流行美语 第 53 课

psyched
to flop¹
今天Michael 要在家里举行一个party，请朋友来玩。李华学到两个常用语：psyched
和to flop。

L: 啤酒冻好了，吃的也摆好了。我看一切都准备好了。
M: Great! I'm really psyched about this party. Tonight I finally get to relax and have
fun with my friends.
L: 你是不是担心party 会出问题？是不是怕没有朋友来？
M: Not at all. I said "I am psyched." That means² that I am very excited, and am
looking forward to something.
L: Psyched 这个词听起来怪怪的。那么"to be psyched"照你说的，就表示你盼望什
么事情啦？
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: 是吗？可是今天的party 有什么节目让你这样高兴呀？
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，听起来不错嘛。不过Michael，你也不要太激动了。我可是
见过你喝醉了之后跳舞还有和女孩讲话的样子。真是不敢恭维噢。
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，让我想想看。对了，像"拳击手Mike Tyson，在比赛前很psyched，因为他
准备好要恶战一场了。"这句话怎么样？
M: Yeah, you seem to understand this phrase³ pretty well. All good athletes have to be
psyched before a sports match, otherwise they have no chance of winning⁴.
L: 行了行了，Michael, 你只要记住自己不是运动员，也不是专业的舞蹈家。
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!
L: Michael，你没事吧？
M: [Groan] Ugh, this is ... this is terrible. I feel like such an idiot⁵. I can't believe my
party flopped⁶ so badly!
L: 怎么了？你说你的party 怎么了？
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。这个词还有别的意思吗？
M: Well, the word "flop" means to fall down flat and make a noise like when you drop
a rug⁷ or a large book on the floor.
L: OK，我懂了。这个词的意思就是形容很重的东西掉在地上的声音。这个词是不
是只能形容party 的时候用呢？
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: 那你说说看，为什么你的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: 那是为什么呢？
M: Today is the first Saturday of the new semester⁸. 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，你怎么会忘了这回事呢？你的教授给研究生举行party？那我们也赶紧去
参加他的party 吧！我可不想在你的房间里发呆。我们也要去找点乐子啊！
M: That's wonderful. My party is such a flop even you can't wait to leave.
L: 哎哟，有什么关系？只要我们能参加另一个party 就好了。我已经等不及了，
赶快走吧！

今天李华学会了两个常用语：psyched 和to flop。Psyched 在这里就是"精神高昂，
盼望某件事情"的意思，to flop 就是"失败，不成功"的意思。

1 flop   

n.失败(者)，扑通一声；vi.笨重地行动，沉重地落下

参考例句：

• The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
• The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。

2 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。

3 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

4 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

5 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

6 flopped   

v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅

参考例句：

• Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。
• It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地，出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 rug   

n.毯子，地毯，旅行毯

参考例句：

• The rug can double up.这条地毯能卷起来。
• It will be more beautiful if you work some blue into the rug.如果你再织些蓝色的图案，这毯子会更好看。

8 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。