流行美语 第 43 课
时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》
今天是周末,Michael 和李华去 打台球。李华一边玩一边还学了两个年轻人常用
的词:to rule 和to blow money on something.
L: 哎呀,我不想玩了。我老是输给你,这样玩还有什么意思啊。
M: Hey! You don't need to get angry just because I rule at the pool table!
L: 啊?你在台球桌上做了什么?你是不是耍了什么花招,怕我生气啊?
M: Absolutely not! I said that I rule the pool table. That means 1 that I am the best at
playing pool. I can defeat anyone. Rule, R-U-L-E.
L: 噢,我明白了,rule 在这里指的是你玩台球玩得最棒,可以打败任何人。对不
对,Michael?
M: That's right! I am king of the pool table! I rule!
L: 嘿,你不要那么得意好不好。你忘了那天打乒乓球,你连连败在 我的手下。
你呀,对乒乓球这种体育运动简直是一窍不通。
M: Sport? Ping-pong is not a sport! It's a game! You might rule at that little game. But I
rule at pool, a man's game!
L: 你在瞎说什么啊。我不跟你争了。你还是多给我解释解释 rule 这个词吧。
M: Well, I can say "I rule the pool table"; that means that I dominate 2 the game. Or I can
say "I rule at" doing something. In either case it means the same thing: I am the best!
L: 好了,好了,就算你是最棒的吧。那 rule 还有什么别的用法呢?
M: Sometimes we just say something or someone rules without adding any other words.
For instance 3, I can say "Chinese food rules!", that means I think it is great.
L: 噢,那如果我说:Michael Jordan rules!,就表示我认为他是最棒的篮球运动员,
对不对?
M: That's right. When we say a person rules, that means we think they are the best, or
at least that they are impressive 4.
L: 哎,Michael,你看那边有个人老往我们这边看,没准他是想和你比赛,怎么
样,敢不敢跟他比?
M: Whatever, I rule the pool table, no matter who I play against!
L: Michael,你打得怎么样,输了还是赢了?
M: Not so well. Say, Li Hua, can I borrow five dollars? I just blew my money on
playing pool with them, and I need to put gas in the car so we can get home.
L: 你说你的钱怎么了?哎呀,你是不是在赌博啊?
M: No, I said I blew my money on pool. That means I spent all of my money very
quickly. Blew, B-L-E-W. It's the past tense for blow.
L: 噢,"blow money on something"就是为了做某件事很快把口袋里 的钱花光了。
M: That's right. Like when we were at the mall the other day, and you blew a whole
week's pay on shoes.
L: 我是花了一星期的工资买鞋,可你不觉得我买的鞋价廉物美,所以不能说我浪
费啊。
M: Well, I guess sometimes it's ok to blow one's money on something useful.
L: 就是嘛。哎,我倒是想起了一个你乱花钱的例子,记不记得你大 学一年级的
时候到赌城拉斯维加斯,blew all of your money on black jack 5。
M: Ha ha ha....what a wonderful memory. But, I'll never blow all of my money like
that again. I am older and wiser now.
L: 得了吧,你年龄的确是越来越大,可脑筋并没有越来越聪明。要 不然你今天
怎么会玩台球把钱都花光呢?
M: Those guys are good. They play quickly, and they both beat me several times. Also,
we agreed that the loser had to pay for the pool table. So of course I blew all of my
money very quickly.
今天Michael 可是够倒霉的,输了球,还花光了钱;不过李华倒 是收获不小,她
今天学到两个很有用的词,一个是:to rule,是很棒的意思,另一个是:to blow one's
money on something,意思是把钱都浪费在了某样东西上。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
- They had the ambition to dominate this small country.他们有控制这个小国的野心。
- The strong usually dominate over the weak.强者常常支配弱者。
- Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗?
- He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如,他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了!
- This cinema is so impressive that we can't help crying.这影片如此感人以至我们禁不住流下泪来。
- The suit made him look especially impressive.他穿上这套衣服真精神。