美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 152 - pump / iffy
今天早上Larry和李華和一對(duì)朋友Charles and Lisa約好一起打網(wǎng)球。李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：pumped和iffy.
LL: I'm really pumped about today's tennis match. How about you, Li Hua?
LH: 你對(duì)今天的比賽怎么啦？Pumped？你是不是在說你很緊張？
LL: No, I'm not nervous. Pumped means energized and excited. I'm looking forward to today's game because I think it will be a lot of fun.
LH: 原來pumped是很興奮。對(duì)了，pump不是也有打氣的意思嗎？你是說你打足了氣，躍躍欲試的意思。
LL: That's right! What about you? Aren't you pumped about the game?
LH: 嗯，我是很期待這場(chǎng)比賽，不過，我可不敢說我像你那樣pumped. 我對(duì)體育沒有象你那樣感興趣。
LL: Yeah, I guess I get particularly pumped about sports. If sports don't get you all that pumped up, then what does?
LH: 我呀，我是一談起旅行就特別興奮。I'm pumped about travel。只要想到要去旅行，我就非常興奮。明年暑假，我計(jì)劃要到溫哥華去玩一個(gè)星期。
LL: You're pumped about going to Vancouver? What is there to do in Vancouver?
LH: 到那兒去干什么？ 溫哥華有很多美麗的高山。景色一定很壯觀。還有那里的野生動(dòng)物！我一想到有機(jī)會(huì)看到野生麋鹿我就特別興奮。Yes, I'm pumped about going to Vancouver.
LL: Well, I guess people get pumped about different things. Personally, I don't get very excited about mountains and wild animals.
LH: 我知道，高山美景和野生動(dòng)物對(duì)你來說沒有太大吸引力。還不如在網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)上打球來得過癮。
LL: Hey, tennis is fun and it's good exercise.
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LH: Larry，剛才跟Charles和Lisa一起打網(wǎng)球挺過癮的。對(duì)了，我差一點(diǎn)忘了問你，這個(gè)周末在麥迪遜廣場(chǎng)花園有一場(chǎng)職業(yè)網(wǎng)球賽。你想去看嗎？
LL: I don't know. It's iffy that we'll even be able to get tickets. Tickets for things like that sell out very quickly.
LH: 那倒也是，像這種熱門球賽的票八成已經(jīng)賣完了，所以你剛才說iffy，就是指我們“不太可能”買到票，是嗎？Iffy肯定是從if 這個(gè)詞來的。
LL: That's right. If something is "iffy"，that means that it is uncertain or even a little unlikely.
LH: 要是用iffy這個(gè)詞來形容什么事的話，那就是不肯定，不太可能。不過，Larry，我們還是可以試一試嗎。沒準(zhǔn)運(yùn)氣好，還有票呢！
LL: Yeah, but even if I can get tickets, it's iffy that we'll be able to afford them. Tickets for games like that tend to be expensive, too.
LH: 你說門票可能很貴，我們可能買不起?。縇arry，也許他們有半價(jià)的學(xué)生票呢。我們?cè)囋嚳绰铮貌缓茫?/p>
LL: Sure, I'll call the ticket vendor this afternoon. But it's iffy that they have half-priced tickets for students.
LH: 沒關(guān)系，如果真的買不到票，我們可以做別的事啊！如果我們不能去看職業(yè)選手打球，我們還可以找朋友去打嘛！
LL: Speaking of which, wasn't that last game fun? Do you think Charles and Lisa would play with us again?
LH: 對(duì)，跟Charles和Lisa打的最后一場(chǎng)是真好玩！
LL: But it's iffy that they'll want to play against us again.
LH：他們不一定再想跟我們打球。那是為什么呀？
LL：Can't you see? They were defeated by us every round. It's really iffy that they had any fun this morning.
LH：對(duì)了。老是輸球的話恐怕是沒有什么好玩。
今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。第一個(gè)是pumped，是形容很興奮，很有活力的樣子。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是iffy，是指某件事情不太可能。
