莫平的英文私塾

不囉唆，阿基師今天的記者會十大金句的英文說法是──

1.說嘴對嘴也還好啦，我的客人常常跟我嘴對嘴，這是我的國際禮儀

這是在淡水捷運站內廁所外拍到的。先不論這個標誌是否有必要（禁止乘客排隊等進廁所？不會吧），光是它的英文就夠彆扭的了。

這張是在捷運站拍到的廣告。

今天在網路上看到這個可愛的小女娃 cosplay 知名墨西哥女畫家 Frida Khalo，有感而寫。

最近在電視電影裡特別常聽到shotgun（霰彈槍），不妨來說一下它的幾個俚語用法。

─ shotgun = passenger seat：幾個老美在要進汽車之前，經常聽到有人搶先高喊：“Shotgun!” 來爭取駕駛座旁邊的座位 (passenger seat) 的權利。

HBO有一部自製影集 “Veep”，中文翻譯成「副人之仁」，表面看不出兩者有何關聯。原來這是一部描寫美國副總統（Vice President）生活的喜劇，而Vice President簡稱 V.P.，讀如「ˊveepee」，再由聲音轉成文字，就成了俚語 “Veepee” 或更簡潔的 Veep 了，連正經八百的時代雜誌也會這麼用。

Once upon a time, there was a Mandopop diva who loved English and even majored in English in college. Her biggest wish, according to various press interviews, was to head an English school. In building the image of an English aficionado, she not only spoke Mandarin with a strong American accent but also got herself a boyfriend who was half Kiwi, half Merlion and could hardly speak Chinese. In actuality, unfortunately, she dared not speak English during interviews and made a big boo-boo in her first English-learning book, which was as ill-fated as her love affair with another Mandopop megastar who looked like a baboon. After being humiliated by some English teachers who actually knew English (some others who didn't rooted for her), she felt frustrated and turned to focus on her main career as a dancer, gymnast and – oh, yes – a singer. Here’s the monumental boo-boo that sank the diva’s second career.

“「劈腿」的英文是 have/has the third person（有了第三者）”

這是 Janet 代言的某美語補習班的文案

我本來對這個配音員並無感覺，但自從聽到他亂唸英文字，就開始討厭他做作的低沈嗓音。偏偏這傢伙包山包海，什麼廣告都有他的份：房地產、汽車、電影預告，甚至遊樂園、食品都有，真是令人氣結。

他旁白的VW車系（Tiguan, Touran, Sharan）廣告中，一律把車款名字的重音讀在第二音節。我聽了很不順耳，就很無聊的去爬了網路的英文廣告，證實我的看法：這些車款的唸法，重音都在第一個音節，第二個音節則通常賦予次重音（音調降低，但母音維持完整不弱讀）。換言之，他全部唸錯了，但顯然代理商不介意，而我想台灣廣告也沒有經過德國總部的審核，就這麼以訛傳訛，台灣車主大概全部都照錯的方式唸。我這裡只連結 Tiguan 的中外影片作為例子。有興趣觀看的話，請以 copy 網址方式觀看。

這是在淡水捷運站內拍到的。