流行美語第53課
psyched
to flop
今天Michael要在家裏舉行一個party，請朋友來玩。李華學到兩個常用語：psyched和to flop。
L: 啤酒凍好了，吃的也擺好了。我看一切都準備好了。
M: Great! I'm really psyched about this party. Tonight I finally get to relax and have fun with my friends.
L: 你是不是擔心party會出問題？是不是怕沒有朋友來？
M: Not at all. I said "I am psyched." That means that I am very excited, and am looking forward to something.
L: Psyched這個詞聽起來怪怪的。那麼“to be psyched”照你說的，就表示你盼望什麼事情啦？
M: Not exactly. When I say "I am psyched," I not only mean that I am excited, but that I am full of energy and ready to go.
L: 是嗎？可是今天的party有什麼節目讓你這樣高興呀？
M: Well, once some of my friends show up, I plan to have a few beers and hit the dance floor. Quite a few ladies should be showing up at the party tonight, so my friends will be psyched and ready to go as well!
L：嗯... 美酒加美女，聽起來不錯嘛。不過Michael， 你也不要太激動了。我可是見過你喝醉了之後跳舞還有和女孩講話的樣子。真是不敢恭維噢。
M: O.K., that's enough already. If you're so smart, why don't you use "psyched" in a sentence for me?
L: 嗯，讓我想想看。對了，像“拳擊手Mike Tyson，在比賽前很psyched，因為他準備好要惡戰一場了。”這句話怎麼樣？
M: Yeah, you seem to understand this phrase pretty well. All good athletes have to be psyched before a sports match, otherwise they have no chance of winning.
L: 行了行了，Michael, 你只要記住自己不是運動員，也不是專業的舞蹈家。
M: Oh come on Li Hua! Don't try to ruin this party for me! You should be psyched too! This is going to be the greatest party of your life!
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L: Michael， 你沒事吧？
M: [Groan] Ugh, this is ... this is terrible. I feel like such an idiot. I can't believe my party flopped so badly!
L: 怎麼了？你說你的party怎麼了？
M: I said my party flopped. That's the past tense for "flop." I mean that the party sucked.
L: 我懂了, “flop” 就是你的party搞砸了。這個詞還有別的意思嗎？
M: Well, the word "flop" means to fall down flat and make a noise like when you drop a rug or a large book on the floor.
L: OK，我懂了。這個詞的意思就是形容很重的東西掉在地上的聲音。這個詞是不是只能形容party的時候用呢？
M: Not at all. If a movie or a play "flops," that means it was not very successful. Sometimes we might say a plan "flopped," meaning it failed.
L: 那你說說看，為什麼你的party搞砸了呢？
M: I wish I knew. Even my friends left after a couple of hours. I've never been to a party that flopped as badly as this one. Oh ...I know what happened tonight.
L: 那是為什麼呢？
M: Today is the first Saturday of the new semester. Professor Wilkins always invites all of the graduate students in my department to a big pool party at his house. Everyone must have gone there!
L: 嗨，你怎麼會忘了這回事呢？你的教授給研究生舉行party？那我們也趕緊去參加他的party吧！我可不想在你的房間裏發呆。我們也要去找點樂子啊！
M: That's wonderful. My party is such a flop even you can't wait to leave.
L: 哎喲，有什麼關係？只要我們能參加另一個party就好了。我已經等不及了，趕快走吧！
今天李華學會了兩個常用語：psyched和to flop。Psyched在這裡就是“精神高昂，盼望某件事情”的意思，to flop就是“失敗，不成功”的意思。