美國之音之流行美語Lesson 174 - dump / ham

00:00

00:00

MP3下載 文本下載

https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/0001/1219/pa174.mp3

https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012

李華看到報上登出的有關公寓的廣告，租金比較便宜，于是她和Larry一起去看那公寓。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：dump和ham。

LL: Oh my God! This place is a dump! You couldn't possibly live here!

LH: 這地方真夠糟的！Larry，你說這是個dump，那是什么意思??？

LL: "Dump" as in "garbage dump." I mean that this place is far too dirty and poorly maintained for you to live in it.

LH: 所以dump就是指像垃圾堆一樣，很臟，各種條件都很差....哎呀！有一只大蟑螂剛跑過去。這地方真的是個dump，怪不得租金這么便宜。

LL: The paint is peeling off of the walls, the ceiling leaks, and the refrigerator looks 50 years old. I don't think I've ever seen such a dump.

LH: 你說的沒錯，這里墻上的油漆都剝落了，天花板在漏水，冰箱看起來又舊又臟。算了算了，我們還是走吧！別在這兒浪費時間，我可不想住在這種地方。 It's really a dump。

LL: Are there any other apartments that you were planning to go and see today?

LH: 還有一個地方我想去看，離這兒只有幾條街，但愿那個地方不像這里那么差勁。

LL: I don't know, Li Hua. This really isn't a very good area of the city. Maybe you should look at apartments somewhere else.

LH: 這個區(qū)域不好，我想也是，否則這里的公寓租金不會這么便宜！ 不過，要是到別處去找，那租金可能比我現(xiàn)在付的更高。

LL: That's possible. In that case, I think that maybe you should stay in your current apartment.

LH: 是嗎？你認為我該繼續(xù)住在我現(xiàn)在的公寓里？也許你說的對，我的公寓租金其實也不算太貴，而且也很舒服呢。

LL: Your apartment is a palace compared to this dump.

LH: 那倒是，和這里比起來，我的公寓可算是皇宮了。我還是打消搬家的念頭吧！

LL: That's a good idea.

******

LL: Hey, Li Hua, are those pictures from the party last weekend?

LH: 沒錯，這些是上禮拜開party時照的照片，昨天才剛洗出來。嘿！你看，Sally真會搶鏡頭，幾乎每張照片都有她。

LL: Yeah, Sally's a real ham. She loves attention.

LH: She's a ham? Ham不是火腿嗎？那是一種豬肉嘛！噢！你是說Sally像一只豬??？

LL: (Laughing) No, I'm not saying she looks like a pig. Ham is slang for someone who loves attention. People who are hams especially love being videotaped or having their picture taken.

LH: 噢！Ham在這里是指一個喜歡吸引別人注意的人。這種人特別喜歡錄像，照像。照這么說，Sally絕對是個ham，她特喜歡別人給她照相。

LL: If we videotape the party, I'm sure she would have played a starring role.

LH: 沒錯，要是那天我們錄像的話，她肯定會象個明星一樣，到處都是她了。對了，Larry，你知道還有誰也可以算是個ham嗎？

LL: I think Jane is a real ham. She'd do anything to attract people's attention.

LH：對，Jane也特別喜歡照像。她也可以說是個ham。你再猜猜誰是個ham?

LL：No. Who?

LH: 你沒有注意到呀？我那貓咪小雪球??！她也想盡辦法讓別人注意她。只要有人走進來，她立刻會沖上去，要別人看看她，摸摸她。

LL: My parents' dog is a real ham, too. He won't leave you alone until you pet him and give him his fare share of attention.

LH：這些小動物都要別人注意它們。我的朋友說，要是她出門時間長了，她的小狗會很不高興的。

今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是dump，是指一個像垃圾堆，很臟，條件很差的地方。另一個常用語是ham，是指一個很喜歡別人注意，喜歡搶風頭的人。