英语口语“小心眼”怎么说

　　Jessica在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是吴琼要问的：小心眼。

英语口语“小心眼”怎么说

　　Jessica: Wu Qiong, are you coming to my birthday party tomorrow?

　　WQ: En...I'm afraid not.

　　Jessica: Why not? You're my best friend!

　　WQ: 我不是不想去参加你的'生日派对，可是你请了王贝贝，我可不想见她。

　　Jessica: Why? I thought you two were friends.

　　WQ: 你不知道，两年前，我们去唱K。她走调了，我心直口快说了出来，结果她记仇，这两年没少说我坏话！太小心眼了！小心眼在英文里怎么说？

　　Jessica: You can say a person is petty. petty is spelled p-e-t-t-y, petty. It means narrow-minded and mean.

　　WQ: 哦，petty 就是心胸狭窄，小心眼。You have no idea, Jessica, you don't know how petty she is. 她一定还在记仇, hold...hold...记仇是 hold 什么来着？

　　Jessica: hold a grudge. grudge is spelled g-r-u-d-g-e. hold a grudge 记仇。but Wu Qiong, I don't think Beibei still holds a grudge against you.

　　WQ: Hmm, I don't know. 她表面上也和我过得去，but I think she still has a secret grudge against me! 她还在心里暗暗记仇呢!

　　Jessica: Oh, come on! It's been two years! I'm sure she has gotten over it!

　　WQ: Get over it 就是“不再计较”的意思，对不对?

　　Jessica: Exactly. To get over it means to forget about it.

　　WQ: You know what, Jessica, you're right. 我决定明天去参加你的party! I want to show Beibei that I'm not a petty person and it's time for her to get over it, too.

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