Episode 16 (script)
Jack and Mei Mei
This is the story of Mei Mei, a Chinese girl, and Jack, a laowai. This is a story of love, violence and misunderstanding. This is their Chinglish story.
One day Jack and Mei Mei were in a shop buying a gift for their teacher. Suddenly something happened.
M: Do you like this for the teacher?
J: I don’t know.
M: What about this?
J: Maybe.
Robber1:Everybody be cool, this is a robbery!
Robber2: Nobody move, nobody gets hurt see!
M: Oh no!
J: Ahhhh.
M: Don’t worry Jack. I will save us.
J: What?
M: No one will hurt you.
Then Mei Mei faced the robbers.
M: Don’t move! I’m Mei Mei Lee.
Mei Mei kicked ass and went back to Jack.
J: Wow! You fight very well!
M: My grandfather Bruce taught me.
J: Are you ok?
M: Yes. Nobody hurts my Jack or I will catch fire!
J: What?!
M: I will catch fire!
J: What?!
You don’t say catch fire, you say “get very angry”
Will Mei Mei teach Jack how to fight? Will Jack always be a coward? Find out in the next episode of Jack and Mei Mei.
Idioms 4 Idiots
Idiom: Hang in there. 坚持不懈
Meaning: Don’t give up.
Eg. Hang in there, your show will be a success.
坚持,你的节目一定会成功的。
The new bakery doesn’t have many customers. It has to hang in there.
这个面包房顾客不多,但他们得坚持。
Weird News
Angry seagull terrorizes supermarket
愤怒的海鸥在超市制造恐慌。
An angry seagull entered a supermarket in England and started harassing customers, forcing the evacuation of the place……
Vocabulary:
Harassing: to disturb persistently骚扰
Eg: An angry seagull harassed customers.
一只愤怒的海鸥骚扰了顾客。
Evacuation: the removal of persons from an endangered area. 疏散;撤离
Eg: The seagull forced the evacuation of the supermarket.
海鸥迫使超市里的顾客紧急疏散。