美語訓練班第20課:用英語怎麼說"兩面派"?
B:美語訓練班上課啦！我是Donny。
A:我是楊琳！ Donny,今天是個值得紀念的日子，你知道麼？
B:今天不是我生日啊！爲什麼要紀念呢？
A:你就知道過生日！Donny, 下個月你就要離開我們，去北京工作了，這可是你主持的最後一期“美語訓練班”了，這難道不該紀念麼？
B:哦！你說這個啊！Yes, today's show is quite special in that sense.
A:那你就站好最後一班崗吧！先來介紹節目內容！
B:好！今天咱們要去打檯球, 經歷美國機場的安檢，參加一個失敗的party, 還要告訴大家怎麼用美語說“兩面派”。
A:當然，咱們還是先花一分鐘，學一個詞。
Learn A Word ward off
今天我們要學的詞是ward off. Ward is spelled w-a-r-d, ward; and off, o-f-f, off. Ward off. Ward off 阻擋。A new study shows that more social activity with friends can help ward off obesity. 一項新研究顯示，更多跟朋友一起參加社交生活，有助於防止肥胖。秋天又到打流感疫苗的時候了，但是今年，Instead of flu vaccination, doctors are advocating natural methods to ward off the flu this year. 今年醫生提倡以自然免疫的方法抵擋流感，而不是注射流感疫苗。Frequent hand-washing is one of the easiest ways to ward off sickness. 常洗手是防止生病的最簡單的辦法之一。好的，今天我們學習的詞是ward off, ward off, ward off.
A:ward off, 阻止。Donny, 你到北京後會想家吧？What would you do to ward off homesickness?
B：I guess I'll just chat with my folks on Skype.
A:That's a good idea. I Skype with my parents everyday! 對了，在你走之前，我們要給你準備個盛大的送行party，你說怎麼樣？
B:That's really nice of you! I look forward to it! 不過下面，我們要先跟隨Larry和李華去參加一個糟糕的Party.
Popular American:Stocked, Bummer
各位聽衆，現在播送《流行美語》。 Larry打算請很多人來家裏做客，李華在幫他策劃這個大party. 他們會用到兩個說法：stoked和bummer.
Larry:OK, so we'll need about two dozen hamburgers, 20 pounds of ribs, a cheese platter, 4 bags of potato chips, potato salad, am I missing?
LH:還能缺什麼啊？你說的這些東西，足夠我吃一個禮拜了！我說Larry,你到底要請多少客人啊？
Larry:There should be around 40 people here. It's going to be great. I'm so stoked!
LH:stoked? 什麼意思？
Larry:Yeah, stoked, s-t-o-k-e-d, stoked. It means to be really excited about something.
LH:Oh, Stoked 就是特別興奮，特別激動的意思。
Larry:That's right. I'm really looking forward to this party. In other words, you could say I'm super stoked! It's going to be so much fun. Aren't you stoked, Lihua?
LH:怎麼說呢？I'm kind of Stoked. 我也挺興奮的，不過Larry, 你請那麼多人，等派對結束後，這裏肯定亂糟糟的。
Larry:Oh, don't worry about that. You'll help me clean after the party, right?
LH:啊？! 還要我幫忙收拾？
Larry:Oh, and I forgot to tell you. I'm stoked about the DJ I hired for the party.
LH:你還請了個DJ混音師?
Larry:Yea, he's an old friend from high school. He told me he's got quite a lot of fans around town these days.
LH:我看出來了，這場Party人又多，音樂又是吵哄哄的搖滾樂，而我還得負責事後清理戰場的工作。得得得，現在想起來我都頭疼。I can't say that I'm stoked quite yet.
Larry:Still not stoked? OK, what if I told you that my friend Brian will be there? You know, the guy who is in charge of interns at the company you want to work for?
LH:啊？Brian要來？我特想去他們公司實習，你一定幫我介紹！
Larry:No problem. I'll ask him to help you get the internship at his company.
LH:Awesome! Now I'm stoked! Larry, 讓我們投入戰鬥吧！
MC:Larry 和李華盡心準備的派對開始了，可是卻出了點小狀況....
