Jessica 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Jimmy要問的：爆冷門

Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看學校的足球比賽了嗎？爆了個大冷門兒，法學院居然輸給了商學院，哎，這大冷門怎么說啊？

Jessica：冷門？

Jimmy：哦，對啊，就是鐵定會輸的隊，最后居然打贏了。

Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upset.

Jimmy: Upset? 那不是不高興的意思嗎？

Jessica: That's true. 做形容詞的時候，重音在后面，是 upset (emphasis on the second syllable), 指不高興，但是做名詞，重音在前面，upset (emphasis on the first syllable), it means an unexpected win.

Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，中文里的爆冷門，在英文里就是 upset. 那原來大家都以為法學院會贏，這種賽前被看好的球隊美語里叫什么？

Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.

Jimmy: 這么說，The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法學院足球隊本來是被看好的熱門球隊。

Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lose as the underdog.

Jimmy: Underdog. under后面加上dog, underdog 就是在比賽里實力比較差的一方。這么說，我們中文系的排球隊，不論跟誰比賽，都是 underdog.

Jessica: Jimmy！Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?

Jimmy: 唉，別提了…… That's why I always cheer for the underdog...

Jessica: hehe... 言歸正傳，What did you learn today？

Jimmy: 第一，爆冷門叫 upset,重音在前面; 第二，賽前被看好的一方叫 favorite，第三，賽前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.

Jessica: 不錯，我也學了個詞兒upset 叫作“冷門”。

這次的“美語怎么說”就到這里結束了。如果你也有不會說的詞，請寫信給Jessica, 電郵請寄meiyu@voanews.com

A: 我也來給大家舉個例子。In our kongfu competition, I was the favorite, and Kat was considered the underdog...

B: 大家不要忘記，the competition was a huge upset! I WON!

A: 哈哈哈，oops! 我怎么忘了比賽結果啦! (笑) 好啦，這次節目時間就到這里。同學們，如果你對我們的節目有什么建議，或者想提什么問題，請發電子郵件到meiyu@voanews.com.

B: Tune in next time for American English Mosaic!

A: See you next time!