美國之音之流行美語to rock / letdown

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Popular American - #97

流行美語-第九十七課

to rock

letdown

今天Larry和Li Hua一起在游樂園坐過山車。Li Hua會學(xué)到兩個常用語：to rock和letdown.

LH:  哎喲，這一趟過山車坐得我暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向的，直想吐！真是活受罪！

LL:  You are sick and dizzy? What are you talking about?  That rollercoaster rocks!  I'm going to ride it again!

LH:  什么，Larry,  你還想再去坐啊？你還說那個過山車rocks. Rock 當(dāng)作動詞不是“搖搖晃晃”的意思嗎？

LL:  No, no, I didn't say that it rocked back and forth.  "To rock" means "to be great".  If something or some experience is really fun or exciting, we say "It rocks!"

LH:  噢，原來在這里，rock不是前后搖晃的意思，而是要是有什么事情有意思、夠刺激，我們就說It rocks! 哎，那不就相當(dāng)于中文里說的“棒極了”的意思嗎？

LL: That's right, Li Hua. I'm sure you've heard this expression before.

LH:  還真是，上星期我和同學(xué)到學(xué)校附近那家湖南餐館吃飯。吃完飯，我同學(xué)說，"That meal rocked!".  我當(dāng)時沒聽懂，所以沒敢答腔，現(xiàn)在我可明白了，她呀是在夸那頓飯好吃呢！

LL:  Yeah, she must have liked it.  Everyone likes Hunan Garden.  That restaurant rocks.

LH:  哎喲，Larry, 我看我們還是別說吃了吧，我的胃到現(xiàn)在還沒緩過來呢！這樣吧，你再給我舉個別的例子，好不好？

LL:  Sure... if someone tells you some good news, you might say, "That rocks!"

LH:  哎，說到“好消息”，我還真有個好消息告訴你，你知道嗎，有家私人學(xué)校打算等我畢業(yè)后要聘用我呢！

LL:  Whoa, really?  That's great news. That rocks, Li Hua.  You haven't even graduated yet, and this private school already offered you a great job! 

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LH:  哇，總算可以回家了，我真擔(dān)心你會不會坐過山車坐上了癮呢！

LL:  Well, I liked the two rollercoaster rides, but the park itself was kind of a letdown.

LH:  是啊，我知道你喜歡過山車，要不然也不會連著坐兩次啊！可是你又說這個游樂園是什么 - letdown?

LL:  I said that the park is a letdown. A letdown is something that disappoints you.  The park really wasn't especially bad, but I was expecting it to be better.  It was a real letdown. 

LH:  等等等等，letdown的意思就是某件事讓你失望。你是說，這個游樂園其實(shí)還可以，只不過不像你原先想象的好，所以讓你失望了。那Larry, 你覺得這個游樂園哪一點(diǎn)兒讓你失望呢？

LL:  Well, It was too crowded.  The lines in front of the rides were too long. 

LH:  哎喲，現(xiàn)在就是旅游旺季，這兒當(dāng)然人多，坐過山車當(dāng)然要排隊(duì)等啦！你就是愛發(fā)牢騷。那這樣，你再給我舉個例子吧，看看還有什么事對你是個letdown.

LL:  Well, my History Professor is a real letdown.  He's a well-known expert in his area, but he's not very good at giving lectures. 

LH:  你們歷史教授在學(xué)術(shù)界是挺有名的，可是你說他不太會講課呀，那確實(shí)是挺讓學(xué)生失望的。哎，Larry, 我記得你第一次到中國，去了長城，回來你也說和原先想象的一點(diǎn)兒都不一樣。那the Great Wall 對你來說是不是個letdown呢？

LL:  I'm glad you remember that. My first trip to the Great Wall WAS truly a letdown.  It was so crowded with tourists and souvenir peddlers.

LH:  你怎么到哪兒都嫌人多??？長城是有名的旅游景點(diǎn)，當(dāng)然有各地的游客啦，還有小商販賣紀(jì)念品！哎，不過，你剛才說，你第一次去長城讓你失望，那后來你再去是不是就感覺好多了？

LL:  Yeah, that second trip rocked! 

今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到兩個常用語。一個是rock, 說something rocks，就相當(dāng)于中文里的“棒極了”。李華學(xué)到的另一個常用語是letdown,  意思是“讓人失望的事”。