美國之音之流行美語eye candy / bazillion

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流行美語-第一百零一課

eye candy

bazillion

今天Larry 和Li Hua下課以后在電影院門口商量看什么電影。Li Hua會學(xué)到兩個常用語：eye candy 和 bazillion。

LH:  Hmm, 我想看Troy.  聽說這部電影挺棒的！

LL:  I don't know, Li Hua.  That movie looks like it's nothing but eye candy.

LH:  你說那部電影是什么？Eye candy? candy不是“糖果”嗎？。這是一部關(guān)于古?！醯碾娪?，和“糖果”有什么關(guān)系呀？

LL:  I said it's mostly eye candy. Eye candy describes something that looks really good, but does not serve a useful purpose. 

LH:  噢，你說的是eye candy。Eye candy是比喻某個東西看上去雖好，可是并不實(shí)用。那不就有點(diǎn)兒像我們中文里常說的“華而不實(shí)”嗎？

LL:  That's right. In a movie, fancy special effects are just eye candy.

LH:  現(xiàn)在好多電影都是靠電腦制作的特技場面，看起來挺花哨，其實(shí)電影本身一點(diǎn)兒意思也沒有?？墒荓arry, 你知道嗎 - Troy 這部電影是Brad Pitt主演啊？

LL:  Well, in this case the eye candy is Brad Pitt.

LH:   什么？說 Brad Pitt 是eye candy, 這也太不公平了。他不僅長得帥，而且演技也是一流的。你怎么能說他“華而不實(shí)”呢？

LL:  Fine, fine, Brad Pitt is more than just eye candy.  Still, I'd rather see something else... like that science fiction film I was telling you about. That's the kind of eye candy I want to see!

LH:  你要看那部科幻片??？我看那才是名符其實(shí)的eye candy 呢！

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LL:  You know, Li Hua, we've been standing here trying to choose a movie for fifteen minutes.  Why don't we forget about seeing a movie today?  There are a bazillion other things to do in this city.

LH:  就是啊，我們在這兒都站了15分鐘還決定不了看哪個電影。那要是不看電影我們干什么呢？你說有a bazillion事情可做。Bazillion - 這是個數(shù)字嗎？

LL:  I said "there are a bazillion other things". "Bazillion" means a lot.  It's supposed to sound like "a billion" or "a zillion" - a large number, anyway.

LH:  對，bazillion 聽起來就好像billion，或zillion。Billion是十億， zillion是“千千萬”， 所以 bazillion 也可以說是“許許多多，數(shù)不清的”意思。Larry, 你說我們有bazillion 的事可干，那你說說我們可以干什么呢？

LL:  Well, there's an outdoor rock concert this evening not far from my place and the museum is showing a new exhibit of ancient bronze work today. 

LH:  Hmm, 我不想聽什么搖滾音樂會，博物館的古青銅器展覽可能會更有意思。Larry, 我還是有點(diǎn)糊涂，bazillion這個詞可以像使用具體數(shù)字一樣來使用它嗎？

LL:  Yeah, pretty much.  For instance, I'm not sure that today is a good day to visit the museum.  There will be a bazillion people there on the opening day of that exhibit.

LH:  沒錯，開展第一天，人肯定很多。那我們改天再去吧。你不是說有a bazillion other things to do 嗎？ 

LL:  There's a bazillion bars along this street.  We could go hang out in one while we decide what to do next.

LH:  這條街上的酒吧是挺多的，可是現(xiàn)在才下午3點(diǎn)多，我不想去酒吧。

LL:  Hmm... well, let me think... sometimes when you have a bazillion choices, it's hard to make a decision.

LH:  哎喲，得了得了，說什么選擇多了反而不好決定。我說還是看電影吧。Troy 還有幾分鐘就要開始了，你肯定不想看嗎？

LL:  Look, we've discussed this a bazillion times.  That movie is nothing but eye candy for girls. 

LH:  哎喲，你真是的，你不要看，那我自己去看啦！

今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到了兩個常用語，一個是eye candy。意思是“華而不實(shí)的東西”。李華學(xué)到的另一個常用語是bazillion, 就相當(dāng)于中文里面所說的“多得數(shù)都數(shù)不清”。