流行美语 第115课 - Bling / Booze

Larry和李华在书店里看书。李华在看一本流行时装杂志。今天李华会学到两个常用语：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，我在看一本时装杂志，他们在批评茱莉亚罗勃兹，说她在奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，戴了太多的bling。Larry，什么是bling啊？

LL: Oh, that's a new word for really big, shiny¹ jewelry². 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宝首饰，通常还镶有钻石的首饰。Larry, 你看，在这张照片里，茱莉亚罗勃兹戴了长长的钻石耳环，还有钻石项链，再加上大手镯。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。哪个女人不喜欢亮晶晶的珠宝呢！不过我觉得，一次戴太多的珠宝好像有点过份。Larry，你说呢？

LL: I'm not the best person to ask for fashion advice. To me, all that bling is really just a bunch³ of expensive rocks that don't do anything.

LH: 你说的没错啦。这些亮晶晶的珠宝，说穿了，还不就是些昂贵的石头。对了，Larry，bling除了用来形容首饰以外，我能不能把一件亮晶晶的礼服也说是bling呢？

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

LH: 原来，bling只能用来形容珠宝首饰。Larry 你看，这张照片里妮可基曼戴的戒指真漂亮。杂志说，这个戒指至少价值一百万美元呢！

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

LH: 你们男人啊！永远也不会理解为什么女人要花这么多钱买珠宝首饰。这种事只有女人才懂啦！

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LH: Larry, 这篇文章说"Booze on College Campuses⁴." 大学校园里的booze！Booze是一种毒品吗？

LL: Booze is another word for alcohol⁵, like beer or whiskey.

LH: 噢，原来booze在这里指的是酒啊！这篇文章说很多美国大学里都有学生酗酒的问题，不只危害学生的身体健康，有的时候还会导致意外。这是真的吗？

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，很多美国大学生喜欢在周末开party，那总是少不了酒。对了，Larry，是不是所有的酒都可以称为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，这么说，booze可以指葡萄酒，也可以指烈酒。Larry，你是不是也经常参加派对，喝酒狂欢啊？

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，偶尔喝一点酒其实还可以。我比较喜欢喝葡萄酒，其他的酒我就不感兴趣了。你呢？你喜欢什么样的酒？

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

LH: 我也不爱喝烈酒，除了像你说的，喝多了会头疼，我觉得烈酒喝起来有汽油的味道。

LL：You might as well not to drink it!

今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是bling，或者可以说bling-bling。这是指又大又亮的珠宝首饰。李华学到的另一个常用语是booze。这是指喝的酒，包括各式各样的酒。

1 shiny   

adj.有光泽的，发光的，辉煌的

参考例句：

• What shiny shoes you're wearing!你穿的鞋子擦得真亮啊！
• All the cups are clean and shiny.所有的杯子都很干净明亮。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

4 campuses   

n.（大学）校园（campus的复数形式）

参考例句：

• University campuses are often the bellwether of change. 大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
• Sport looms much larger on US campuses than in China. 体育在美国大学比中国大学突出得多。 来自互联网

5 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。