杯決賽。Michael， 你剛才說，There is a jinx on the Chicago Cubs. 這個jinx就是名詞了吧？

    M： That's right！ I don't believe in black magic or anything like that. But I do think that if someone hears something unlucky， or believes that there is a jinx， it can affect his or her performance.

    L： 我啊，也不相信真的有什么魔術或巫術的。可是，要是你確實相信聽到倒霉話就真的會倒霉，那是會影響你的心理，也會影響你做事的結果。我就不信真的有jinx！

    M： Really？ What if I told you that I think you're going to fail this test unless you apologize to me？ I am jinxing you！

    L： 什么？你要我對你道歉！我要不跟你道歉，我考試就會不及格！你想咒我啊，You are trying to jinx me？ 我才不怕呢。我又不信jinx這一套！我只是希望你這次別考砸了。我是好意啊！

    M： Li Hua， you said it again！ I'm going to give you five seconds to apologize for jinxing me.

    L： 給我五秒鐘對你道歉？我干嗎要道歉，我又沒有說錯話。我看你還是趕快去復習你的功課吧！別相信什么悔氣不悔氣的。

    L： 哎呀，Michael， 我這次肯定考砸了。都是你的錯，you jinxed me before the test！

    M： Oh come off it， Li Hua. You said you don't believe in jinxes.

    L： Come off it？ 你在說什么呀？

    M： I said "come off it！" That means "stop talking nonsense" or "stop pretending that something is true".

    L： 噢，come off it就表示“不要瞎說”、“別裝蒜啦”。嗨，你不是說你相信聽了倒霉的話就真的會倒霉呀？

    M： Come off it， Li Hua！ You're the one who said that if someone fails， it has nothing to do with the jinx.

    L： 我是不相信所謂的jinx， 可是你在考試前和我爭來爭去，影響我情緒，所以我沒有考好啊！

    M： You want me to feel guilty？ Well， I don't！

    L： Come off it， Michael！ 你要我跟你道歉，還說不然我就會考不好，這當然影響我情緒啦！

    M： Come off it， Li Hua！ It's not my fault. It's your fault you didn't come to class on Friday. You missed about a third of the material covered on the test.

    L： 什么？我考試沒考好是因為我禮拜五沒有來上課？哎，你明明知道那天我生病了嘛！

    M： Oh， come off it！ I saw you later that day. You weren't sick！

    L： You come off it， Michael！ 我是真的生病啦！

    M： Unlucky， huh？ So you're still blaming me for jinxing you？ Come off it， already. You don't really believe in that jinx nonsense， do you？

    L： 對，我考試沒考好，不怪你，算我自己倒霉，行了吧？

    李華今天在和Michael談論考試的時候，學到了兩個常用語：to jinx表示“帶來壞運氣”；come off it表示“不要瞎說”、“別裝蒜”。