SCENE① A 吉娜與瑪莉同坐在飛往洛城的班機(jī)上
Mary： Zina， can I talk to you about something 1） personal？
瑪莉：吉娜，我能跟你說些私事嗎？
Zina：As long as it doesn't take too long.
吉娜：只要不太花時(shí)間就可以。
Mary： My boyfriend says I work too much. That I spend more time with you than with him.
瑪莉：我男朋友說我工作太拼命了。說我跟你相處的時(shí)間都比跟他多。
Zina：Was he 2） upset when you told him you had to leave this weekend？
吉娜：你跟他說這周末你得去外地時(shí)，他有不爽嗎？
Mary：He said not to 3） bother coming back. And I said， "fine， I won't."
瑪莉：他說不勞我再回去了。我就說：“好，我就不回來?！?BR> Zina：So what's the problem？
吉娜：那這有什么問題？
語言詳解
A： Don't bother buying me a present. I hate birthdays.
不用費(fèi)心幫我買禮物了。我討厭生日。
B： Too late. I already bought you one.
來不及了。我已經(jīng)幫你買了。
「don't bother 別費(fèi)事，不勞」
don't bother后面可以接四種不同的結(jié)構(gòu)：
1. -ing： Don't bother coming back.
2. 不定詞：Don't bother to come back.
3. yourself + -ing： Don't bother yourself coming back.
4. yorself + 不定詞：Don't bother yourself to come back.
以上四句都正確，但以（1）及（2）兩句較普遍。
A： When is your plane tomorrow？ I would like to see you off at the airport.
你明天班機(jī)是幾時(shí)？我想要到機(jī)場給你送行。
B： Thanks. But don't bother to come to the airport.
謝了。但請不要麻煩跑一趟機(jī)場。
1） ersonal （a.） 私人的
2） upset （a.） 感到不爽的，生氣的
3） bother （v.） 費(fèi)心，麻煩
Mary： Zina， can I talk to you about something 1） personal？
瑪莉：吉娜，我能跟你說些私事嗎？
Zina：As long as it doesn't take too long.
吉娜：只要不太花時(shí)間就可以。
Mary： My boyfriend says I work too much. That I spend more time with you than with him.
瑪莉：我男朋友說我工作太拼命了。說我跟你相處的時(shí)間都比跟他多。
Zina：Was he 2） upset when you told him you had to leave this weekend？
吉娜：你跟他說這周末你得去外地時(shí)，他有不爽嗎？
Mary：He said not to 3） bother coming back. And I said， "fine， I won't."
瑪莉：他說不勞我再回去了。我就說：“好，我就不回來?！?BR> Zina：So what's the problem？
吉娜：那這有什么問題？
語言詳解
A： Don't bother buying me a present. I hate birthdays.
不用費(fèi)心幫我買禮物了。我討厭生日。
B： Too late. I already bought you one.
來不及了。我已經(jīng)幫你買了。
「don't bother 別費(fèi)事，不勞」
don't bother后面可以接四種不同的結(jié)構(gòu)：
1. -ing： Don't bother coming back.
2. 不定詞：Don't bother to come back.
3. yourself + -ing： Don't bother yourself coming back.
4. yorself + 不定詞：Don't bother yourself to come back.
以上四句都正確，但以（1）及（2）兩句較普遍。
A： When is your plane tomorrow？ I would like to see you off at the airport.
你明天班機(jī)是幾時(shí)？我想要到機(jī)場給你送行。
B： Thanks. But don't bother to come to the airport.
謝了。但請不要麻煩跑一趟機(jī)場。
1） ersonal （a.） 私人的
2） upset （a.） 感到不爽的，生氣的
3） bother （v.） 費(fèi)心，麻煩