Episode 27: The hungry cat

Tim:	I don’t believe it! Kitty’s just eaten my dinner. I was putting the kettle on and I turned round and there she was, eating my chicken. That cat’s a pain in the neck.
Alice:	Oh calm down.
Tim:	It drives me mad! I’m starving, I’ve been slaving away in that dusty old stockroom all day. I hate work just now and then this happens! The cat’s got to go or be put down.
Helen:	Don’t be horrible. You can buy something else to eat.
Tim:	We’re not all as rich as you, you know, daddy’s girl!
Helen:	How dare you Tim! I didn’t eat your chicken. You drive me up the wall sometimes.
Alice:	Hey guys, chill out.

Speaking tips:

a pain in the neck: mối phiền hà

calm down: bình tỉnh (= chill out)

slave away: work very hard: làm việc cực nhọc

put down: giết chết (kill)

* một số nước, nếu thú nuôi không có chủ hoặc người nhận nuôi hoặc có vấn đề hành vi gây nguy hiểm cho con người sẽ bị tiêm thuốc chết

drive me mad: khiến tôi phát điên

daddy’s girl: con gái cưng của bố (trêu chọc)

you drive me up the wall: drive me crazy/mad: làm tôi điên tiết

how dare you: sao cậu dám