LH:Larry, 牛肉餅烤得怎麼樣啦？我等着做漢堡包呢！
Larry:Not too bad. They're just cooking a little slower than I thought. I guess my grill is too small. It's OK, though! I'm still stoked for the party!
LH:Larry! 你看看，燒烤架下面根本就沒有火！你是不是沒有瓦斯啦？
Larry:Oh, no! You're right! What a bummer!
LH:Bummer? 你是說bum，懶鬼嗎？
Larry:No. Not bum, bummer! A bummer is bad news, or something that makes you upset─like running out of gas when you need to cook for 40 people!
LH:哦！A bummer 就是壞消息。瓦斯用完，你沒法烤肉, 真是個好大的bummer啊。不過你也不用着急，現在只有一個客人，就是你那個高中同學，現在很紅的那個DJ.
Larry:Wait a minute. This music is from our DJ? This music is for little kids─I thought the neighbors must be having a birthday party for their five-year-old daughter.
LH:不是，你聽到的就是DJ放的音樂，他說他的專長就是給學校活動造氣氛，所以用的都是兒童音樂......
Larry:What a bummer!! Ugh, this party is turning into a disaster! No one's here, I can't cook the food, and the DJ sounds like he's from Sesame Street!
LH:沒關係，只要你朋友Brian能來，我就知足啦！我可得好好表現，爭取讓他給我實習的機會！ I'm really stoked to meet him!
Larry:I don't know, Lihua. No one has showed up! I was so stoked about this party.... now the whole thing is just a big bummer. Maybe I wrote the wrong date on the invitation...
Larry:Brian is here.
LH:Oh thank god.
Larry:Hey Brian, how are you?
Brian:Hey, Larry, good to see you again! This must be Lihua. I've heard so much about you!
LH:Oh, really~ All good things, I hope.
Larry:Actually, Lihua is looking for an internship this summer. Do you think your company would have an opening for her?
Brian:My company? I didn't tell you, Larry? I left my job a year ago. I'm a grad student now!
LH:啊？你一年前就辭職不幹啦？現在回學校唸書去了？What a bummer!
各位聽衆，今天李華學到了兩個常用語，stoked 意思是興奮，激動，還有bummer意思是壞消息。這次流行美語就播送到這裏，感謝各位的收聽，下次節目再見。
B:楊琳，I'm really stoked now about the farewell party you just mentioned. I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun!
A:I'm stoked too!
B:對了，如果你在北京的朋友能幫我找房子住，我就更高興了！我本來說好和一個朋友合租公寓，but he changed his mind at the last minute. What a bummer!
A:不要擔心，我一定幫你打聽！說到做到！
B:Terrific! 楊琳，I know I can trust you.
A:對，我可不是說一套做一套的兩面派！
B:“兩面派”？是兩面烤的蘋果派麼？
A:哈哈！不是，你聽聽下面的“美語怎麼說”就知道啦！
How to say it in American English:two-faced
Jessica在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是聽衆問的：兩面派。
jessica:吳瓊，我問你，“兩面派”用美語怎麼說？
WQ:Ah? jessica, 你從哪兒學到這個詞的？
jessica:From one of our listeners! 有個聽衆問的。
WQ:That's cool! Hmm... 我覺得兩面派一定是double face，對嗎？
jessica:Close! Actually it's two-faced.
WQ:哦！two-faced 兩張臉，當人一面揹人一面，兩面派。
jessica:That's right. Sometimes a two-faced person will say nice things about you to your face, then tell others nasty things about you when you're not around.
WQ:哼，我最討厭這種背後捅刀子的人了。
jessica:I know! We call these people back stabbers.
WQ:Back stabber? S-t-a-b-b-e-r, stabber 是用刀子捅別人的人，所以back stabber 就是在背後給人下刀子的人嘍！jessica, 不是吹牛，這種人我一眼就能識破。
jessica:Wow! You must be a really good judge of character.
WQ:judge 是法官，character 是人品，你說我是 a good judge of character， 一定是說我看人看得準，眼光犀利，對嗎？
jessica:Exactly. two-faced people can't fool you if you're a good judge of character.
