jennie’s lagging behind (2) you be the judges
DIFFICULTY: A CHALLENGE OF SORTS
intro … Jennie is a sixteen-year-old exchange student at a Melbourne college. Recently she has noticed that her friends have been becoming very knowledgeable about a lot of things. This bothers her, because whenever there’s a discussion now, she has nothing to say, and if she does say something, she usually ends up making a fool of herself.
you be the judges
There must be something everyone does not know about. Something basic, something typical. It’s impossible to know everything, because one can never stop learning. So stop being SO surprised when I tell you I don’t have a _____ as to what you’re talking about. It’s really _____ to whatever’s-left-over-of-my-pride as it is.
I’m not targeting anyone here, I’m just speaking in general. Friends out there, next time you speak to someone like me who admits to not knowing the first _____ about a subject that you consider the basic of all basics, feel _____ to judge me, but please express your surprise in the _____ way possible and try your best to explain it nicely and not look amused at the way this person has just made a fool of themselves. Oh well, I figure it’s just a little point _____ making.
as it is … za sou?asného stavu
judge … kritizovat, odsuzovat
not have a clue … nemít ani páru
not know the first thing about st … nev?d?t v?bec nic o
patronize sb … jednat s n?kým povýšen?
pester sb … otravovat n?koho
stuck-up … namyšlený
subtle … jemný
take note … všimnout si (a zamyslet se)
taken aback … zaražený, zasko?ený
target sb … mí?it cílen? na, vybrat si za cíl
tease … popichovat, vysmívat se
vent st … vyk?i?et se, dát pr?chod hn?vu
I guess I’d better stop here. It feels great, though, _____ it all out. Sure, people have the right to be taken aback, to _____ you and all. They know something that you don’t and as far as they are _____ it gives them the right to be _____ and look down on you or even patronize you. It’s so depressing to be saying all this. It _____ it look like they’re right in some way.
By the way, my complaints aren’t for anyone in _____ , since not many people I’d met here were that mean to me. The whole point of writing this is _____ that my friends back in Singapore will take note. I just figured it might help them in _____ their relationships. Enough said, bye… Oh btw, though my sister didn’t pester me to write this entry, she did ask about it when I was about halfway _____ writing this.
enjoy or die trying.