Larry到李華家來(lái)看蜘蛛人的DVD。李華今天要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，rocket science和chemistry。
LL: What's the matter, Li Hua? I can't believe you are having trouble with the DVD player. I mean, it's not rocket science!
LH: Rocket science？這是我家，又不是航空航天局，怎么會(huì)有火箭科學(xué)。
LL: Well, when I said it wasn't rocket science, I meant it shouldn't be hard for you to get the DVD player to start.
LH: 噢，rocket Science在這兒的意思是指很難弄懂的東西。但是使用DVD機(jī)不該是什么難事。
LL: That's it! Getting the DVD player to work should be as simple as pushing a few buttons, and not nearly as complicated as rocket science. . . Hey, look, you got it working, Li Hua!
LH：行了，沒(méi)什么難的，只要知道按哪個(gè)鍵就行了。
LL: Now all we need is popcorn to eat with our movie. I can go make some. I mean, making popcorn isn't rocket science.
LH: 好啊，你負(fù)責(zé)爆米花，東西都在廚房微波爐下面的抽屜里。
LL: Ok, I'm in the kitchen looking at the microwave, and I see three drawers. Which one is it?
LH: It's not rocket science, Larry. 你把三個(gè)抽屜都拉開(kāi)看看不就行了嗎！
LL: Oh, look at that! The popcorn was right on top. Now let me read the instructions. Hmm....Should be very easy. One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.
LH: Larry, 你怎么這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間??！要幫忙嗎？用微波爐爆米花，不應(yīng)該是什么rocket Science吧。
LL: It isn't rocket science, Li Hua. The instructions are very easy. It's just I can't get the plastic wrapper off the popcorn packet.
LH: 包裝紙撕不開(kāi)？I'm not a rocket scientist, but let me try. . .你看，只要抓住兩邊輕輕這么一拉就開(kāi)了。
LL: Wow, Li Hua. Maybe you are a rocket scientist after all. That was pretty good. I better let you do the rest.
LH: Larry, 別這么懶，你又不是沒(méi)用過(guò)微波爐。You know it's not rocket science.
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(Operating microwave machine.)
LL: Mmmm...This popcorn is really good, Li Hua. And so is the movie. The chemistry between the lead actor and actress is really good.
LH: 化學(xué)？我最后一次上化學(xué)課還是高中的事?；瘜W(xué)跟蜘蛛人和他的女朋友Mary Jane有什么關(guān)系呀？
LL: When two people are attracted to each other or get along really well -- they have chemistry.
LH: 我明白了，就像做化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)的時(shí)候一樣。中文里也有兩個(gè)人之間有化學(xué)反應(yīng)的說(shuō)法，就是說(shuō)兩個(gè)人互相吸引，或者是很合得來(lái)。
LL: So, now that you know what I meant by "chemistry," what do you think -- do the actors in Spiderman have good chemistry or not?
LH: 我覺(jué)得有。他們演得很逼真，真讓我覺(jué)得他們彼此相愛(ài)。但是我有一個(gè)問(wèn)題，Larry.
LL: What is it, Li Hua?
LH: 有的時(shí)候化學(xué)物質(zhì)混在一起可能起發(fā)生爆炸，那這是不是“壞的”化學(xué)反應(yīng)呢？能用來(lái)形容人跟人之間的關(guān)系嗎？
LL: Absolutely! When two people really don't like each other or can't get along -- that is bad chemistry.
LH: 我原來(lái)有兩個(gè)鄰居，可以說(shuō)是勢(shì)不兩立，經(jīng)常互相對(duì)罵，他們倆而就是純粹的bad chemistry.
LL: It sure sounds like it. Speaking of bad chemistry, one of the people I work with really doesn't get along with my boss. They often argue about the littlest things.
LH: 你同事跟老板有bad chemistry？那可得小心，不定哪天就會(huì)被炒了魷魚(yú)。
LL: You're right, Li Hua...Say, Li Hua, what do you think about the chemistry between us?
LH: Larry, 這還用問(wèn)嗎！It's not rocket science. 我們認(rèn)識(shí)都快七年了，沒(méi)有g(shù)ood chemistry, 就不會(huì)一直做朋友做到今天了。
今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是rocket science, 意思是很難做，很難懂的事情。另一個(gè)是chemistry, 是指人跟人之間的感情關(guān)系。
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