Larry和李華剛看完一部最新的恐怖片,兩人在離開戲院時還在討論這部電影。今天李華會學(xué)到兩個常用語:go overboard和guzzle。
LH: 這電影好恐怖,真嚇人噢!
LL: Actually, I think it was kind of disappointing. I think the director went a little overboard with some of the special effects.
LH: 你是在說導(dǎo)演和電影里的特效,但是你說的“went a little overboard",我可不懂。那是什么意思?
LL: To go overboard with something is to go too far with it or use too much of it. I think the director relied too much on special effects.
LH: 噢,原來to go overboard就是做得過頭了,太過份了。所以你剛才是說這部電影的導(dǎo)演用了太多特效,對嗎?
LL: Exactly. I think the writers went a little overboard, too.
LH: ?。窟B編劇都做過頭了,為什么呀?
LL: Well, the writers created a main character who is a pilot, a linguist, a professor, and an expert in martial arts. That sounds a little overboard to me!
LH: 那倒也是。他們把主角寫成是一個飛行員、語言學(xué)家兼教授、而且還是武術(shù)高手,是有點(diǎn)太夸張了!一個角色有這么多才能,好像有點(diǎn)不真實(shí)了。
LL: Yup. Of course, maybe I'm going a little overboard by analyzing a movie so much. After all, it is just a movie.
LH: 你覺得你對這部電影的分析太過份啦?我倒沒有這種感覺。是的,這只不過是一部電影。但是看完電影大家不是都討論分析嗎?
LL: Aaaagh?
LH: Larry,你怎么啦?
LL: My stomach hurts. I think I went overboard with the popcorn.
LH: 我剛才就告訴你別吃那么多爆米花,你看,現(xiàn)在胃開始疼了吧?
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LL: Aaaagh (groan).
LH: Larry,怎么啦,你的胃還在疼呀?
LL: Well, I pigged out on popcorn and then I was really thirsty, so I guzzled a large soda. Now, I'm really uncomfortable.
LH: Guzzle a large soda? 你是說你喝了一大杯汽水,是這個意思嗎?
LL: Yeah, to guzzle something is to drink it quickly. The salt in the popcorn made me really thirsty, so I guzzled a bunch of soda.
LH: Guzzle就是很快喝下去的意思。我知道,那就是說,你大口大口地喝了好多汽水。哼,你吃了那么多爆米花,那玩意兒又干又咸的,你口渴了就往下灌汽水。這么吃胃不疼才怪呢!
LL: I know. I know. I'm suffering the consequences of my actions.
LH: 對了,你毫無克制地吃爆米花,接著大口地喝汽水。你現(xiàn)在知道這么做的后果,吃苦頭了吧!你真是自作自受!
LL: Yes, I know. Usually I don't guzzle soda like that.
LH: 是呀,我從來沒有見你喝過那么多汽水 - guzzle so much soda。
LL:Yes, I've never done that before. I just suffered a temporary lapse in judgment.
LH:我看也是,你真是一時糊涂。好啦,看你這么難受,我們趕快回家,讓你吃點(diǎn)藥,看能不能好一些。
LL: That's a good idea. I have some Pepto Bismol in my medicine cabinet. That should make me feel better.
LH: Larry,你家里老有這種叫Pepto Bismol的藥呀?我知道那是胃不舒服的時候吃的藥。聽我的勸,Larry,下回再口渴,還是喝白水好!
LL:You're right!
今天李華學(xué)到兩個常用語。第一個是go overboard,就是指做什么事做得太過頭,太過火的意思。另一個常用語是guzzle,是指很快喝下什么飲料。
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