流行美语 (Popular American) 270

李华告诉Larry说，情人节那天，她班上的一个男生收到了很多女孩子送的花。李华今天要学两个常用语，heartthrob和gaga.

LL: So, this student walked into your classroom on Valentine's Day and THREE different girls gave him flowers? He must be the campus heartthrob.

LH: 如果你说的heartthrob, 是指让人迷恋的对象，那没错，他可以校园名人，学校里喜欢他的女孩子一大堆。

LL: A heartthrob is a male that is adored² by women. Someone who is a heartthrob, literally³ makes women's hearts throb¹.

LH: 这种说法真形象！让人心跳的男人就是heartthrob. 送花的那三个女生迷他迷得不行，我真担心会影响到她们的成绩。

LL: What makes this heartthrob so attractive to these girls? Is he handsome? Is he friendly? Is he a good student? Is he an athlete?

LH: 他确实各方面都很出众，不仅长得一表人才，而且很随和、学习成绩优秀，而且还是校队橄榄球队的队长。

LL: Well, it is no wonder he is such a heart throb. He sounds like the perfect guy.

LH: 差不多吧。不过还是不如布拉德.皮特完美。Brad Pitt is a real heart throb.

LL: You are not the first woman who has told me Brad Pitt is the perfect man. I guess I don't understand why he is such a heart throb.

LH: 这有什么难理解的。(Dreamily)你看他那金发碧眼，他的微笑能让人溶化，还有他的身材和肌肉....

LL: Okay, okay. That's enough, Li Hua. I get it! I understand why Brad Pitt is such a heartthrob.

LH: 对不起，Larry，一提起Brad Pitt，我就无法控制自己。

LL: So, Brad Pitt is a big heartthrob in America. How about in China? Who is the biggest Chinese heart throb?

LH: 那可能要算香港的电影影星刘德华了。

LL: I have heard of Andy Lau. Isn't he too old to be a heart throb?

LH: 年轻的也有，不过我已经赶不少潮流了。

LL: Well, it must be hard to be a heartthrob with girls following you everywhere. I'm glad I don't have that problem. I mean, I'm not much of a heartthrob.

LH: 肯定有什么女孩子为你心动的，你不知道罢了。

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LL: So, let's talk about these girls in your class some more, Li Hua. When they go gaga over this heart throb in class, what do you do to get their attention?

LH: Gaga是什么意思？听起来不象英文啊？

LL: Gaga is, in fact, a French world borrowed into English, Li Hua. "Gaga" is a word that suggests some one who is mentally confused or silly.

LH: 我班上那几个女孩子可都是好学生，她们的脑子可没问题。

LL: "To *go* gaga" means to like something so much that you act like an idiot⁴. It means you can't think of anything else besides the thing you are "gaga" over.

LH: 噢，to go gaga是被弄得晕头转向的意思。要是这么说，I guess the girls do go gaga over him.

LL: What about the boy students in your class? Is there a girl in class that they go gaga over?

LH: 我们班上倒是没有什么特别招人的女生，但是学校里所有男生都围着啦啦队的女孩子们转。

LL: Well, cheerleaders are usually very attractive and physically⁵ fit. It's no wonder guys go gaga for cheer leaders.

LH: 那你呢，Larry? 有什么人让你晕头转向的吗？

LL: Well, Li Hua, I'm not really dating any one right now, so there is no one I am really gaga over, but there is something I'm really gaga for.

LH: 什么东西让你gaga for?

LL: I'm really gaga for computers. I think working with computers is so interesting, and I love playing computer games.

LH: 我对电脑可没兴趣。每天坐在电脑前面写论文，我恨不得离电脑远远的。

LL: Well, what do you go gaga over, Li Hua?

LH: 我呀，喜欢看八卦杂志，了解象Brad Pitt这些明星的最新动向。

LL: We're back to Brad Pitt again?! Fine. You can go gaga over Brad Pitt, Li Hua. I'll stick with my computer.

今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是heartthrob, 指让人心动的男人。另一个是gaga, 指被什么人或是什么事弄得晕头转向。
 

1 throb   

v.震颤，颤动；(急速强烈地)跳动，搏动

参考例句：

• She felt her heart give a great throb.她感到自己的心怦地跳了一下。
• The drums seemed to throb in his ears.阵阵鼓声彷佛在他耳边震响。

2 adored   

爱慕，崇拜( adore的过去式和过去分词 )； 非常喜欢

参考例句：

• For all her faults, Tallulah's friends tolerated and even adored her. 尽管塔卢拉有缺点，她的朋友们却宽容她，甚至崇拜她。
• They adored her as a living goddess. 他们把她当作活女神崇拜。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。