趣味英语第240期:怎么赢得"饥饿游戏"

Ashikan Rabbi:

阿希坎·拉比问道：

"How do I win the Hunger Games?"

“怎么赢得‘饥饿游戏’？”

I really don't know because I've never watched that movie. I'm sure it's not about being hungry.

我真的不知道，因为我没看过那部电影。但我确定那和饥饿无关。

Practice. That's the only way you win any game.

练习。那是赢得任何游戏的唯一方法。

Be prepared for anything that you have to do.

为你要做的任何事做好准备。

Train a lot and be vicious. Trust no one.

大量训练，残酷一些。不要相信任何人。

You gotta be a bad ass¹. If you know karate², you're gonna win.

你一定要很坏。如果你懂空手道，你会赢的。

Get a pretty awesome³ bow and arrow.

买一把顶好的弓和箭。

Get lots of bows, and arrows, and staffs.

买大量弓箭和棍棒。

Dig a hole and hide in the hole.

挖个洞，然后藏进洞里。

Try to hide until everyone else kills one another off.

尽量躲起来，直到其他人互相残杀完。

You'd better take some martial⁴ arts classes and be really physically⁵ fit.

你最好上些武术课，身体要非常健康。

The odds⁶ aren't in your favor in this particular situation. Find what you're best at and use that to your advantage to win.

在这种特殊情况下你胜算不大。找到你所擅长的，将那用作你的优势来获胜。

You have to have a lover, and then you have to kill everybody. It's two very different things, but it works out at the end.

你得有个爱人，然后你要杀死所有人。这是两件完全不同的事，不过最终会成功的。

Learn as much as you can about guns and arrows. And just run fast.

尽可能多地学习枪支和箭的使用。还有就是要跑得快。

1 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

2 karate   

n.空手道(日本的一种徒手武术)

参考例句：

• Alice's boyfriend knew a little karate.艾丽斯的男朋友懂一点儿空手道。
• The black belt is the highest level in karate.黑腰带级是空手道的最高级别。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

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。

6 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？