對話
Jesse：Hey, did you listen to my new CD yet？
潔絲：嘿，你聽了我的新CD沒？
Tim：Oh, yeah, I listened to it yesterday.
提姆：噢，有啊，我昨天聽了。
Jesse：Yesterday？Really？
潔絲：昨天嗎？真的嗎？
Tim：Yep.
提姆：對啊。
Jesse：Oh...Did you listen to it a couple of times？
潔絲：噢……你有聽好幾遍嗎？
Tim：No, just once.
提姆：沒有耶，只有一次。
Jesse：I see...Um, did you listen to it loud or quiet？
潔絲：喔……了解。呃，你是開大聲聽還是小聲聽？
Tim：Jesse, are you fishing for compliments？
提姆：潔絲，妳是不是想要我讚美幾句呢？
Jesse：Well, I just want to know what you think about it.
潔絲：呃，我只是想聽聽你的想法而已。
Tim：You know, its not really the kind of music Im into.
提姆：妳知道的，這不是我喜歡的音樂類型。
Jesse：But didnt you think it was interesting？
潔絲：但你不覺得這張CD挺有趣的？
Tim：Actually... no, I didnt really like it.
提姆：事實上呢……不，我真的不喜歡。
Jesse：You have terrible taste in music.
潔絲：你對音樂的品味真差勁。

延伸學習

俚語精解

fishing for compliments
fish在此作動詞指「釣（魚）」，compliment是「恭維」、「讚美」之意。fish for compliments字面上的意思是「釣讚美」，也就是故意講些話引誘別人讚美自己，即「要人家說好聽話」之意。