【流行美语】98：“那个叫什么什么的人”

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【今日情景】
在这期节目里，我们要请大家听Larry和李华的对话，Li Hua正在往图书馆走，突然，Larry把她叫住了。 Li Hua在今天的谈话中会学到两个常用语：what's her face和thingamajig。
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Jenny
特别提示：文中Larry为男声，Li Hua为女声，只需听写男生的英文对话部分即可，只听写Larry说的英文部分哦！！！中文部分不需要听写！！！
如果文中出现拼写，不需要写出来。
应大家要求，【流行美语】已经有了节目单，以后不用麻烦的去搜索了，直接订阅节目，每天更新哦~~筒子们赶紧订阅吧~~

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Hey, Li Hua. One of your classmates asked me to give you this envelope.
Oh, it was, what's her face, you know, the tall girl with red hair.
I said "what's her face" instead of her name because I couldn't remember her name. I guess it means I can remember her face, but not her name.
Well, it's not really rude, but it's very informal. You shouldn't call someone what's her face if she is nearby, in that case, you should just ask her what her name is.
You would say what's his face.
That's right. You missed a class last Thursday. Hey wait, if you needed notes, why didn't you just ask me?
Well, come to think of it. If I were what's her face, er, I mean Jenny, I wouldn't want my notes either.
This thing in my hand? Oh, it's the thingamajig I use to measure the air pressure in my car's tires.
No, no, that's not the real name of this thing. We use "thingamajig", to replace the name of an object when we don't know or can't remember its real name.
That's right. Actually, I think the thing in my hand is called a "tire pressure gauge". Tom asked me to help him check the air pressure of his car's tires.
Hey, I never said I'm good with cars. To me, everything under the hood of my car is just a bunch of thingamajigs.
Let me see. I think you just need to oil these thingamajigs on your handlebars here.
Well, if you don't believe me, you can ask what's his face, Jenny's boyfriend, the tall Indian guy. He can fix bikes.LL: Hey, Li Hua. One of your classmates asked me to give you this envelope.
LH: 我的同学要你给我这个信封？哪个同学呀？
LL: Oh, it was, what's her face, you know, the tall girl with red hair.
LH: 高个子、红头发的女孩儿？你还说什么- What's her face? 哎，Face不是"脸"吗？
LL: I said "what's her face" instead of her name because I couldn't remember her name. I guess it means I can remember her face, but not her name.
LH: 噢，你不记得她的名字，但是你记得她的脸长的是什么样子，所以你说what's her face, 也就相当于what's her name 。Hm，Larry, 你这么说是不是不太礼貌呢？
LL: Well, it's not really rude, but it's very informal. You shouldn't call someone what's her face if she is nearby, in that case, you should just ask her what her name is.
LH: 哎哟，幸亏你告诉我， 尽管what's-her-face是很随便的说法，但是也不应该当着那个人的面这么说。要是这个人就在你身边，那么我就应该直接问她叫什么名字。哎，对了，Larry, 刚才你是说what's her face, 要是男孩子的话，那应该怎么说呢？
LL: You would say what's his face.
LH: 噢，要是男生，但是又记不起他的名字，那也可以说what's his face。我想起来了，那个高个红头发的女孩是Julia。我和Jenny向她借了上星期四的笔记，因为那天我俩没去上课。这个信封里肯定是她的笔记。
LL: That's right. You missed a class last Thursday. Hey wait, if you needed notes, why didn't you just ask me?
LH: 但是我们觉得 - what's-her-face... um, Julia... 她肯定比你记得好。
LL: Well, come to think of it. If I were what's her face, er... I mean Jenny, I wouldn't want my notes either.
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LH: 哎，Larry, 你手里拿的是什么东西呀？
LL: This thing in my hand? Oh, it's the thingamajig I use to measure the air pressure in my car's tires.
LH: 什么？Thin-ga-ma-jig - 这名字听起来很好玩儿。
LL: No, no, that's not the real name of this thing. We use "thingamajig", to replace the name of an object when we don't know or can't remember its real name.
LH: 噢，Thingamajig不是这个东西的名字。那要是不知道，或是忘了一样东西的名称，我们就可以用这个thingamajig来代替。哎，那不就是像我们中文里说的"那玩意儿"吗？是不是？
LL: That's right. Actually, I think the thing in my hand is called a "tire pressure gauge". Tom asked me to help him check the air pressure of his car's tires.
LH: 原来你手里拿的这个thingamajig是用来测量汽车轮胎压力的。你要帮Tom来测测他的车子轮胎啊 ？哎哟，Larry, 看来你对车子还挺懂的嘛！
LL: Hey, I never said I'm good with cars. To me, everything under the hood of my car is just a bunch of thingamajigs.
LH: 汽车引擎盖下面的东西你是一窍不通啊？我才不信。噢，说到修车，我这辆自行车的手闸最近不太灵，你帮我看看好不好？
LL: Let me see. I think you just need to oil these thingamajigs on your handlebars here.
LH: 自行车把手上的这些零件该上油啊？你肯定吗？
LL: Well, if you don't believe me, you can ask what's his face, Jenny's boyfriend, the tall Indian guy. He can fix bikes.
LH: 那个高个子的印度人，Jenny的男朋友？你是说Rick吧！他会修自行车？那我可要去问问Jenny了！