上期聽力文本中英對照:
Dialogue:
JJ: Hey, Xiao Gao, what cha up to? Did I catch you at a bad time?
京晶:嘿,小高,在干嘛呢?我打擾你了嗎?
XG: No, I’m just rehearsing for an American Idol audition.
小高:沒呢。我正在排練呢,我要參加美國偶像的一個(gè)海選。
JJ: Really? Cool! What song are you gonna sing? I wanna hear!
京晶:啊?真的嗎?你打算唱什么歌呢?
XG: Okay, are you ready? Here it goes: [start to sing somewhere over the rainbow…]
小高:你準(zhǔn)備好了嗎?我這就唱給你聽:(開始唱…在彩虹之上,有個(gè)很高的地方 …)
JJ: Uh… Xiao Gao…? Are you serious?
京晶:嗯……這個(gè)…那個(gè)…小高, 你開玩笑呢吧?
XG: Well… what did you think? How was it?
小高:說說你覺得怎么樣吧?唱得如何?
JJ: How do you think you did?
京晶:那你覺得你表現(xiàn)得如何?
XG: On a scale of one to ten, I think I was probably an 8.5.
小高:如果滿分10分的話,我覺得我的表現(xiàn)達(dá)到了8.5。
JJ: Um… Xiao Gao… I think you might be delusional! I would say a -8.5 is more like it!
京晶:這個(gè)…小高,我覺得你可能有點(diǎn)異想天開了, 也許負(fù)8.5更接近你的真實(shí)水準(zhǔn)吧!
XG: You’re just jealous! You wish you had skills like me!
小高:你這是在嫉妒!你心里有多希望自己能夠唱得和我一樣好!
JJ: Hey, at least I know I’m not good at singing. You should really listen to yourself. You need to wake up.
京晶:不過話說回來,至少我有自知之明,知道自己唱歌不行。你真該好好聽聽你自己,醒醒吧!
XG: I listen to myself every day! I sing in the shower, I sing on my way to work, I sing at work, I sing on my way home from work, I ….
小高:我天天都聽自己唱呢,我洗澡的時(shí)候唱,我上班路上也唱,上班時(shí)也唱,下班路上也唱,我…
JJ: Okay, okay! Geez! I get it! You think you sound good, but you don’t. I’m sorry to break it to you, but singing is not for you! I think you need to go home and practice some more. I’ll listen to you again on Wednesday, and maybe then you’ll sound better.
京晶:夠了,夠了,我明白了。你認(rèn)為你唱得很好,但你真的唱得不好。很抱歉跟你說大實(shí)話,你真的很!不!適!合!唱歌。我認(rèn)為你應(yīng)該回家再多練練,我周三再來聽你唱,也許到時(shí)候你能唱得好點(diǎn)兒。
XG: Okay, fine, whatever…
小高:好吧,就這樣吧,無所謂咯…
New words for dialogue:
What cha up to? = what are you doing? 你在忙什么?
Did I catch you at a bad time? = Am I disturbing you? 我打擾你了嗎?
Rehearse = 排練
Audition = 面試
Are you serious? = 你開玩笑嘛?
On a scale of one to ten… =上規(guī)模的一到十
Delusional = 妄想的
Break it to someone = tell someone some bad news that they probably don’t want to hear 告訴某人他不愿聽到的實(shí)情