美語會話 244 我們也有一樣的想法

Bean: Not bad. He'd probably make a better model than president.

Jess: We were thinking the same thing. How about using those images for your new line of T-shirts?

Bean: What do you mean? Wouldn't that be kind of controversial?

Jess: Yes, but think of all the free advertising that will bring-with world politics as they are, the shirts will market themselves!

Bean: Yes, yes, that's perfect! I always knew sending out all those forwards would help. I'm going to send out even more!

Three: NO! STOP, PLEASE!

controversial

有爭議的

A: Why did Madonna not release her latest music video?

瑪?shù)つ菫楹尾话l(fā)行她的音樂錄像帶?

B: She was worried that its anti-American themes would be controversial.

她擔(dān)心反美主題會引起爭議。

politics (n.)

政治(固定加s)。當(dāng)「政治學(xué)，策略」解釋時，做單數(shù);做「政治現(xiàn)狀，政治局勢」時，單復(fù)數(shù)均可

It's a good idea not to talk about politics with strangers.

不要跟陌生人談?wù)问且粋€好主意。

炳：不賴啊。或許他當(dāng)模特兒會比當(dāng)總統(tǒng)好。

潔絲：我們也有一樣的想法。你的新款T恤用這些圖樣如何?

炳：你是什么意思?不會太具爭議性嗎?

潔絲：會呀，不過想想它所帶來的免費(fèi)廣告——隨著世界政治局勢的狀況，這些T恤自己就可以行銷自己了!

炳：對、對，太贊了!我就知道寄這些轉(zhuǎn)寄信會有幫助。我未來還要寄更多!

三人：不!別寄了，拜托