好消息和坏消息

A:Drew.You want the good news or the bad news?

　　Drew.想听好消息还是坏消息？

　　B:Well,bad news first.

　　还是先听坏的吧

　　A:Well the bad news is I ruined¹ one of your DVDs.

　　坏消息是我弄坏了你的一张DVD²。

　　B:Oh,no.I hope it's not X-MEN .That's my favorite movie.

　　什么？我希望不是X战警。那可是我最喜欢的电影了。

　　A:I'm sorry,but it is X-MEN.

　　不好意思，就是那部片子。

　　B:Damn.What is the good news then?

　　见鬼。那好消息是什么？

　　A:The good news is the other 3 DVDs are ok.

　　好消息是你借我的其它三DVD都没事儿。

　　B:No,Joe.You can't do this to me.What has happened to my DVD?

　　Joe，你不能这么对我。我的DVD怎么了？

　　A:You know,I was trying to watch X-MEN last night.So I opened the case and tried to get it out.But all of a sudden,it fell on the floor.When I picked it up,I found there's lots of dirt³ on it and my DVD player couldn't read it.

　　你知道，昨晚我想看X战警来着。我打开盒盖儿，可突然那张盘就掉到地上去了。我捡起来一看，上面全是灰。我的机器读不了盘。

　　B:My X-MEN. I just got it. I haven't even seen it.

　　我的X战警啊。我刚买的，我还没看呢。

　　A:I'm sorry,I'm terribly sorry.You know,I'm gonna make it up to you.

　　实在抱歉。我会补给你的。

　　B:How?Giving me one of your shitty DVDs?

　　怎么补？给我一张你的烂片子？

　　A:No.Let's go buy some DVDs tomorrow and I can buy an X-MEN for you.

　　不，明天我们一起去买碟。我会给你买一张的。

　　B:Shake it off,buddy.You're gonna buy me an X-MEN? I won't hold my breath⁴.Remember last time. You said you would buy me 10 beers for my birthday.But you didn't.

　　算了吧。你给我买X战警？我才不信呢。记得上次你说要给我生日买十瓶啤酒，结果你没买。

　　A:I really mean it this time.Trust me,will ya?

　　这次是真的。相信我好不好。

　　B:What else could I do?

　　我还能怎么办呢？

　　A:All right. I'll call you tomorrow morning,See if we can go together.

　　好吧。明天我打电话给你。看看是不是能一起去

　　B:Ok.You are on.

　　就这么定了。

　　Attention Please…特别提醒

　　[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面句子/词组的正宗美式发音]

　　[1]shake it off口语中这句话表示"算了吧，忘了吧"相当于我们长说的Forget it.

　　[2]I won't hold my breath.这句话的表面意思是我才不会憋气呢。因为憋时间长了会憋死，所以它的引申含义是"我才不信你的鬼话呢"

　　[3]You're on.又是一句让人摸不到头脑的话，它表示"就这么定了"。如果有人和你打赌，你就可以和他说"Ok.You are on."

　　Related⁵ Words…相关词汇

　　以下这些词汇并未给出汉语意思，你可以试着用我们学到的英语问问老外它们的意思

　　[ie:What does "***"mean? "***"是什么意思？]

　　PG13 DVD5 DVD9 sound track

1 ruined   

adj.毁灭的；堕落的；破产的v.破坏( ruin的过去式)；毁掉；使破产；使沦落

参考例句：

• The bad weather ruined our trip. 天气恶劣，破坏了我们的旅行。
• I was ruined by that law case, I'm a ruined man. 我被那场官司搞垮了，现在已经倾家荡产。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 DVD   

n.数码影碟(digital versatile disk)

参考例句：

• DVD systems are rapidly taking the place of videos.数字影碟设备正在迅速取代录像。
• This DVD player is damaged.这个DVD机坏了。

3 dirt   

n.泥土；污物；污垢

参考例句：

• The children were outside playing happily in the dirt.小孩在外面的泥土里玩得很开心。
• She swept the dirt out.她扫除了灰尘。

4 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。

5 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。