美食英语随身听 第9期:你是那人间的四月天

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　　你是那人间的四月天

　　本期内容：

　　There is one thing I don't get, I said.

　　有一件事我想不明白，我说。

　　"What's that?"

　　什么事啊？

　　"How come if your favorite color is blue, you painted your house so pink?"

　　你最钟爱的颜色是蓝色，你为什么把房子油漆成娇艳的粉红色？

　　She laughed. "That was May's doing. She was with me the day I went to the paint store to pick out the color. I had a nice tan¹ color in mind, but May latched² on to this sample³ called Caribbean Pink. She said it made her feel like dancing a Spanish⁴ flamenco. I thought, "Well, this is the tackiest color I've ever seen, and we'll have half the town talking about us, but if it can lift May's heart like that, I guess she oughtto live inside it.

　　她朗声大笑。“那是五月的杰作。那天，我去油漆店挑选油漆颜色，她也跟去了，我本意是要选悦目的茶色油漆，但是五月执意要买这种称作加勒比海红的油漆。她说，这种颜色会给她一种在跳西班牙佛莱明哥舞的感觉。我心里暗暗想道，这是我见过的最俗艳的颜色，镇子里很多人都会议论我们的，不过，如果这种颜色能够让五月开心的话，我想他就应该住在这种颜色的房子里。”

　　"All this time I just figured⁵ you liked pink, " I said.

　　我还一直以为是你喜欢粉红色呢

　　She laughed again. "You know, some things don't matter that much, Lily. Like the color of a house. How bigis that in the overall⁶ scheme⁷ of life? But lifting a person's heart --now, that matters. The whole problemwith people is

　　她又笑了起来。“你知道，莉莉，有些事情并不那么重要。譬如房屋的颜色。在整个人生计划里，那又算得了什么呢？但是，让一个人开心-唔，那很重要。人的最大的问题就在于”

　　"They don't know what matters and what doesn't, " I said, filling in her sentence and feeling proud of myself for doing so.

　　他们不知道什么事情重要，什么事情不重要。我接嘴说出了以为她要说的话，并为此自鸣得意。

　　"I was gonna say, The problem is they know what matters, but they don't choose it. You know how hard that is, Lily? I love May, but it was still so hard to choose Caribbean Pink. The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters. "

　　我想说的是，问题是，他们明知道什么重要，却不去选择他。莉莉，你知道做出选择有多难吗。我爱五月，但是心里仍然难以接受选择加勒比海红。世界上最难的事情，莫过于选择重要的事情。

1 tan   

n.鞣制革，黄褐色；adj.黄褐色的，鞣皮的；vt.晒黑，鞣(革)，鞭打；vi.晒成棕褐色

参考例句：

• She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后，她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
• His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。

2 latched   

v.理解( latch的过去式和过去分词 )；纠缠；用碰锁锁上（门等）；附着（在某物上）

参考例句：

• The government have latched onto environmental issues to win votes. 政府已开始大谈环境问题以争取选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He latched onto us and we couldn't get rid of him. 他缠着我们，甩也甩不掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sample   

n.标本，样品，例子；vt.取样，采样，抽取...的样品，试验的一部分，尝试

参考例句：

• She made us sample her cooking.她让我们品尝她做的饭菜。
• Show me a sample,please.请拿一个样品给我看看。

4 Spanish   

adj.西班牙人的，西班牙的，西班牙语的；n.西班牙语

参考例句：

• She grew up in Spain,so her first language is Spanish.她在西班牙长大，第一语言是西班牙语。
• I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.我能阅读西班牙语，但不能翻译成西班牙语。

5 figured   

adj.以图形和数字表示的，华丽的

参考例句：

• I have figured out how much during the week I spent. 我算出了这个星期花了多少钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We figured in the travel expenses but forgot the cost of meals. 我们把旅费算了进去，但忘了算伙食费。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 overall   

n.工作服，工装裤；全面的，全体的

参考例句：

• The shop assistant was wearing a white overall.那店员穿着白色的工作服。
• How much will it cost overall?一共多少钱？

7 scheme   

n.安排，配置，计划，阴谋，方案，图解，摘要；v.计划，设计，图谋，策划

参考例句：

• The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical.这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际。
• The scheme was a bad egg.计划失败了。