Larry在家里和朋友们联网打游戏,李华则在书房里写作业,他们会用到两个常用语:epic fail和learn your lesson。
Larry: OK, guys. There are only two enemies left. Everybody stay calm! We almost have this round won.
LH: Larry,你在跟我说话么?
Larry: Oh wait, there's an enemy sneaking up behind Mike. Mike! Watch out! He's gonna kill you!! Noooooo!!!
LH: Larry!怎么啦?
Larry: Epic Fail. We almost won.
LH: Epic fail?什么意思?
Larry: "Epic fail" means an unfortunate occurrence. People say that when something bad unexpectedly happens - especially in video games. In this case, we had almost beaten the other team, until someone sneaked up on my friend Mike at the last minute... it was such an epic fail.
Larry: I'm sorry, Lihua. I just get so involved with these video games...
LH:(叹气)算了,是我自己太紧张这篇论文了。要是明天交不上去,我就完了,it will be an epic fail!
Larry: Here, sit down. Let me show you one of my favorite websites. It's a collection of epic fails.
LH: 好吧,我也放松一下。
Larry: Look - here's a video of a guy trying to jump over a car on his bicycle. Look, there he goes...and at the last second, he misses the ramp and he broke the car's window with his bike.
LH: 我的天!表演飞车最后却被车撞!还好这个人没有受重伤!
Larry: but I'm sure he's embarrassed after that epic fail.
LH: 是啊,这么丢脸的失败,好囧啊! 为什么要干这么危险的事嘛!
Larry: You would be surprised how many people are willing to try dangerous things like that. Hopefully, after that epic fail, he learned his lesson.
LH: Learned his lesson?你是说,他撞了车还要去上学?
Larry: No, not quite. I don't mean lesson as in something a teacher tells you at school. That phrase can also mean something you learn in life after making a mistake.
LH: 我明白了,learn his lesson就是吸取教训的意思。嗯,这个人的确应该长点记性,以后别干这种事儿了。我就不会像他一样,明知道最后结果是个epic fail,大失败,何必还要做呢?
Larry: Oh really? I can remember an epic fail you had just last week.
LH: 不会吧?
Larry: Remember last Friday when it was really windy outside and you were carrying that briefcase full of papers?