趣味英语第196期:怎么能让自己拥有台单人喷射飞行器

Puddin wants to know:

Puddin想知道：

"How do I get myself a jet¹ pack?"

“怎么能让自己拥有台单人喷射飞行器？”

I haven't the slightest idea. If I knew, I'd have one.

我完全没有头绪。如果我知道，我会给自己买一个。

You can go to some place with water and then do one of those water jet pack things. Those are pretty cool.

你可以去有水的地方，穿上喷水衣玩水上飞行。那真的非常酷。

You make your own, like WALL-E with the little fire extinguisher thing.

像机器人瓦力那样用小型灭火器自己做一个。

Get a lot of parts and become, I don't know, maybe Hiro from Big Hero 6, and then just build everything up and then you've got a jet pack. Boom².

收集大量零件，我不知道……也许可以像《超能陆战队》中的小宏那样，把所有零件组装起来，这样你就拥有单人喷射飞行器了。完美。

Put a bunch³ of Diet Coke packs, or Coca-Cola packs, onto your bag, stick Mentos in all of them, strap⁴ it on, and you'll take off.

在你的背包上绑上大量的健怡可乐包装盒，在所有包装盒上粘上曼妥思，用带子捆好，然后你就可以起飞了。

You should go to a space engineering⁵ place and buy one.

你应该去太空工程场所买一个来。

You'd have to know some real heavy people. You could try CIA headquarters⁶. Maybe that might work.

你必须认识真正的重量级人物。你可以试试中央情报局总部。也许那会可行。

Maybe the Air Force can help you. I have seen them during football games and things.

也许空军可以帮助你。我在足球比赛上看到过他们。

You'd better save your money because they're gonna be very, very expensive, probably $15,000 or more.

你最好开始存钱，因为这种装备会非常非常昂贵，可能要花1.5万美元或更多。

You have the internet. Go on there — you're probably gonna have to spend a couple rocks, you know, a good amount of money, a good chunk⁷ of money. But yeah, you can get yourself a jet pack. I've seen it on there. I've done my research. I've tried to buy one before. It was too much, a little expensive.

借助互联网。在网上搜索，你可能要花很多钱，一大笔钱。不过，你可以给自己买个单人喷射飞行器。我在网上看到过。我做过研究。我以前也想买一个。但那有点儿小贵。

1 jet   

n.喷气发动机，喷气式飞机；v.喷出，喷射

参考例句：

• Put a match to the jet to light the gas.将火柴放在煤气喷嘴上点燃煤气。
• I don't see the jet of your plan.我不明白你的计划的要点。

2 boom   

n.隆隆声；vt.发隆隆声

参考例句：

• The country is having a great boom in industry.这个国家的工业正蓬勃发展。
• Boom!Boom!Boom!A series of explosions shook the valley.轰！轰！轰！一连串爆破声震撼山谷。

3 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

4 strap   

n.皮带，带子；v.用带扣住，束牢；用绷带包扎

参考例句：

• She held onto a strap to steady herself.她抓住拉手吊带以便站稳。
• The nurse will strap up your wound.护士会绑扎你的伤口。

5 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

6 headquarters   

n.司令部，指挥部；总部，总店

参考例句：

• Several great guns from the headquarters are coming to see us today.总部的几个大人物今天要来看我们。
• The bank has its headquarters in Pairs.这家银行的总行在巴黎。

7 chunk   

n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）

参考例句：

• They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
• The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。