《美女上错身》精讲 54

Come on, guys, dive into the vat¹.

来吧伙计们 到桶里游泳吧

they should call this candy Choco-gnat!

他们应该管这种糖叫做"虫虫巧克力"

Choco-gnat, Choco-gnat

虫虫巧克力 虫虫巧克力

they should call this candy Choco-gnat

他们应该管这糖叫做虫虫巧克力

It's outrageous². You are killing³ my business.

太可恶了 你这是在砸我的招牌

Because of you, the public thinks this...

就因为你 现在公众都觉得...

bug⁴ stuff is true.

糖里真的有虫子

The Choco-nut has been the Strickland family's

坚果巧克力是斯特里克兰家族

best-selling chocolate bar for three generations,

三代以来最畅销的巧克力棒

and this cartoon - Is funny!

而这个卡通片 很搞笑啊

You're rich enough.

你既然这么有钱

Why don't you buy yourself a sense of humor?

为什么不给自己买点儿幽默感呢

I want it off the 'net now.

我要这短片现在就从网站上撤下来

It's gotten almost a million hits.

它的点击率已经上百万了

That's just three weeks.

才只有三周而已

It's defamatory.

这是诽谤

Not to mention a probable copyright infringement⁵.

更别提有可能涉及到版权侵害

Supreme⁶ court says parodies⁷ are free speech.

最高法院规定 恶搞属于自由言论

Look at "Saturday Night Live."

《周六夜现场》不就是最好的例子吗

You got fired off the assembly line

你因在流水线工作打瞌睡

'cause you fell asleep on the job,

而被解雇

and this is your revenge.

你这么做是为了报复

"Saturday Night Live" is a funny show.

《周六夜现场》是个很搞笑的节目

don't you think?

你不觉得吗

We're done here.

没什么好说的

1 vat   

n.(=value added tax)增值税，大桶

参考例句：

• The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。
• His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。

2 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

5 infringement   

n.违反；侵权

参考例句：

• Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
• The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 parodies   

n.拙劣的模仿( parody的名词复数 )；恶搞；滑稽的模仿诗文；表面上模仿得笨拙但充满了机智用来嘲弄别人作品的作品v.滑稽地模仿，拙劣地模仿( parody的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Later, however, they delight in parodies of nursery rhymes. 可要不了多久，他们便乐于对它进行窜改。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• Most parodies are little more than literary teases. 大多数讽刺的模仿诗文只能算上是文学上的揶揄。 来自辞典例句