美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)002講: 爆冷門

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Jessica 在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，她的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教她。今天是Jimmy要問的：爆冷門

Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看學(xué)校的足球比賽了嗎？爆了個(gè)大冷門兒，法學(xué)院居然輸給了商學(xué)院，哎，這大冷門怎么說(shuō)啊？

Jessica：冷門？

Jimmy：哦，對(duì)啊，就是鐵定會(huì)輸?shù)年?duì)，最后居然打贏了。

Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upset.

Jimmy: Upset? 那不是不高興的意思嗎？

Jessica: That's true. 做形容詞的時(shí)候，重音在后面，是 upset (emphasis on the second syllable), 指不高興，但是做名詞，重音在前面，upset (emphasis on the first syllable), it means an unexpected win.

Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，中文里的爆冷門，在英文里就是 upset. 那原來(lái)大家都以為法學(xué)院會(huì)贏，這種賽前被看好的球隊(duì)美語(yǔ)里叫什么？

Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.

Jimmy: 這么說(shuō)，The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法學(xué)院足球隊(duì)本來(lái)是被看好的熱門球隊(duì)。

Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lose as the underdog.

Jimmy: Underdog. under后面加上dog, underdog 就是在比賽里實(shí)力比較差的一方。這么說(shuō)，我們中文系的排球隊(duì)，不論跟誰(shuí)比賽，都是 underdog.

Jessica: Jimmy！Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?

Jimmy: 唉，別提了...That's why I always cheer for the underdog...

Jessica: hehe.....言歸正傳，What did you learn today？

Jimmy: 第一，爆冷門叫 upset,重音在前面; 第二，賽前被看好的一方叫 favorite，第三，賽前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.

Jessica: 不錯(cuò)，我也學(xué)了個(gè)詞兒--upset 叫作“冷門”。