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2025.01.18 16:32
第十一部 第二課: pumped , iffy
- 今天早上 Larry 和李華和一對朋友 Charles and Lisa 約好了一起去打網球．李華會學到兩個常用語： pumped 和 iffy.
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- I'm really pumped about today's tennis match. How about you, Li Hua?
- 你對今天的比賽怎麼啦？ Pumped？你是不是說你很緊張啊？
- No, I'm not nervous. Pumped means energized and excited. I'm looking forward to today's game because I think it will be a lot of fun.
- 哦～，原來 pumped 是很興奮．對了， pump 不是也有打氣的意思嗎？你是說啊你打足了氣，躍躍欲試的意思囉。
- That's right! What about you? Aren't you pumped about the game?
- 嗯～～，我是很期待這場比賽，不過啊，我可不敢說我像你那樣 pumped．我啊對體育沒有像你那麼感興趣。
- Yeah, I guess I get particularly pumped about sports. If sports don't get you all that pumped up, then what does?
- 我呀，我是一談起旅行就特別興奮， I'm pumped about travel．只要想到要去旅行啊，我就好興奮喔．明年暑假，我計劃要到溫哥華去玩一個星期。
- You're pumped about going to Vancouver? What is there to do in Vancouver?
- 到那兒去幹什麼呀？ 溫哥華有很多美麗的高山啊，景色啊一定很壯觀．還有那裡的野生動物！我一想到啊有機會可以看到野生麋鹿我就特別興奮哎． Yes, I'm pumped about going to Vancouver.
- Well, I guess people get pumped about different things. Personally, I don't get very excited about mountains and wild animals.
- 我知道，高山美景和野生動物對你來說啊沒有太大吸引力．還不如在網球場上打球來得過癮呢。
- Hey, tennis is fun and it's good exercise.
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- Larry，剛才啊跟 Charles 和 Lisa 一起打網球啊挺過癮的哎．對了，我差一點忘了問你，這個週末在麥迪遜廣場花園有一場職業網球賽．你想去看嗎？
- I don't know. It's iffy that we'll even be able to get tickets. Tickets for things like that sell out very quickly.
- 那倒也是喔，像這種熱門球賽的票啊八成已經賣完了，所以你剛才說 iffy，就是指我們 「不太可能」 買到票，對不對？ Iffy啊肯定就是從 if 這個詞來的。
- That's right. If something is "iffy"，that means that it is uncertain or even a little unlikely.
- 嗯，要是用 iffy 這個詞來形容什麼事的話，那就是不肯定、不太可能．不過，Larry，我們還是可以試一試嘛．沒準運氣好，還有票呢！
- Yeah, but even if I can get tickets, it's iffy that we'll be able to afford them. Tickets for games like that tend to be expensive, too.
- 你說門票可能很貴，我們可能買不起啊？Larry，也許他們有半價的學生票呢．我們試試看嘛，好不好？
- Sure, I'll call the ticket vendor this afternoon. But it's iffy that they have half-priced tickets for students.
- 沒關係，如果真的買不到票，我們可以做別的事啊！如果我們不能去看職業選手打球，我們還可以找朋友去打嘛！
- Speaking of which, wasn't that last game fun? Do you think Charles and Lisa would play with us again?
- 對哎，跟 Charles 和 Lisa 打的那最後一場啊真好玩！
- But it's iffy that they'll want to play against us again.
- 他們不一定再想跟我們打球．那是為什麼呢？
- Can't you see? They were defeated by us every round. It's really iffy that they had any fun this morning.
- 對喔．老是輸球的話恐怕是沒有什麼好玩了。
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語．第一個是： pumped，是形容「很興奮、很有活力的樣子」．另外一個常用語是： iffy，是指「某件事情不太可能」。
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