2012年ESL之日常生活 01 Enduring Hazing

 

Enduring Hazing¹ 

Rafael: Go away and stop following us. Our club is for boys only. 

Hannah: But I want to join. 

Rafael: You do, huh? Did you know that to join our club, you have to go through an initiation²? 

Hannah: Okay, I’ll do that. What do I have to do? 

Rafael: You have to endure weeks of hazing. We’ll be putting you through your paces to make sure you’re club material. 

Hannah: I’m willing to do that. I can do anything you boys can do. Watch me! 

Rafael: I’m not so sure. If you want to be one of the guys, you’ll have to do everything we tell you to do, even if you don’t want to. 

Hannah: Everything? 

Rafael: Yeah, everything. If we tell you to eat dirt, you have to eat dirt. If we tell you to stand outside in the rain, you have to do that, too. Get the picture? 

Hannah: Yeah, I’ve got the picture. 

Rafael: If we tell you to pull a prank³, you have to do it. If we tell you to streak⁴, you have to do that, too. 

Hannah: You can’t be serious. That really crosses the line. 

Rafael: We decide what crosses the line and what doesn’t. See? I knew you’d be too chicken to join our club. 

Hannah: You’re right. I don’t want to join any club where the members are stupid enough to do all of those things. I’m starting my own club – one where you don’t have to humiliate⁵ yourself to get in. 

Rafael: Suit yourself. I knew you weren’t club material. 

Hannah: Thank goodness for that! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 hazing   

n.受辱，被欺侮v.（使）笼罩在薄雾中( haze的现在分词 )；戏弄，欺凌（新生等，有时作为加入美国大学生联谊会的条件）

参考例句：

• With labor, the hazing period ends. 费了好大力气，痛苦的时期终于过了。 来自互联网
• A high-gloss paint surface is one that directly reflects light with minimum hazing or diffusion. 高度光洁的漆表面可以直接反射光源。 来自互联网

2 initiation   

n.开始

参考例句：

• her initiation into the world of marketing 她的初次涉足营销界
• It was my initiation into the world of high fashion. 这是我初次涉足高级时装界。

3 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

4 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

5 humiliate   

v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace

参考例句：

• What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
• They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。