JESSICA 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Lulu 要問的：分手。
分手
JESSICA: Lulu! Too bad you have to fly to Shanghai for your friend's wedding next month. 我本來想約你一起去聽演唱會呢！
LL: 嗨，別提了，要結婚的那倆個人，分手啦! Say Bye-Bye啦!
JESSICA: What? Did they break up?
LL: 分手就是 break up？ b-r-e-a-k, break. u-p up. 沒錯，分手啦! 這倆人特神，婚期定了，喜貼發了。結果，上禮拜那個女生給我來電話說，她和那男生分手了! 是不是該說 She broke up with her boyfriend？
JESSICA: Yes. Break up with someone 就是跟某人分手。不過，Lulu, What happened? Why did they break up?
LL: 聽說是那個男生劈腿!
JESSICA: What's 劈腿？
LL: 就是...他還跟別的女生好。He has another girlfriend.
JESSICA: Really? He cheated on the girl he was gonna marry?
LL: 等會兒，我知道 cheat 是“欺騙”，你說的 cheat on her，就是揹著她和別人好，“劈腿”的意思，對不對？
JESSICA: That's right!
LL: 所以啊，你說，都快結婚了，卻發現 Her boyfriend cheated on her, 這女生能不跟他一刀兩斷嗎？！
JESSICA: There you go! Cut their ties! If I were her, I would not give that guy another chance either!
LL: Cut their ties？ T-i-e-s, ties 就是聯繫。Cut their ties 就是徹底斷絕關係，一刀兩斷嘍？
JESSICA: 沒錯! Now let's see what you've learned today!
LL: 第一，情侶分手是 break up；第二，劈腿，對伴侶不忠，是 cheat on someone；第三，說倆人一刀兩斷叫 cut their ties!
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