VOA流行美语 Unit 173:go overboard和guzzle
日期:2008-09-04 14:34

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Larry和李华刚看完一部最新的恐怖片,两人在离开戏院时还在讨论这部电影。今天李华会学到两个常用语:go overboard和guzzle

LH: 这电影好恐怖,真吓人噢!

LL: Actually, I think it was kind of disappointing. I think the director went a little overboard with some of the special effects.

LH: 你是在说导演和电影里的特效,但是你说的“went a little overboard",我可不懂。那是什么意思?

LL: To go overboard with something is to go too far with it or use too much of it. I think the director relied too much on special effects.

LH: 噢,原来to go overboard就是做得过头了,太过份了。所以你刚才是说这部电影的导演用了太多特效,对吗?

LL: Exactly. I think the writers went a little overboard, too.

LH: 啊?连编剧都做过头了,为什么呀?

LL: Well, the writers created a main character who is a pilot, a linguist, a professor, and an expert in martial arts. That sounds a little overboard to me!

LH: 那倒也是。他们把主角写成是一个飞行员、语言学家兼教授、而且还是武术高手,是有点太夸张了!一个角色有这么多才能,好像有点不真实了。

LL: Yup. Of course, maybe I'm going a little overboard by analyzing a movie so much. After all, it is just a movie.

LH: 你觉得你对这部电影的分析太过份啦?我倒没有这种感觉。是的,这只不过是一部电影。但是看完电影大家不是都讨论分析吗?

LL: Aaaagh?

LH: Larry,你怎么啦?

LL: My stomach hurts. I think I went overboard with the popcorn.

LH: 我刚才就告诉你别吃那么多爆米花,你看,现在胃开始疼了吧?

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LL: Aaaagh (groan).

LH: Larry,怎么啦,你的胃还在疼呀?

LL: Well, I pigged out on popcorn and then I was really thirsty, so I guzzled a large soda. Now, I'm really uncomfortable.

LH: Guzzle a large soda? 你是说你喝了一大杯汽水,是这个意思吗?

LL: Yeah, to guzzle something is to drink it quickly. The salt in the popcorn made me really thirsty, so I guzzled a bunch of soda.

LH: Guzzle就是很快喝下去的意思。我知道,那就是说,你大口大口地喝了好多汽水。哼,你吃了那么多爆米花,那玩意儿又干又咸的,你口渴了就往下灌汽水。这么吃胃不疼才怪呢!

LL: I know. I know. I'm suffering the consequences of my actions.

LH: 对了,你毫无克制地吃爆米花,接着大口地喝汽水。你现在知道这么做的后果,吃苦头了吧!你真是自作自受!

LL: Yes, I know. Usually I don't guzzle soda like that.

LH: 是呀,我从来没有见你喝过那么多汽水 - guzzle so much soda。

LL:Yes, I've never done that before. I just suffered a temporary lapse in judgment.

LH:我看也是,你真是一时糊涂。好啦,看你这么难受,我们赶快回家,让你吃点药,看能不能好一些。

LL: That's a good idea. I have some Pepto Bismol in my medicine cabinet. That should make me feel better.

LH: Larry,你家里老有这种叫Pepto Bismol的药呀?我知道那是胃不舒服的时候吃的药。听我的劝,Larry,下回再口渴,还是喝白水好!

LL:You're right!

今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是go overboard,就是指做什么事做得太过头,太过火的意思。另一个常用语是guzzle,是指很快喝下什么饮料。

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重点单词
  • pilotn. 飞行员,领航员,引航员 vt. 领航,驾驶,向导
  • temporaryadj. 暂时的,临时的 n. 临时工
  • guzzlev. 牛饮,暴食,喝酒失控
  • thirstyadj. 口渴的,渴望的
  • groan呻吟
  • linguistn. 语言学家
  • directorn. 董事,经理,主管,指导者,导演
  • martialadj. 军事的,战争的
  • lapsen. 过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔 vi. 堕落,停
  • cabinetn. 橱柜,内阁 adj. 私人的