美语情景对话 第1298期:Have you ever been a babysitter 你做过保姆吗?

Diego: Hello, Silvia. This is Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：你好，西尔维娅。我是迭戈，来自墨西哥。

Silvia: Hi. I'm Silvia from Guatemala.

西尔维娅：你好。我是西尔维娅，来自危地马拉。

Diego: And I want to ask you a question today. I want to ask you, "Have you ever been a baby sitter?"

迭戈：今天我想问你个问题。我想问的是：你做过保姆吗？

Silvia: Yes, I've been a babysitter. And actually, I was seventeen, so almost eight years ago, and I was in high school, and after school, I would go home, and my cousin would leave her little daughter with me, a two-year old, and she just learned how to walk so imagine that, and it was quite exhausting.

西尔维娅：我做过保姆。当时我17岁，差不多是8年前，那时我还是高中生，放学以后我会直接回家，我表姐把她两岁的小女儿留给我照顾，那个孩子刚学会走路，想象一下，照顾她相当累。

Diego: She was a handful.

迭戈：她很难管。

Silvia: Yeah, she was.

西尔维娅：对，没错。

Diego: Did you get paid for this?

迭戈：那你表姐会付你钱吗？

Silvia: No, I just liked her so much. I liked taking care of her even though sometimes she drove me crazy, and I felt like spanking her, but in the end I just ended spending the afternoon with her.

西尔维娅：不会，我就是很喜欢那个小女孩。我喜欢照顾她，虽然有时她会把我逼疯，我喜欢拍她的屁股，不过最后我整个下午都会陪她一起玩。

Diego: Ah, OK, sounds very good.

迭戈：好，听起来很不错。

Silvia: It was OK, I guess.

西尔维娅：我觉得还不错。

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重点讲解：
1. a handful 难管的人（尤指孩子）；
例句：Zara can be a handful sometimes.
扎拉有时很难管教。
2. take care of 照顾；照看；看护；
例句：I take care of them to the best of my abilities.
我尽我所能地照顾他们。
3. even though 即使；尽管；纵然；
例句：His mind was clear even though he was very ill.
尽管病得很厉害，但他头脑仍很清楚。
4. in the end 最后；
例句：In the end the 'bad guys' are caught and sent to jail.
最后，“坏人”都被抓住送进了监狱。