趣味英语第165期:应该和劈腿的男朋友分手吗?

AntonyPancake wants to know...

AntonyPancake想知道：

"Should I join the Army?" Wow.

“我应该参军吗？”哇哦。

Absolutely. I think that you can apply those skills that you learn from the Armed Forces into real life.

绝对应该。我认为你可以将在军队学习到的技能应用到现实生活中。

If you're really serious about it, I'd say yes.

如果你是认真的，那我的回答是应该。

I'm from a military¹ background. I say yes.

我就参过军。我认为应该。

Maybe you should join the Army. We need more people anyways.

也许你应该参军。无论如何，我们都需要更多军人。

You should join the Army. But you have a choice.

你应该参军。不过由你来选择。

The pros² are that you know you're doing something good for everyone. But the cons³ is that you could die.

好处是你知道你在做所有人都有益的事情。坏处是你可能会牺牲。

Being in the military is really good because they give you a lot of support. You can get a college education, and that's really good. But the downside is you can go into a very dangerous war zone, and that's a bad thing.

参军是非常好的事情，因为他们会给你提供很多支持。你可以接受大学教育，这很好。不过坏处是你可能会被派遣到极为危险的战区，这可不是好事。

If it's something that you want to do and you really want to, then why not go for it?

如果这是你想做的事情，而且是你非常想做的事情，那为什么不呢？

If you really want to serve — and that's an amazing thing to do — I say go for it.

如果你想服役，这真的是一件不可思议的事情，我建议你去。

If you do decide to go, thank you. Thank you for serving our amazing country.

如果你决定参军，那我要谢谢你。谢谢你为我们伟大的国家服务。

I don't think so. But, you know, I'm the last person to ask. I'm a pacifist.

我认为不应该。不过，我是最不应该被问这个问题的人。因为我是和平主义者。

Sebastian Martinez Rios wants to know...

塞巴斯蒂安·马丁内斯·里奥斯想知道：

"How do I become the Terminator?"

“我怎么能成为终结者？”

(Terminator voice) I'll be back.

（模仿终结者的声音）我会回来的。

Terminator? What's the Terminator?

终结者？什么是终结者？

I personally have no clue⁴ how to become the Terminator. I don't know the science behind that.

我并不知道如何成为终结者。我不知道那背后的科学原理。

You got to work with some engineer or scientist guy and see if he could hook⁵ you up, you know?

你要和工程师或科学家合作，看看他能不能帮你搞定，你知道吗？

First you need an accent — an Arnold Schwarzenegger accent, actually.

首先你要有口音——准确的说，是阿诺德·施瓦辛格的口音。

Start talking like Arnold Schwarzenegger, and then you'll just be the Terminator.

先像阿诺德·施瓦辛格一样说话，然后你就能成为终结者了。

Beef up. Get strong. Be bad.

加强力量。强大起来。坏一些。

Work out, get strong, frighten people, and you'll have it.

锻炼，强大起来，让人们感到害怕，这样你就成为终结者了。

1 military   

n.军队；adj.军事的，军人的，好战的

参考例句：

• The area has been declared a closed military zone.这个地区已宣布为军事禁区。
• The king was just the tool of the military government.国王只是军政府的一个傀儡。

2 pros   

abbr.prosecuting 起诉；prosecutor 起诉人；professionals 自由职业者；proscenium （舞台）前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 )；赞成的理由；抵偿物；交换物

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cons   

n.欺骗，骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗，哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 clue   

n.线索；提示；词语

参考例句：

• She will clue you in about this.她将为你提供这方面情况。
• No clue to his whereabouts has been found.至今没有找到有关他行踪的线索。

5 hook   

vt.钩住；n.钩子，钩状物

参考例句：

• The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
• He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。