流行美語 第197課

李华今天请Larry到家里来一起看电视转播的世界杯比赛。今天是美国队对捷克队。李华会学到两个常用语：make a big stink¹和to be creamed。

(sound of knocking door)

LH：请进来！ Come on in, Larry!

LL: Oh, hey there, Li Hua, I see the game has started. What's the big stink?

LH: 球赛刚开始。你说这儿有臭味？ 我没有闻到什么臭味呀！

LL: No, I don't mean your apartment is stinking². I was asking why the soccer players are making a big stink. Big stink means³ making a big fuss⁴ or complaining.

LH: 噢，你是问电视上这些球员在吵什么？嗨，美国队踢进了一个球，可是没有得分，因为裁判判定失误，所以就吵了起来。

LL: So, the players are mad, and the U.S. soccer coach is making a big stink by arguing with the referee⁵.

LH: 是啊， 美国队个个气得火冒三丈。美国教练通常比较低调， 这次也忍不住跟裁判争执，表示强烈不满。

LL: Yeah, but I don't think making a big stink about the call is going to change the referee's mind.

LH: 我也这么想呢， 大吵大闹是不会改变裁判的决定的，还不如就算了， 接着比赛就好了嘛。

LL: This reminds me of when I played baseball as a kid. Every once in a while a parent would get upset with the umpire and make a big stink.

LH: 这不仅是你小时候打棒球的情况，现在也是那样。美国家长特别重视孩子的体育活动，有比赛必到现场，为孩子打气。觉得不公平还会对裁判大喊大叫。 我父母只有在我学习成绩不好的时候才会严厉批评。

LL: Li Hua, weren't you the perfect student? I can't imagine your parents having anything to make a stink about.

LH: 谁说他们不生气？我上中学的时候， 有个学期我的数学成绩很差。 我父母就特别生气。这对他们来说才是件大事。

LL: Well, they had your best interests at heart. Say, you know what I want to make a big stink about now?

LH: 我当然知道他们是为了我好。You want to make a big stink？有什么事让你不满意呀？

LL: Where is the snack food? You can't watch soccer without having some snacks.

LH: 嗨，你们美国人呀，看球就非得吃零食。不过，这不是什么大事。You don't have to make a big stink。 厨房里有好多吃的，你自己去拿 吧。

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LL: Have some chips, Li Hua. Hmm...it looks like the U.S. is getting creamed.

LH: Creamed? Cream不是奶油吗？

LL: No, creamed mean getting beaten. And badly.

LH：噢，creamed在这里的意思是被打败，而且是惨败。

LL：That's right. Say, Li Hua, why are you rooting for the U.S. team, anyway?

LH: 我为什么帮美国队呀？你忘啦，中国队在亚洲地区赛中输给了科威特队， 根本没有资格参加世界杯赛。

LL: Oh, yeah, I remember that. They were creamed pretty badly - Six to one, as I recall⁶.

LH: 没错，输给科威特六比一！别说了， 一提起中国队的惨败， 我就伤心。 所以现在我支持美国队， 因为我在美国留学， 可没想到美国队也要输了。The US team is going to be creamed!

LL: The Czech Republic team is really good. I am not surprised the U.S. is getting creamed.

LH: 美国队看来是输定了，我们别看球了。出去玩吧。

LL: It's a nice day, Li Hua. Let's go out and play some badminton.

LH: Larry，打羽毛球 你可不是我的对手， 说不定会被打得一败涂地呦。I'm sure you'll get creamed.

LL: I tell you what, Li Hua, if you cream me at badminton, I promise...

LH: 你保证什么？

LL: I promise not to make a big stink about it!

今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是make a big stink, 意思是大吵大闹、表示强烈不满。李华学到的另一个常用语是to be creamed意思是被击败。
 

1 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

2 stinking   

adj.臭的，烂醉的，讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 我被推进一间又脏又臭的屋子里。
• Those lousy, stinking ships. It was them that destroyed us. 是的！就是那些该死的蠢猪似的臭飞船！是它们毁了我们。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 fuss   

n.过分关心，过分体贴，大惊小怪，小题大作

参考例句：

• My mother makes a fuss of me every time I come home.我每次回家，母亲总对我体贴备至。
• Stop all this fuss and do your homework.别大惊小怪了，去做你的家庭作业吧。

5 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

6 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。