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2025.09.20 01:45
第四部 第八课: psyched , to flop
- 今天 Michael 要在家裡面举行一个 party，请朋友来玩．李华学到两个常用语：psyched 和 to flop。
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- 嗯，啤酒冻好了，吃的嘛也摆好了．哎，我看啊一切都準备好了。
- Great! I'm really psyched about this party. Tonight I finally get to relax and have fun with my friends.
- 哎？你是不是担心 party 会出问题啊？哦～，是不是怕没有朋友会来？
- Not at all. I said "I am psyched." That means that I am very excited, and am looking forward to something.
- 嗯～，Psyched 这个词听起来好怪喔．那～， 「to be psyched」 照你说的，就表示你盼望什麼事情囉？
- Hmm, not exactly. When I say "I am psyched," I not only mean that I am excited, but that I am full of energy and ready to go.
- 是吗？可是今天的 party 有什麼节目会让你这样高兴呀？
- Well, once some of my friends show up, I plan to have a few beers and hit the dance floor. Quite a few ladies should be showing up at the party tonight, so my friends will be psyched and ready to go as well!
- 嗯～...，美酒加美女，听起来不错嘛．哎，不过 Michael，你也不要太激动了喔．我可是见过你喝醉以后跳舞，还有和女孩说话的样子，真是不敢恭维呢。
- OK, that's enough already. If you're so smart, why don't you use "psyched" in a sentence for me?
- 嗯，让我想想看．哎，对了，像 「拳击手 Mike Tyson，他在比赛前就很 psyched，因為啊，他準备好要恶战一场了」 ，这句话怎麼样？
- Yeah, you seem to understand this phrase pretty well. All good athletes have to be psyched before a sports match, otherwise they have no chance of winning.
- 哎呀！行了行了，Michael, 你只要记住自己不是运动员，也不是专业的舞蹈家。
- Oh come on Li Hua! Don't try to ruin this party for me! You should be psyched too! This is going to be the greatest party of your life!
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- 哎，Michael，你没事吧？
- Ugh, this is ... this is terrible. I feel like such an idiot. I can't believe my party flopped so badly!
- 怎麼啦？你说你的 party 怎麼了？
- I said my party flopped. That's the past tense for "flop." I mean that the party sucked.
- 哦～，我懂了, 「flop」 就是你的 party 搞砸了．疑？ 那 「flop」 这个词还有别的意思吗？
- Well, the word "flop" means to fall down flat and make a noise like when you drop a rug or a large book on the floor.
- OK，我懂了。这个词的意思就是形容很重的东西掉在地上的声音．疑？这个词是不是只能够形容 party 的时候呢？
- Not at all. If a movie or a play "flops," that means it was not very successful. Sometimes we might say a plan "flopped," meaning it failed.
- 哎，那你说说看，為什麼你的 party 搞砸了呢？
- I wish I knew. Even my friends left after a couple of hours. I've never been to a party that flopped as badly as this one. Oh ...I know what happened tonight.
- 哦，那是為什麼呢？
- Today is the first Saturday of the new semester. Professor Wilkins always invites all of the graduate students in my department to a big pool party at his house. Everyone must have gone there!
- 嗨哟！你怎麼会忘了这回事儿呢？你的教授给研究生开 party ；疑？Michael, 那我们也赶快去参加他的 party 吧！我可不想在你房间裡发呆呢，我们也要去找点乐子啊！
- Ah! That's wonderful. My party is such a flop even you can't wait to leave.
- 哎哟，有什麼关係？只要我们能够再参加另外一个 party 就好了呀．我已经等不及了，赶快走啦！
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- 今天李华学会了两个常用语： psyched 和 to flop． psyched 在这裡就是「精神高昂、盼望某件事情」的意思； to flop 就是「失败、不成功」的意思。
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