WQ:不過 jessica, 我覺得，two faced people和back stabbers雖然都很討厭，但他們也有些用處！
jessica:Really?
WQ:Yeah. Their existence will help you see who your real friends are! 沒有他們的存在，怎麼能顯出哪些人才是真朋友呢！
jessica:有道理！Now let's see what you've learned today.
WQ:第一：形容某人兩面派是two-faced;
第二：背後害人的人是back stabber;
第三：形容看人準，可以說 someone is a good judge of character.
A:Donny, 上期節目咱們還提到我坐15個小時飛機回北京參加好朋友的婚禮，這麼快你也要飛回去啦！
B:是啊！But I don't like traveling by plane. If it were possible to drive from here to Beijing, I would.
A:你喜歡開車？現在油價可不便宜哦！
B:機票也不便宜。Besides, going through airport security is such a pain.
A:這倒是！美國機場的安檢手續繁雜得很，還很費時間。
B:沒錯，今天的“美語三級跳”就來講講機場安檢。
GoEnglish:Take a flight——Intermediate
各位聽衆，大家好！今天我們爲您播出“美語三級跳”節目“坐飛機”單元的中級課程。
Winnie:Todd 聖誕節要回阿拉斯加看望父母，他正在機場過安檢。
Professor:In this first part, an airport security guard is telling Todd what to do before he goes through the metal detector and puts his bags through the x-ray machine.
Winnie:Metal detector 金屬探測器，我最討厭在機場過這個東西，每次都要脫鞋，解腰帶，煩死了!
Professor:Well I agree that it's annoying, but aren't you glad the metal detectors keep you safe?
Winnie:這倒也是，Professor Bowman, 爲了安全起見，我們只好作些犧牲了。
Security guard:Excuse me sir! Please make sure to take off your shoes, jacket and belt and put them through the x-ray machine.
Todd:OK, just a moment ... Alright, there you go.
Security guard:Hmm ... the X-ray machine is showing some strange things in your bag. I'll have to search it.
Todd:Sure, go ahead. I don't have any dangerous items on me.
Winnie:Professor Bowman, Todd說 "I don't have any dangerous items on me", 就是說自己身上沒有危險物品吧？
Professor:That's right. A policeman might ask if you have any weapons on you, or a friend might ask if you have any money on you that he could borrow.
Winnie:Todd 最好沒有隨身帶什麼違禁物品。
Professor:I hope so too. Let's listen and find out.
Security guard:Sir! Have these bags been in your possession at all times?
Todd:Yes, I've had them in my sight since I packed them.
Security guard:I see ... [She looks through Todd's bag.] And what is this? You didn't think you could get on the plane with such a dangerous item, did you?
Todd:It's just a bottle of water.
Security guard:Don't you know people can make bombs out of liquid? You can't take it on the plane.
Todd:Well, alright ... I didn't realize liquids aren't allowed on planes.
Winnie:我還以爲安檢人員在Todd包裏找到了什麼危險品呢，原來是一瓶水而已！不過，Professor Bowman，Todd 說他的行李一直 in his sight, 這是什麼意思啊？
Professor:It means he's watched the bags closely. You can also say that you won't let something out of your sight. For example, I promise I'll take good care of your children. I won't let them out of my sight.
Security guard:Do you have any other dangerous items in your carry-on bags?
Todd:I don't think so. What else is considered dangerous?
Security guard:Well, you can't have any toothpaste on you. People can make bombs that look like toothpaste too!
Todd:Well no, I don't have any toothpaste on me. I packed all of that in my checked bags.
Winnie:等一下，Professor Bowman, carry-on bags 和 checked bags 有什麼區別？
Professor:Carry-on bags are the bags that you carry onto the plane. Checked bags are those you hand over to the airlines before boarding a plane.
Winnie:我明白了，carry-on bags 就是隨身帶上飛機的行李，checked bags 則是我們說的托運行李。
Professor:Exactly. The word "check" can also be a verb. For example, an airline worker might tell you that your bag is too big to carry on the plane, so you need to check it.
Security guard:Alright, I'm finished searching your belongings. You can go now.
