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Mike: Is that the Backstreet Boys you're listening to?

Amanda: No way, they're so outdated¹ now. I'm listening to a parody² of them, by Weird³ Al Yankovic. It's called "The eBay Song" and it makes fun of "I Want it That Way." It's hilarious⁴.

Mike: Their music would be a lot better with the words changed. Let me hear the lyrics⁵ of the chorus...that is funny! He sings "what I bought on eBay" in place of "I want it that way."

Amanda: I love how he changes the words of really sappy songs and turns them into something completely off the wall.

Mike: Parodies⁶ are great. I also like parody movies, like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

Amanda: I think that one's a little crude, but it's certainly creative. Blood makes me squeamish even though it is so fake looking and the violence is done by a killer⁷ rabbit of all things!

Mike: Well, you'd hate some of the newest parody movies then if you can't take violence. There have been some great ones making fun of horror movies.

Amanda: If I can appreciate the genius that goes into the plot and the witty⁸ lines, I might be able to overlook the gore⁹.

 

parody  (n.)   讽刺性模仿作品；讽刺性改編作品

The film was a clever parody of a classic war movie.

hilarious  (adj.)   令人捧腹的；好笑的

The older children were bored, but the youngest children thought the cartoon was hilarious.

lyrics  (n.)  歌词

Brad couldn't remember all the lyrics to the song, so he looked them up on the Internet.

sappy  (adj.)   煽情的；过度多愁善感的

Alice didn't like soap operas because she thought they were too sappy.

crude  (adj.)   粗野的；沒教养的

The teenage boys enjoyed the crude jokes in the movie, but their parents didn't.

to make fun of   取笑

A: Why don't you want to wear that?

B: Everyone will make fun of me if I do.

to make someone squeamish   

A: Are you going to donate blood this year?

B: No, I don't want to because needles make me squeamish.

of all things   尤其；偏偏

A: Why would you want to eat a cockroach¹⁰ of all things?

B: Because it's the one thing I've never tried.

 

1 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

2 parody   

n.打油诗文，诙谐的改编诗文，拙劣的模仿；v.拙劣模仿，作模仿诗文

参考例句：

• The parody was just a form of teasing.那个拙劣的模仿只是一种揶揄。
• North Korea looks like a grotesque parody of Mao's centrally controlled China,precisely the sort of system that Beijing has left behind.朝鲜看上去像是毛时代中央集权的中国的怪诞模仿，其体制恰恰是北京方面已经抛弃的。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 hilarious   

adj.充满笑声的，欢闹的；[反]depressed

参考例句：

• The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
• We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。

5 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

6 parodies   

n.拙劣的模仿( parody的名词复数 )；恶搞；滑稽的模仿诗文；表面上模仿得笨拙但充满了机智用来嘲弄别人作品的作品v.滑稽地模仿，拙劣地模仿( parody的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Later, however, they delight in parodies of nursery rhymes. 可要不了多久，他们便乐于对它进行窜改。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• Most parodies are little more than literary teases. 大多数讽刺的模仿诗文只能算上是文学上的揶揄。 来自辞典例句

7 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

8 witty   

adj.机智的，风趣的

参考例句：

• Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
• He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。

9 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

10 cockroach   

n.蟑螂

参考例句：

• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
• She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。