全网最酷美语怎么说:第40期 胡说八道

 　　Nick: Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching series "how do you say this in American English."

　　Nick: 大家好，我是Nick.

　　Brad: 大家好，我是Brad

　　Nick: 上期呢，我们讲了废话怎么说，叫一个语气词duh就可以代替。那胡说八道怎么说？胡说八道和废话意思不同，胡说八道是说你说的很不符合实际的一些话，叫胡说八道。

　　Nick: Hey Brad, did the grade come out?

　　Brad: What grade?

　　Nick: Uh, I'm sorry. Didn't make it clear. The grade for your Chinese class.

　　Brad: Oh come on dude. Let's not talk about it.

　　Nick: What? What happened? You flunked²? Or just bombed?

　　Brad: I didn't flunk¹ out on it. I didn't get the score I wanted. I worked hard on this but I only got a A-.

　　Nick: Wow. What score do you need to get an A?

　　Brad: Like 0.5 of a percent. What's bullshit is that the course has a curve in it.. but only for people with D's and C's. It just nonsense that I worked hard for that A and the people who didn't turn homework in get the curve?! It's complete nonsense!!

　　Nick: I feel ya bro. But still you did a good job. Keep up the good work though.

　　Brad: I definitely will! Thanks Nick!

　　Nick: No problem.在这里，胡说八道用一个nonsense,稍微俗气一点可以叫bullshit.说一个胡说八道的东西，你觉得不是实际的东西。大家一定要做好区别，这里和废话不同。废话是指大家都知道的一个东西，而胡说八道是大家不一定知道。胡说八道的侧重点在于，你说了一些令人感到摸不着头脑或者是很无理取闹的感觉。一定要区分好。很多人会把废话和胡说八道用混。废话是duh，表示，"当然啦，不用说的"的意思。胡说八道是Nonsense or bullshit. So this is pretty much it for this time, I'll see you guys next time, bye.

　　Brad: 再见

1 flunk   

v.(考试)不及格(=fail)

参考例句：

• I will flunk him if my student doesn't learn the material in the course.如果我的学生没有掌握课程的内容，我就会让他不及格。
• If you flunk finals,you don't get the chance to do them again.如果你没通过期末考试，就没有机会再考一次了。

2 flunked   

v.( flunk的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（考试、某学科的成绩等）不及格；评定（某人）不及格；（因不及格而） 退学

参考例句：

• I flunked math in second grade. 我二年级时数学不及格。
• He flunked out (of college) last year. 他去年（从大学）退学了。 来自《简明英汉词典》