“日常斗嘴”的超经典对话

tell on sb

告发某人；打某人小报告

Good friends don't tell on each other.

好朋友不会打对方小报告。

Ground

将某人禁足

Sally got home at 2 AM last night and her dad grounded her for a week.

萨利昨夜凌晨两点才回家，她爸爸将她禁足一个星期。

A: Give me back my cellphone.

把我手机还给我

B: Not until you return the ten dollars that you owe me 

除非你把欠我的十美元还我

A: I gave it back. Now, return my cellphone, or I'll tell on you.

我早就还了，现在把我的手机还回来，不然我就去告状

B: Nobody likes a tattletale——especially a tattletale that's also a thief. 

没有人喜欢打小报告的人，尤其是那个打小报告的人，还是个小偷

A: I'm not a thief. I gave you back the ten dollars yesterday. I put it under your pillow.

我才不是小错，我昨天就还你，那是美元了，我放在你的枕头底下了

B: Well. it's not there now. See!

这个嘛，他不在那儿，你看

A: Not the pillow on your bed, the spare pillow in your wardrobe.

不是，你床上的枕头，是你衣橱里那个备用枕头

B: Oh. You should have said so.

你应该早说。

A: I did say so.

我说了呀。

B: No, you didn't.

不，你没有。

A: Keep it down, will you? 

声音小点，好吗？

B: It's you that's raising your voice, not me.

你才是那个大声嚷嚷的人，不是我

A: Yes, you are.

就是你。

B: No, I'm not.

不是我。

A: If Mom hears us bickering, she will ground us both. 

如果妈妈听到我们在斗嘴，他会把我们两个都禁足。