【英语趣味课堂】一个酷酷的男人-A Cool Man

 Todd: OK, so now we are going to talk about other people, so you can talk about somebody else, a friend, a family, a celebrity¹. Who would you like to talk about?

 

Roe²: Anybody?

 

Todd: Anybody.

 

Roe: Who rips.

 

Todd: Who rips? What does "rips" mean?

 

Roe: Ripping means if you are like a surfer, if you say he rips, he is really good.

 

Todd: Oh, OK. He rips! Wow, so just for surfing?

 

Roe: And windsurfing, too.

 

Todd: He rips. Skateboarding?

 

Roe: Yeah. Skateboarding too.

 

Todd: Skateboarding, he rips

 

Roe: Yeah, it means he can make some great moves.

 

Todd: Great turns, great flips³. OK, who rips?

 

Roe: Just go to the beach, and you see it. Like, you don't even have to talk, you just have to see it, and if you rip then you get respect, and if you talk, if you have a chance to talk to the guy, it's almost always that he is a nice guy.

 

Todd: Really.

 

Roe: Well, 99 percent.

 

Todd: So guys who rip are nice guys.

 

Roe: Nice guys. Like nice, meaning, it's nothing like talking to a salary man.

 

Todd: Wow, so very easy-going, very friendly, not serious.

 

Roe: Yes. Like open, no attitude, no attitude,it's like a way to elaborate.

 

Todd: OK, so do you rip?

 

Roe: No. I'm in progress. I'm trying. It's hard. It's hard to rip though.

 

Todd: But you said earlier that you are very good windsurfing so you are closest to ripping at windsurfing.

 

Roe: Man, In my dreams, but in reality, I'm, no, I'm trying.

 

Todd: Maybe you're being modest. So a modest person doesn't say he rips or he is good

 

Roe: You got the point, no I was just kidding, I can't rip.

 

Todd: OK, who is the best surfer in the world?

 

Roe: Robbie Naish.

 

Todd: Robbie Naish. What country does he come from?

 

Roe: Hawaii. 

 

Todd: Oh, so he's hawaiian. He's American.

 

Roe: Yeah, fom Ohahu!

 

Todd: From Ohahu, so he surfs on waves. -- How big are the waves that Robbie Naish surfs on?

 

Roe: OK like Jaws⁴, there is a specific point in Maui, Hawaii Maui, and it's called Jaws, cause people say that there are a lot of sharks at the point, but anyway, at Jaws 25 meters or 30 meters in winter.

 

Todd: Man, that's high. 25 to 30 meters. That's what? Three stories? Maybe!

 

Roe: That's like from here to the basement.

 

Todd: Wow! And were on the second floor so that's three stories.

 

Roe: Oh, right, right, right, right.

 

Todd: Man, that's high. That's really high. What's the highest wave you've ever surfed on? So you're standing⁵ up here. The ceiling!

 

Roe: Yeah! Probably the ceiling.

 

Todd: So that's what, maybe 10 feet.

 

Roe: I don't know the feet stuff.

 

Todd: So that would be, 3, 4 meters.

 

Roe: Yeah, 3, 4 meters probably.

 

Todd: Wow, that's still pretty high.

 

Roe: Yeah, if you are in the ocean you are like lying down right, so it's quite high actually, yeah, if you're standing up it doesn't seem that high but.

 

Todd: But, when you're on the ground, you're right, when you're lying flat on your stomach, you're right it would seem very high. So Robbie Naish, does he make a lot of money surfing?

 

Roe: Yep.

 

Todd: He's a rich man.

 

Roe: He's a billionaire.

 

Todd: Wow, has he ever come to Japan?

 

Roe: Many times.

 

Todd: Really!

 

Roe: Yep.

 

Todd: Wow.

 

Roe: For promotion⁶.

 

Todd: For promotion.

 

Roe: He owns a boarding, sailing, and what have you. He owns a lot of companies. Yeah, he's smart too. Nice guy.

 

Todd: Nice guy and he's a nice guy because he rips.

 

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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

celebrity

 

You can talk about a friend, family, a celebrity.

 

A famous person is a 'celebrity.'  There are local celebrities⁷, known only in their own city, or there are international celebrities that people know all over the world.  Notice the following:

 

It was very hard to keep her personal life private after she became a celebrity.

Have you ever seen an international celebrity?

respect

 

If you rip then you get respect.

 

When someone 'respects' you they honor you or are impressed by what you do.  Notice the following:

 

Please respect my house and don't throw you garbage in front of it.

Although it was a very difficult decision for her, her friends respected her afterward⁸.

easy-going

 

Very easy-going, very friendly, not serious.

 

An 'easy-going' person is very relaxed about things.  He will do whatever other people want to do.  Notice the following:

 

If you don't learn to be more easy-going you will hate living here.

She is a good person to travel with, very easy-going.

modest

 

Maybe you're being modest.

 

To be 'humble⁹' about something is describe a skill that you have or something that you have done in a way that makes it seem less important or impressive.  Notice the following:

 

Don't be so modest, you're an incredible athlete.

She always talks a lot about herself and has never been a modest person.

kidding

 

No I was just kidding.

 

If you are 'kidding' you are making a joke or not being serious about something.  Notice the following:

 

I know you are kidding, but please don't make jokes like that.

It is difficult to decide if he is kidding because his face is always so serious.

 

 

 

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

3 flips   

轻弹( flip的第三人称单数 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• Larry flips on the TV while he is on vacation in Budapest. 赖瑞在布达佩斯渡假时，打开电视收看节目。
• He flips through a book before making a decision. 他在决定买下一本书前总要先草草翻阅一下。

4 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

7 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

8 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

9 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。