体育美语-027 - Pumping iron

M: 236, 237, 238 Oh hi Yang Chen, I didn't know you were coming to the gym today.

Y: Hi, Mar¹. What are you doing?

M: I'm doing push ups. P-U-S-H, U-P-S.

Y: I know you are doing Pushups俯卧撑。 可是我听到你在数238 ，你真的做了238个俯卧撑?

M: Of course! What, you think I was just pretending to do all those pushups because I knew you were coming to the gym and wanted to impress you? Haha! Don't be ridiculous!

Y: Oh, let me guess, 你交了新的女朋友。You want to impress her. 让她对你有好感。

M: Well, I do have a hot date next week, so I've been PUMPING IRON at the gym. I'm sure if I have big enough muscles my date will automatically² fall in love with me.

Y: PUMPING IRON? 你缺铁吗?

M: No, pumping iron just means working out at the gym.

Y: I like it, pumping iron at the gym. 我也需要常常到健身房 pump iron。

M: Do you want to impress somebody?

Y. No, 不过...

M What do you mean, 不过?

Y We women aren't only concerned with muscles.

M: That's true. Women also really care about my great haircut, my designer cologne...

Y: Designer cologne? 名牌香水，是在Walmart 买的吗?

M: I know you are making fun of me.

Y: Of course,, I'm making fun of you.

M: Just tell me what women are really concerned with.

Y: The inner³ qualities of a person, 内在美！

M: Oh, come on, Yang Chen, 内在美? Are you kidding me?

Y: Maybe...
 

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 automatically   

adv.不加思索地，无意识地，自动地

参考例句：

• The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。

3 inner   

adj.内部的，里面的；内在的，内心的；精神的

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.另一些人到深山中去，寻求新的精神生活。