003 啤酒肚

Donny 在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是Jimmy要問的：啤酒肚。

Donny: Jimmy, 天真熱! Let's go drink some cold beer! 

Jimmy: 啊？冰啤酒啊，我女朋友不讓。

Donny: Why?

Jimmy: 她說我有啤酒肚。But look at my belly, is it really that bad?

Donny: 呃......I have to say she has a point. You've got a beer belly for sure. 

Jimmy: Beer belly？ beer 啤酒，加上 belly, 肚子，beer belly 啤酒肚。這個詞真好記。

Donny: Yeah. It's easy to remember.

Jimmy: 那不說 beer belly, 還有其它說法嗎？

Donny: Let's see....you can call it a "keg." k-e-g, keg. A keg is a barrel to store beer.

Jimmy: keg 是啤酒桶？你是說我這肚子活生生就是一啤酒桶？

Donny: Don't worry. You can go from keg to six-pack abs if you exercise and eat healthy. 

Jimmy: six-pack abs? 我知道 a-b-s, abs 指腹肌， six-pack 不是半打啤酒麼？

Donny: Six-pack abs are the muscles at your midsection. 一邊三塊，一共六塊。

Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，six-pack abs 就是“六塊腹肌”。天啊!從啤酒肚變成六塊肌，得做多少仰臥起坐啊!

Donny: I know it's hard, but a lot of people say sit-ups really help them lose their beer bellies. You want your girl to be happy, right? 

Jimmy: 好，為女朋友高興，我這就回家做 sit-ups，仰臥起坐！

Donny: Enjoy your workout! But first tell me what you've learned today.

Jimmy: 第一“啤酒肚”叫 beer belly, 或者 keg；第二，六塊腹肌，叫 six-pack abs；第三，仰臥起坐叫 sit-up，s-i-t, sit; u-p, up. sit-up!

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002: 爆冷門

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Jimmy要問的：爆冷門

Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看學校的足球比賽了嗎？爆了個大冷門兒，法學院居然輸給了商學院，哎，這大冷門怎麼說啊？

Jessica：冷門？

Jimmy：哦，對啊，就是鐵定會輸的隊，最後居然打贏了。

Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upset.

Jimmy: Upset? 那不是不高興的意思嗎？

Jessica: That's true. 做形容詞的時候，重音在後面，是 upset (emphasis on the second syllable), 指不高興，但是做名詞，重音在前面，upset (emphasis on the first syllable), it means an unexpected win.

Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，中文裡的爆冷門，在英文裡就是 upset. 那原來大家都以為法學院會贏，這種賽前被看好的球隊美語裡叫什麼？

Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.

Jimmy: 這麼說，The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法學院足球隊本來是被看好的熱門球隊。

Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lose as the underdog.

Jimmy: Underdog. under後面加上dog, underdog 就是在比賽裡實力比較差的一方。這麼說，我們中文系的排球隊，不論跟誰比賽，都是 underdog.

Jessica: Jimmy！Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?

Jimmy: 唉，別提了...That's why I always cheer for the underdog...

Jessica: hehe.....言歸正傳，What did you learn today？

Jimmy: 第一，爆冷門叫 upset,重音在前面; 第二，賽前被看好的一方叫 favorite，第三，賽前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.

Jessica: 不錯，我也學了個詞兒--upset 叫作“冷門”。

001: 山寨

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Jessica 在北京學中文，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。今天是于苗要問的：山寨

YM: Jessica, 你看我這塊兒手錶怎麼樣？

Jessica：LV 的! Nice! Did you win the lottery?

YM:中彩票？我哪有那麼好的運氣！這表是山寨的！

Jessica: Ah? What do you mean?

YM: 山寨，就是， 啊……not a real LV，a fake one……

Jessica: Oh, I see! The watch is a knockoff! k-n-o-c-k-o-f-f, knockoff.

YM: 哦~~~原來山寨版的假名牌兒就是 knockoff.

Jessica: Right. 朋友都告訴我 Xiushui Market is the place to go for designer knockoffs.

YM: 沒錯，好多人都特愛去秀水買假名牌！對了，我帶上這假LV，覺得自己特有明星范兒，別人也說我是山寨版的章子怡，那我就是 knockoff Zhang Ziyi 嘍?

Jessica: (Hahaha...) No, in that case, you say you're a Zhang Ziyi lookalike!

YM: lookalike, look後面跟alike，就是山寨明星臉! 哦，Jessica, 我早就想告訴你， You're a Lady GaGa lookalike.

Jessica:Thanks! I'm flattered!

YM: 對了，待會兒我要去看話劇，叫作《阿凡提.達》。

Jessica: 阿凡達? Avatar, the movie?

YM: 不是，這個話劇要模仿Avatar，搞笑的，是山寨版的阿凡達。

Jessica: Oh! You mean a spoof. That means you will imitate the movie's style, but in a humorous or sarcastic way.

YM: 原來這種有點惡搞的山寨版藝術作品叫 spoof.

Jessica: That's right! s-p-o-o-f, spoof.

YM: 我來總結一下啊，山寨版的假名牌是knockoff; 山寨明星臉是lookalike; 山寨的藝術作品是spoof。

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