流行美语 第 53 课
时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》
psyched
to flop 1
今天Michael 要在家里举行一个party,请朋友来玩。李华学到两个常用语:psyched
和to flop。
L: 啤酒冻好了,吃的也摆好了。我看一切都准备好了。
M: Great! I'm really psyched about this party. Tonight I finally get to relax and have
fun with my friends.
L: 你是不是担心party 会出问题?是不是怕没有朋友来?
M: Not at all. I said "I am psyched." That means 2 that I am very excited, and am
looking forward to something.
L: Psyched 这个词听起来怪怪的。那么"to be psyched"照你说的,就表示你盼望什
么事情啦?
M: Not exactly. When I say "I am psyched," I not only mean that I am excited, but that
I am full of energy and ready to go.
L: 是吗?可是今天的party 有什么节目让你这样高兴呀?
M: Well, once some of my friends show up, I plan to have a few beers and hit the dance
floor. Quite a few ladies should be showing up at the party tonight, so my friends will
be psyched and ready to go as well!
L:嗯... 美酒加美女,听起来不错嘛。不过Michael,你也不要太激动了。我可是
见过你喝醉了之后跳舞还有和女孩讲话的样子。真是不敢恭维噢。
M: O.K., that's enough already. If you're so smart, why don't you use "psyched" in a
sentence for me?
L: 嗯,让我想想看。对了,像"拳击手Mike Tyson,在比赛前很psyched,因为他
准备好要恶战一场了。"这句话怎么样?
M: Yeah, you seem to understand this phrase 3 pretty well. All good athletes have to be
psyched before a sports match, otherwise they have no chance of winning 4.
L: 行了行了,Michael, 你只要记住自己不是运动员,也不是专业的舞蹈家。
M: Oh come on Li Hua! Don't try to ruin this party for me! You should be psyched too!
This is going to be the greatest party of your life!
L: Michael,你没事吧?
M: [Groan] Ugh, this is ... this is terrible. I feel like such an idiot 5. I can't believe my
party flopped 6 so badly!
L: 怎么了?你说你的party 怎么了?
M: I said my party flopped. That's the past tense for "flop." I mean that the party
sucked.
L: 我懂了, "flop" 就是你的party 搞砸了。这个词还有别的意思吗?
M: Well, the word "flop" means to fall down flat and make a noise like when you drop
a rug 7 or a large book on the floor.
L: OK,我懂了。这个词的意思就是形容很重的东西掉在地上的声音。这个词是不
是只能形容party 的时候用呢?
M: Not at all. If a movie or a play "flops," that means it was not very successful.
Sometimes we might say a plan "flopped," meaning it failed.
L: 那你说说看,为什么你的party 搞砸了呢?
M: I wish I knew. Even my friends left after a couple of hours. I've never been to a
party that flopped as badly as this one. Oh ...I know what happened tonight.
L: 那是为什么呢?
M: Today is the first Saturday of the new semester 8. Professor Wilkins always invites all
of the graduate students in my department to a big pool party at his house. Everyone
must have gone there!
L: 嗨,你怎么会忘了这回事呢?你的教授给研究生举行party?那我们也赶紧去
参加他的party 吧!我可不想在你的房间里发呆。我们也要去找点乐子啊!
M: That's wonderful. My party is such a flop even you can't wait to leave.
L: 哎哟,有什么关系?只要我们能参加另一个party 就好了。我已经等不及了,
赶快走吧!
今天李华学会了两个常用语:psyched 和to flop。Psyched 在这里就是"精神高昂,
盼望某件事情"的意思,to flop 就是"失败,不成功"的意思。
- The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
- The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败,产品卖不出去。
- 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。
- The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
- That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。
- Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
- They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。
- Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
- You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。
- Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽,一屁股坐到椅子上。
- It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地,出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The rug can double up.这条地毯能卷起来。
- It will be more beautiful if you work some blue into the rug.如果你再织些蓝色的图案,这毯子会更好看。