流行美語第270課
流行美語第270課
李華告訴Larry說，情人節那天，她班上的一個男生收到了很多女孩子送的花。李華今天要學兩個常用語，heartthrob和gaga.
LL: So, this student walked into your classroom on Valentine's Day and THREE different girls gave him flowers? He must be the campus heartthrob.
LH: 如果你說的heartthrob, 是指讓人迷戀的對象，那沒錯，他可以校園名人，學校裏喜歡他的女孩子一大堆。
LL: A heartthrob is a male that is adored by women. Someone who is a heartthrob, literally makes women's hearts throb.
LH: 這種說法真形象！讓人心跳的男人就是heartthrob. 送花的那三個女生迷他迷得不行，我真擔心會影響到她們的成績。
LL: What makes this heartthrob so attractive to these girls? Is he handsome? Is he friendly? Is he a good student? Is he an athlete?
LH: 他確實各方面都很出眾，不僅長得一表人才，而且很隨和、學習成績優秀，而且還是校隊橄欖球隊的隊長。
LL: Well, it is no wonder he is such a heart throb. He sounds like the perfect guy.
LH: 差不多吧。不過還是不如布拉德.皮特完美。Brad Pitt is a real heart throb.
LL: You are not the first woman who has told me Brad Pitt is the perfect man. I guess I don't understand why he is such a heart throb.
LH: 這有什麼難理解的。(Dreamily)你看他那金髮碧眼，他的微笑能讓人溶化，還有他的身材和肌肉....
LL: Okay, okay. That's enough, Li Hua. I get it! I understand why Brad Pitt is such a heartthrob.
LH: 對不起，Larry，一提起Brad Pitt，我就無法控制自己。
LL: So, Brad Pitt is a big heartthrob in America. How about in China? Who is the biggest Chinese heart throb?
LH: 那可能要算香港的電影影星劉德華了。
LL: I have heard of Andy Lau. Isn't he too old to be a heart throb?
LH: 年輕的也有，不過我已經趕不少潮流了。
LL: Well, it must be hard to be a heartthrob with girls following you everywhere. I'm glad I don't have that problem. I mean, I'm not much of a heartthrob.
LH: 肯定有什麼女孩子為你心動的，你不知道罷了。
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LL: So, let's talk about these girls in your class some more, Li Hua. When they go gaga over this heart throb in class, what do you do to get their attention?
LH: Gaga是什麼意思？聽起來不象英文啊？
LL: Gaga is, in fact, a French world borrowed into English, Li Hua. "Gaga" is a word that suggests some one who is mentally confused or silly.
LH: 我班上那幾個女孩子可都是好學生，她們的腦子可沒問題。
LL: "To *go* gaga" means to like something so much that you act like an idiot. It means you can't think of anything else besides the thing you are "gaga" over.
LH: 噢，to go gaga是被弄得暈頭轉向的意思。要是這麼說，I guess the girls do go gaga over him.
LL: What about the boy students in your class? Is there a girl in class that they go gaga over?
LH: 我們班上倒是沒有什麼特別招人的女生，但是學校裏所有男生都圍著啦啦隊的女孩子們轉。
LL: Well, cheerleaders are usually very attractive and physically fit. It's no wonder guys go gaga for cheer leaders.
LH: 那你呢，Larry? 有什麼人讓你暈頭轉向的嗎？
LL: Well, Li Hua, I'm not really dating any one right now, so there is no one I am really gaga over, but there is something I'm really gaga for.
LH: 什麼東西讓你gaga for?
LL: I'm really gaga for computers. I think working with computers is so interesting, and I love playing computer games.
LH: 我對電腦可沒興趣。每天坐在電腦前面寫論文，我恨不得離電腦遠遠的。
LL: Well, what do you go gaga over, Li Hua?
LH: 我呀，喜歡看八卦雜誌，了解象Brad Pitt這些明星的最新動向。
LL: We're back to Brad Pitt again?! Fine. You can go gaga over Brad Pitt, Li Hua. I'll stick with my computer.
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是heartthrob, 指讓人心動的男人。另一個是gaga, 指被什麼人或是什麼事弄得暈頭轉向。
