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To The Extreme 极「限」运动

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Zack and Megan have a date this evening:  查克和梅根今晚有约会：

M: Zack, We’re going to be late for the flick if you don’t get a move on.

你再不起来，我们就要来不及看那部电影了。

Z: Keep your shirt on! I’m just finishing up a game of BMX XXX; it’s hilarious!

罩着点嘛！这场极限单车大赛就快比完了；瞧它多热闹啊！

M: I can certainly see where the “XXX” comes from! Zack, that’s revolting: those are topless dancers – and not computer-generated ones, either.

我当然看得出那「极限」从何而来！查克，那好恶喔：那全是上空的舞女嘛──而且还不是计算机制成的裸女。

Z: Call it my reward after so many grueling circuits – it’s all part of the fun.

那是我历经这么多回合的激烈竞赛后得来的奖赏──好玩而已嘛。

M: Well, if it’s porn you’re interested in, there are web sites –

嗯，如果你感兴趣的是色情，有很多网站──

Z: Look, instead of giving me a hard time, why don’t you sit down and I’ll show you how to play? You can create your own female character.

听好，与其在那给我难堪，你何不坐下来让我教你怎么玩？你可以创造你自个儿的女性角色耶。

M: Oh, great – do I get to wear a skimpy bikini?

喔，好了不起喔──我会穿着紧身比基尼吗？

Z: It’s better than that: you can ride topless and make your breasts as big as you like!

比那个还赞：你不但可以上空，胸部要多大就可以多大。

M: That’s pathetic! I thought you wanted me to keep my shirt on.

你好差劲！我还以为你要我「罩着点」呢。

（编者按：keep sb’s shirt on是「穿着衣服」及「冷静」的双关语。）

Z: Hey, sex sells – even in the gaming industry. Don’t forget, video-game players are typically young men like me?

嘿，性是个卖点──即使在游戏的产业也一样。别忘了，打电玩的人基本上都是像我这样的年轻男子──

M: Who are easily amused by gratuitous nudity – tell you what, you stay here with your X-rated entertainment, and I’ll go on my own to a movie I like – rated G!

一见无谓的裸体就乐歪了的男子──我告诉你，你留在这儿做你的限制级消遣，我自己去看我喜欢的电影──普遍级的。

－by Sonya Roy

Vocabulary

单词发音

flick [flɪk] n.【俚】电影

move on 出发；离开

keep one’s shirt on【口】(通常用于祈使句)不生气; 不发脾气 this idiom is used to tell someone to calm down

finish up【尤英】最后到达; 最后处于

hilarious [hɪˋlɛrɪəs] adj. 欢闹的，热闹的

revolting [rɪˋvoltɪŋ] adj. 令人恶心的；讨厌的

topless [ˋtɑplɪs] adj.〔妇女〕无上装的﹐上身裸露的

grueling [ˋgruəlɪŋ] adj. 累垮人的；令人受不了的

porn [pɔrn] n.【非正式】色情作品; 色情描写

give someone a hard time （非正式）有意为难某人 to make things difficult for someone

skimpy [ˋskɪmpɪ] adj.〔衣﹑裙等〕太短[小]的; 过分暴露的

pathetic [pəˋθɛtɪk] adj. 差劲的; 令人生厌的; 【英】【俚】乏味的；令人生厌的

amuse [əˋmjuz] v. 给……提供娱乐

gratuitous [grəˋtjuətəs] adj. 无端的; 免费的；无偿的

nudity [ˋnjudətɪ] n. 裸体﹐ 赤裸﹐ 裸露

Sentence of the Day

She has beaten him at his own game.

她以牙还牙打败了他。