VOA流行美語 Unit 115: Bling / Booze

VOA流行美語 Unit 115: Bling / Booze

Larry和李華在書店裏看書。李華在看一本流行時裝雜誌。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：bling和booze.

(Ambience sound in bookstore)

LL: I just found an interesting book on World War II. What are you reading, Li Hua?

LH: 我啊，我在看一本時裝雜誌，他們在批評茱莉亞羅勃茲，說她在奧斯卡頒獎典禮上，戴了太多的bling。Larry，什麼是bling啊？

LL: Oh, that's a new word for really big, shiny jewelry. Usually, a bling or a bling-bling is a piece of jewelry that has big diamonds.

LH: 噢！我懂了，bling就是指又大又亮的珠寶首飾，通常還鑲有鑽石的首飾。Larry, 你看，在這張照片裏，茱莉亞羅勃茲戴了長長的鑽石耳環，還有鑽石項鍊，再加上大手鐲。真的，太多bling-bling！

LL: Yeah, that is a lot of shiny jewelry, but I thought girls liked that sort of thing. Don't you wish you had a lot of bling?

LH: 我想是吧。哪個女人不喜歡亮晶晶的珠寶呢！不過我覺得，一次戴太多的珠寶好像有點過份。Larry，你說呢？

LL: I'm not the best person to ask for fashion advice. To me, all that bling is really just a bunch of expensive rocks that don't do anything.

LH: 你說的沒錯啦。這些亮晶晶的珠寶，說穿了，還不就是些昂貴的石頭。對了，Larry，bling除了用來形容首飾以外，我能不能把一件亮晶晶的禮服也說是bling呢？

LL: I haven't heard the word used that way. I think that bling only refers to jewelry.

LH: 原來，bling只能用來形容珠寶首飾。Larry 你看，這張照片裏妮可基曼戴的戒指真漂亮。雜誌說，這個戒指至少價值一百萬美元呢！

LL: That has to be the biggest ring I have ever seen. I can't imagine spending a million dollars on a rock!

LH: 你們男人啊！永遠也不會理解爲什麼女人要花這麼多錢買珠寶首飾。這種事只有女人才懂啦！

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LH: Larry, 這篇文章說"Booze on College Campuses." 大學校園裏的booze！Booze是一種毒品嗎？

LL: Booze is another word for alcohol, like beer or whiskey.

LH: 噢，原來booze在這裏指的是酒啊！這篇文章說很多美國大學裏都有學生酗酒的問題，不只危害學生的身體健康，有的時候還會導致意外。這是真的嗎？

LL: Sadly, many college students drink a lot of booze. They study during the week and then they go to parties on the weekends. Booze is a major part of most college parties.

LH: 是呀！我也注意到了，很多美國大學生喜歡在週末開party，那總是少不了酒。對了，Larry，是不是所有的酒都可以稱爲booze？葡萄酒是不是也算booze?

LL: Yes, wine can be called booze, and so can rum and vodka.

LH: 噢，這麼說，booze可以指葡萄酒，也可以指烈酒。Larry，你是不是也經常參加派對，喝酒狂歡啊？

LL: Very funny, Li Hua. You know I don't have enough time to go to many parties. I do drink booze once in a while, but not all the time.

LH: 嗯，偶爾喝一點酒其實還可以。我比較喜歡喝葡萄酒，其他的酒我就不感興趣了。你呢？你喜歡什麼樣的酒？

LL: Well, I prefer to drink beer. Stronger booze will give me a headache the next day.

LH: 我也不愛喝烈酒，除了像你說的，喝多了會頭疼，我覺得烈酒喝起來有汽油的味道。

LL：You might as well not to drink it!

今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是bling，或者可以說bling-bling。這是指又大又亮的珠寶首飾。李華學到的另一個常用語是booze。這是指喝的酒，包括各式各樣的酒。