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么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天她們討論的是“兩面派”。

Jessica: 吳瓊，我問你，“兩面派”用美語怎么說?

WQ: Hmm... 我覺得兩面派一定是double face，對嗎?

Jessica: Close! Actually it’s two-faced。

WQ: 哦!two-faced 兩張臉，當人一面背人一面，兩面派。

Jessica: That’s right. Sometimes a two-faced person will say nice things about you to your face, then tell others nasty things about you when you’re not around。

WQ: 哼，我最討厭這種背后捅刀子的人了。

Jessica: I know! We call these people back stabbers。

WQ: Back stabber? S-t-a-b-b-e-r, stabber 是用刀子捅別人的人，所以back stabber 就是在背后給人下刀子的人嘍!Jessica, 不是吹牛，這種人我一眼就能識破。

Jessica: Wow! You must be a really good judge of character。

WQ: judge 是法官，character 是人品，你說我是 a good judge of character， 一定是說我看人看得準，眼光犀利，對嗎?

Jessica: Exactly. two-faced people can’t fool you if you’re a good judge of character。

WQ: 不過 我覺得，two faced people和back stabbers雖然都很討厭，但他們也有些用處!

Jessica: Really?

WQ: Yeah. Their existence will help you see who your real friends are! 沒有他們的存在，怎么能顯出哪些人才是真朋友呢!

Jessica: 有道理!Now let’s see what you’ve learned today。

WQ: 第一：形容某人兩面派是two-faced;

第二：背后害人的人是back stabber;

第三：形容看人準，可以說 someone is a good judge of character。