地道口语：你曾在老外面前“杯具了”吗

　　Larry打算请很多人来家里做客，李华在帮他策划这个大party。他们会用到两个说法：stoked和bummer。

　　Larry: OK, so we'll need about two dozen hamburgers, 20 pounds ofribs, a cheese platter, four bags of potato chips, potato salad,and...what am I missing?

　　LH: 还能缺什么啊？你说的这些东西，足够我吃一个礼拜了！我说Larry，你到底要请多少客人啊？

　　Larry: There should be around 40 people here. It's going to be great. I'm so stoked!

　　LH: Stoked？什么意思？

　　Larry: Yeah, stoked, s-t-o-k-e-d, stoked. It means to be really excited about something。

　　LH: Oh，stoked就是特别兴奋，特别激动的意思。

　　Larry: That's right. I'm really looking forward to this party. Inother words, you could say I'm super stoked! It's going to be so muchfun. Aren't you stoked, Lihua?

　　LH: 怎么说呢？I'm kind of stoked，我也挺兴奋的，不过Larry，你请那么多人，等派对结束后，这里肯定乱糟糟的。

　　Larry: Oh, don't worry about that. You'll help me clean after the party, right?

　　LH: 啊？！还要我帮忙收拾？

　　Larry: Oh, and I forgot to tell you. I'm stoked about the DJ I hired for the party。

　　LH: 你还请了个DJ混音师？

　　Larry: Yea, he's an old friend from high school. He told me he's got quite a lot of fans around town these days。

　　LH: 我看出来了，这场party人又多，音乐又是吵哄哄的摇滚乐，而我还得负责事后清理战场的工作。现在想起来我都头疼。I can't say that I'm stoked quite yet。

　　Larry: Still not stoked? OK, what if I told you that my friendBrian will be there? You know, the guy who is in charge of interns atthe company you want to work for?

　　LH: 啊？Brian要来？我特想去他们公司实习，你一定帮我介绍！

　　Larry: No problem. I'll ask him to help you get the internship at his company。

　　LH: Awesome! Now I'm stoked! Larry, 让我们投入战斗吧！

　　Larry和李华精心准备的派对开始了，可是却出了点小状况……

　　LH: Larry，牛肉饼烤得怎么样啦？我等着做汉堡包呢！

　　Larry: Not too bad. They're just cooking a little slower than Ithought. I guess my grill is too small. It's OK, though! I'm stillstoked for the party!

　　LH: Larry！你看看，烧烤架下面根本就没有火！你是不是没有瓦斯啦？

　　Larry: Oh, no! You're right! What a bummer!

　　LH: Bummer? 你是说bum，懒鬼吗？

　　Larry: No. Not bum, bummer! A bummer is bad news, or something thatmakes you upset - like running out of gas when you need to cook for 40people!

　　LH: 哦！A bummer就是坏消息。瓦斯用完，你没法烤肉， 真是个好大的bummer啊。不过你也不用着急，现在只有一个客人，就是你那个高中同学，现在很红的那个DJ。

　　Larry: Wait a minute. This music is from our DJ? This music is forlittle kids - I thought the neighbors must be having a birthday partyfor their five-year-old daughter。

　　LH: 不是，你听到的就是DJ放的音乐，他说他的专长就是给学校活动造气氛，所以用的都是儿童音乐……

　　Larry: What a bummer!! Ugh, this party is turning into a disaster!No one's here, I can't cook the food, and the DJ sounds like he's fromSesame Street!

　　LH: 没关系，只要你朋友Brian能来，我就知足啦！我可得好好表现，争取让他给我实习的机会！I'm really stoked to meet him!

　　Larry: I don't know, Lihua. No one has showed up! I was so stokedabout this party.... now the whole thing is just a big bummer. (Sigh)Maybe I wrote the wrong date on the invitation.。。(doorbell rings)

　　Larry: Brian is here。

　　LH: Oh thank god。

　　Larry: Hey Brian, how are you?

　　Brian: Hey, Larry, good to see you again! This must be Lihua. I've heard so much about you!

　　LH: Oh, really...All good things, I hope。

　　Larry: Actually, Lihua is looking for an internship this summer. Do you think your company would have an opening for her?

　　Brian: My company? I didn't tell you, Larry? I left my job a year ago. I'm a grad student now!

　　LH: 啊啊啊？你一年前就辞职不干啦？现在回学校念书去了？What a bummer!