美語情景對話 第601期:The Good with the Bad 利弊

Todd: So, now you're a bouncer. What would you say is the best thing about being a bouncer?

託德：你是名保鏢。你認爲做保鏢的優點是什麼？

Aaron: The best thing about being a bouncer, is that I did it mostly through university, and what's great about that is that you're working, when all of your friends are partying, so as a result, you're not spending any money, but usually you're friends are partying at your club.

亞倫：我從大學時開始做保鏢，當保鏢最好的方面在於你工作的時候你的朋友們在開派對，所以你不用花錢，通常你的朋友們會去你做保鏢的俱樂部開派對。

Todd: Right, right.

託德：嗯，對。

Aaron: So, you know, you'd be there, you talk to your friends, you do your thing, but you wouldn't spend any money.

亞倫：你知道，你就在那裏工作，你可以和朋友聊天，而同時你也在工作，所以你不用花錢。

Todd: Right.

託德：沒錯。

Aaron: And of course as a young guy, I think I was 18, no I was 19 I think when I started, as a young guy, you know, 19 years old. You're in a position of power. Right. The girls want to know you. The guys want to be like you. Right. It's really, really a kind of a fun place to be at times.

亞倫：我想我大概18歲還是19歲就開始做保鏢，當時我很年輕。而做保鏢相當於有了一種權力。女孩們都想認識你。男孩們都想像你一樣。所以可以說這是這份工作有趣的地方。

Todd: That's pretty cool. So, I have to ask, what's the worst thing about being a bouncer?

託德：太酷了。我還想問，做保鏢有什麼不好的嗎？

Aaron: What's the worst thing about being a bouncer, is that you're being paid to get into something that no one else would willing go into. As a bouncer, I've dealt with a gun once, being pulled on me. I've had knives pulled on me countless times. I've got a little nick in one of my shoulders from a knife. I've dealt with roid monkeys.

亞倫：做保鏢的缺點就是，他們付你工資，讓你去處理其他人不願意處理的事情。做保鏢期間，我曾有一次被人用槍指着，而被人用刀指着更是遇到過無數次。我肩膀上有刀傷留下的疤痕。我還要應對那些異常興奮的人。

Todd: Roid monkey? What's a roid monkey?

託德：哪些人？

Aaron: Basically just a guy who's totally pumped up on steroids and hormones. I deal with drug dealers. And you're dealing with things that's kind of like the worst side of humanity, cause you see people who get drunk every weekend. You see the alcoholics. You see girls doing things they probably shouldn't be doing, and you feel if it was your sister, you would not be happy about it.

亞倫：就是指那些因爲類固醇和激素而異常興奮的人。我還要應對毒販。保鏢要面對的是人性最醜惡的一面，每週末都會看到喝醉的人和酗酒者。有時會看到女孩做一些她們不應該做的事情，你會有這種感覺，如果那是你的姐妹，你肯定不高興。

Todd: Right.

託德：對。

Aaron: I deal with quite a few girls who had ropies and so they would be sensing something is wrong and seek out a bouncer, and then all you have is this unconcious girl on your hands, and you know you can't trust anyone who comes up to you, and says, "Oh, that's my friend", because you don't know that and so you're stuck and you're not sure where to go.

亞倫：有些女孩感覺不舒服，她們感覺不適，所以她們會找保鏢，我遇到過很多次這種情況，結果就是這你要應對這些失去意識的女孩，而且你知道不能相信任何人，會有人走過來跟你說：嘿，那是我朋友，你不能相信這種話，因爲你不知道那個人說的是不是真的，所以你會不知所措，不知道應該做什麼。

Todd: Wow, that's insane. That's insane.

託德：哇，那太瘋狂了，真瘋狂。

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重點講解：
1. as a result 結果， 因此；
例句：As a result of shrinkage, the shirt is now too small to wear.
由於洗後縮小，那件襯衫現在小得不能穿了。
2. deal with 處理；應付；與…打交道；
例句：They were not equipped to deal with the situation.
他們沒有準備好應付這種局面。
3. pull on 拔出（槍或刀）威脅；
例句：They had a fight. One of them pulled a gun on the other.
他們打了起來。其中一人拔出槍指着另一個人。
4. pump on 使激動； 使達到興奮狀態； 打氣；
例句：Interval training or speed play is a great way to pump up your metabolism and make your workouts more fun.
變速跑等交替訓練可以加快你的新陳代謝並且讓你的訓練更加有趣。