Englishpod英语文化脱口秀第275期:美国单身狗的生活

A lowly single person: 卑微的单身

Lonely and pathetic: 孤独、可怜

A pathetic bachelor: 可怜的单身汉

Weird (adj): 怪怪的

Weirdo (noun): 怪人、有点变态

Weird can be cute: weird也可以很可爱

A weirdo is always bad: weirdo肯定很恐怖

I hope someone gets me: 我希望有人真的懂我

Quirks: 怪怪的小毛病

OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder): 强迫症

The man/woman of my dreams: 我的梦中情人

Struggle: 挣扎、纠结

Cherish their freedom: 珍惜自由

Cherish their bachelorhood: 珍惜单身的阶段

Bachelor: 单身男人

Bachelorette: 单身女性

Self-mocking/self-deprecating: 自嘲

Americans don't have the same kind of pressure to get married as Chinese do:

美国人没有中国人这么大的结婚压力

A free agent: 自由身

A player:一个花心的人

Flirtatious: 花心的、爱玩的

To be walked: 遛

Walk your dog: 遛狗

Our lives are parallel lines that will never cross: 我们的生活是平行线，永远不会交汇

It's not meant to be: 注定无缘

Fattening: 让人肥胖的

To text someone: 给人发短信、微信

Square root: 平方根

Imaginary: 想象的、不存在的

Imaginary boyfriend/girlfriend: 假想的男女朋友

They're so real that you can fake it with your parents: 这些假想男女朋友非常真实，可以用来骗你的父母

Are you single: 你是单身吗?

There're more and more women who are focusing more on their career and don't care as muchabout having a man in life: 越来越多的女孩子更注重事业，没那么在乎男人

Economically independent: 经济独立

Pursue our career: 追求自己的事业

But you feel the insecurities at the same time: 但同时也会感到不安全