VOA流行美語 Unit 201:own someone和goner
李華今天在Larry家玩電子遊戲，給Larry打敗。 李華今天會學到兩個常用語：own someone和goner。
[Sound of video games]
LH: 哎，我又輸了。這個遊戲真不怎麼樣。
LL: Ha! I own you Li Hua! That's five games to zero! I totally own you!
LH: Larry，你那麼激動幹什麼呀！你說什麼？“I own you ”，你又不欠我什麼呀！
LL: No, not owe, I said own! To "own" someone means to overwhelmingly defeat that person at a game or contest, or just to be a lot better than someone else at something.
LH: 噢，to own someone就是玩遊戲或比賽的時候把某人打敗，或者在某個方面比對方強得多。你是說，我們玩電子遊戲，你把我打敗了。這有什麼了不起！ 上次打乒乓球我把你打的落花流水，你記得嗎？
LL: Yeah, I know, I know, the last time we played, you beat me 21 to zero. You totally own me at ping-pong. But that's just because in the U.S. we don't think of ping-pong as a real sport.
LH: 什麼？你們美國人不把乒乓看作是真正的體育？That's baloney! 好吧，打保齡球在美國是很流行的，是不是！你還記得有一次我得了230分， 你連100分都不到。Larry，這你該怎麼說呢？
LL: Right, right, you definitely own me at bowling. That was pretty embarrassing. Of course, I had given blood that day, and...
LH: 嗨，別再找理由了。你自己覺得不好意思就行！ 你呀， 除了打電子遊戲以外，我看你什麼都玩不過我。
LL: Oh yeah? What about Scrabble? I own you at Scrabble any day!
LH: 拼字遊戲？ 當然了， 你是土生土長的美國人，英語是你的母語呀，如果連拼字你都比我差，那也太不好意思了吧。
LL: In spite of what you believe, I also own the tennis court. I'm the best player on the tennis court. I can beat anyone else who comes onto the court.
LH: 我承認你的網球的確打得不錯，到目前爲止，誰也打不過你，不過那是因爲你還沒有遇到好的對手。
LL: Come on, Li Hua, it's silly to argue like that. Isn't it obvious that everyone can own someone in certain fields, but no one can own everyone in everything.
LH：這話不錯。每個人都有比別人強的地方，但是不能什麼都比人強。
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[Sound of video games]
LH: 好了， Larry, 電子遊戲打得差不多了， 我們出去吃點東西吧。
LL: Wait, just let me finish this round [sound of TV popping and shutting off] Whoa, the TV died. Oh well, I guess it's a goner now.
LH: 電視壞了， 你說電視是什麼？ Goner ？
LL: I said, "It's a goner". That means that the TV is "gone". It's dead, it cannot be used again or brought back to life.
LH: 我明白了，你說 "the TV is a goner" 意思是這電視機壞了，沒救了。你怎麼知道呀？也許還可以修呢！
LL: I'v already fixed it once, I'm pretty sure it's a goner this time.
LH: 原來你已經修過了，那看來是完蛋了。 Larry, 你看牆角的那盆花都枯黃了，看來是沒救了。It is a goner。
LL: Oh man, I can't believe I let that poor plant die. Yeah, it's definitely a goner. Just like your goldfish Shan-shan.
LH: 你可別提我的金魚， 一提我就難過。 Larry，你不覺得用goner來形容心愛得寵物或是人，有點不太合適嗎？
LL: I'm sorry. You're right, it is very insensitive to say someone's pet, or loved one is "a goner".
LH: 沒錯，我也覺得把別人心愛的東西或喜歡的人稱爲goner似乎不太禮貌，對不對？
LL: You're absolutely right. Li Hua, do you remember my brother Jack?
LH: Jack? 就是那個不想上大學的弟弟嗎？
LL: Yes. Since he didn't have a college education, my parents said that he's a goner in the job market for sure.
LH: 你爸爸媽媽認爲你弟弟沒有大學學歷，要找工作是沒有希望的。我看不一定吧 。 微軟的創辦人Bill Gates也沒念完大學，可他現在是世界上最富有的人士之一。說不定Jack將來會很有出息呢。
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是own Someone, 意思是在遊戲和比賽中擊敗某人，或是在某個方面比別人強。李華學到的另一個常用語是goner意思是完了， 沒希望了。