Todd:Thanks. Can you tell me which way gate D27 is?
Security guard:Gate D27? Sorry, you're in the wrong terminal. This is Terminal 1. You have to go to Terminal 2.
Todd:Oh no ... You mean I have to go to Terminal 2 and go through the security check there again?
Security guard:That's right.
Todd:But that will take another hour! I might miss my flight!
Security guard:Too bad. Safety comes first!
Winnie:Wrong terminal? 那就是走錯候機樓了？哎呀，Todd 可真倒黴，居然走錯了候機樓，還要到別的候機樓再過一次安檢。不過，我看這個安檢人員並不在乎Todd會不會誤機。
Professor:That's right. You can say "too bad" whenever somebody tells you about their problem, but you don't really care.
Winnie:說實話，我還真替 Todd 捏把冷汗，如果趕不上飛機，錯過了聖誕節，他父母一定也會非常難過的！
Professor:Well, tune in next time to see if Todd will make the flight!
B:I'll remember that - no liquid or toothpaste in carry-on bags!
A：And you need to make sure you're at the right gate!
B:Of course!
A:對了，上次你說你特別愛看American Football, 這回去了中國，就不能看現場比賽了，只能在電視上或者網上看了吧？
B:'s a bummer. But I'm sure there are sports bars in Beijing, where 老外 like me get together to watch the games!
A:嗯！大家一起看球最熱鬧，熱開心！下面咱們就來聽聽“禮節美語”，看看美國人爲什麼這麼喜愛football!
Business Etiquette:American football II
A:我也覺得橄欖球太激烈了，甚至有點野蠻！
B:That's the beauty of it!
A:那也就是看看可以，要是真讓我去賽場上那樣橫衝直撞的，非嚇死我不可！
B:Don't be a wimp, 楊琳！
A:Wimp? 你說我膽小沒用？纔不是，我只是......比較斯文。比如下面這個體育運動，我就覺得不錯。
B:What is it?
A:打檯球！
American sports English:Pool
P:Yang Chen you look bored. How about we play a game of pool?
Y:Pool? 這兒沒有游泳池啊。你打算跳到Tidal Basin 游泳嗎?
P:No, I'm not talking about a swimming pool. I'm talking about billiards.
Y:Oh billiards, 檯球。我不會。
P:Well, I'll teach you how to play. Let me break.
Y:Wait a minute. 你怎麼一上來就要 break something，搞破壞啊?
P:No. Here break means starting the game by hitting the cue ball.
Y:我知道，cue ball 就是主球，用它來撞子球。OK. Let me try it first.
P:哎呀，女大力士! You came closer to breaking the pool stick!
Y:No Way! That was a great shot! I got one in. 我是Stripes.
P:Alright, and I am solids.
Now it's my turn, I'll try to bank the ball off the rail and get it in the far pocket.
Y:Ah, 你把我的球打進去了。You scored a point for me. Thank you.
P:Well you're welcome.
Y:It's my turn again. 讓我再幹掉一個。
P:Well, not on that turn any way. It looks like you scratched.
Y:Scratched. 我沒抓你啊。
P:In pool, if you scratch S-C-R-A-T-C-H，it means that you knocked the white cue ball into a pocket. That means it's my turn and I place the ball over here.
Y:Ah, 我主球打進袋子了，就叫scratch。
P:Right. That means it's my turn and I place the ball over here.
Y:哇，你把8號球打進去了。
P:Yeah. I got the 8 ball in before getting all of my other balls in. That means I lose.
Y:Hooray! Another game?
A:檯球裏的術語還真不少！比如Break - 開球，scratch - 白球進洞。Donny, do you play pool?
B:Yeah, sometimes.
A:你走之前，let's go to a pool house, 打幾盤兒！
B:好啊！我請客！
A:誒呀，你真是太好了！I'm gonna miss you!
B:楊琳，別哭了。
A:誰哭了？別臭美！ 好了，今天的節目時間差不多了。這次的撰稿人是曉北，編輯是蔚然。同學們，我們下次的美語訓練班再見!
B：Bye! 同學們，咱們北京見嘍！
A:Bye-bye, Donny!
