英语PK台 第48期:一枚搞笑音乐青年的美国偶像逐梦路(2)

 上期听力文本中英对照：

Dialogue:

JJ: Hey, Xiao Gao, what cha up to? Did I catch you at a bad time?

京晶：嘿，小高，在干嘛呢？我打扰你了吗？

XG: No, I’m just rehearsing for an American Idol¹ audition².

小高：没呢。我正在排练呢，我要参加美国偶像的一个海选。

JJ: Really? Cool! What song are you gonna sing? I wanna hear!

京晶：啊？真的吗？你打算唱什么歌呢？

XG: Okay, are you ready? Here it goes: [start to sing somewhere over the rainbow…]

小高：你准备好了吗？我这就唱给你听：（开始唱…在彩虹之上，有个很高的地方 …）

JJ: Uh… Xiao Gao…? Are you serious?

京晶：嗯……这个…那个…小高, 你开玩笑呢吧？

XG: Well… what did you think? How was it?

小高：说说你觉得怎么样吧？唱得如何？

JJ: How do you think you did?

京晶：那你觉得你表现得如何？

XG: On a scale of one to ten, I think I was probably an 8.5.

小高：如果满分10分的话，我觉得我的表现达到了8.5。

JJ: Um… Xiao Gao… I think you might be delusional³! I would say a -8.5 is more like it!

京晶：这个…小高，我觉得你可能有点异想天开了, 也许负8.5更接近你的真实水准吧！

XG: You’re just jealous! You wish you had skills like me!

小高：你这是在嫉妒！你心里有多希望自己能够唱得和我一样好！

JJ: Hey, at least I know I’m not good at singing. You should really listen to yourself. You need to wake up.

京晶：不过话说回来，至少我有自知之明，知道自己唱歌不行。你真该好好听听你自己，醒醒吧！

XG: I listen to myself every day! I sing in the shower, I sing on my way to work, I sing at work, I sing on my way home from work, I ….

小高：我天天都听自己唱呢，我洗澡的时候唱，我上班路上也唱，上班时也唱，下班路上也唱，我…

JJ: Okay, okay! Geez! I get it! You think you sound good, but you don’t. I’m sorry to break it to you, but singing is not for you! I think you need to go home and practice some more. I’ll listen to you again on Wednesday, and maybe then you’ll sound better.

京晶：够了，够了，我明白了。你认为你唱得很好，但你真的唱得不好。很抱歉跟你说大实话，你真的很！不！适！合！唱歌。我认为你应该回家再多练练，我周三再来听你唱，也许到时候你能唱得好点儿。

XG: Okay, fine, whatever…

小高：好吧，就这样吧，无所谓咯…

New words for dialogue:

What cha up to? = what are you doing? 你在忙什么？

Did I catch you at a bad time? = Am I disturbing you? 我打扰你了吗？

Rehearse = 排练

Audition = 面试

Are you serious? = 你开玩笑嘛？

On a scale of one to ten… =上规模的一到十

Delusional = 妄想的

Break it to someone = tell someone some bad news that they probably don’t want to hear 告诉某人他不愿听到的实情

1 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

2 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

3 delusional   

妄想的

参考例句：

• You became delusional and attacked several people trying to escape. 你产生了错觉并攻击了许多人还试图逃走。 来自电影对白
• He is incoherent, delusional, suffering auditory hallucinations. 他出现无逻辑的，妄想的，幻听的症状。 来自电影对白