LL: Right! Yummy is used to describe a thing - Like yummy spring rolls or yummy eggplant.
LH: 所以yummy是形容词，yum则是发感慨的时候说的。
LL: Speaking of being about to eat, let"s take our plates over to the table and enjoy this yummy food.
LH: 对啊，我们得赶紧吃，吃完第一盘，马上再回来拿，你看他们正在上龙虾呢！ Yum!
LL: But don"t fill up too much, Li Hua. You"ll want to save room for dessert. The almond cookies look especially yummy.
LH: 杏仁酥看起来确实比红豆面包好，那些红豆面包看起来好像不太新鲜的样子。
LL: Well, I think most of the food here is yummy. What do you think, Li Hua?
LH: 跟其他中国餐馆比，味道确实还不错。
LL: But - is it as yummy as the food you used to eat back home in China?
LH: 这里的饭菜当然没办法跟我妈做的饭比了！
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LL: What"s that on your plate, Li Hua? Is it a snake? Yuck!
LH: 我如果没有理解错的话，这个yuck一定是yum的反义词吧？你觉得吃蛇肉很恶心吗？
LL: Right again, Li Hua. Yuck is an exclamation of disgust. And I am sorry, but I find the idea of eating a snake disgusting.
LH: 我可不是故意要恶心你。不瞒你说，蛇肉可好吃了，而且在美国，你想吃到蛇肉可不容易。刚才你说yuck的样子，突然间让我想起了我第一次吃奶酪的感觉。
LL: Cheese? Cheese makes you say "Yuck!", Li Hua? What"s wrong with cheese anyway?
LH: 中国人做饭不用奶酪，以前我在中国的时候也没吃过。 可是美国人都很能吃奶酪。我到美国后，第一次吃奶酪的时候，简直难以下咽。 Yuck! 那种感觉，现在还记忆犹新。
LL: That is interesting. Actually, Li Hua, there are some kinds of cheese that I find pretty yucky, too.
LH: Yucky? Yucky肯定又是从yuck来的！就好像yummy是从yum来的一样。
LL: Yucky is used to describe disgusting things. In this case, I was talking about disgusting cheeses. I find blue cheese to be especially yucky.
LH: 你也有不爱吃的奶酪？我是从来没有尝过blue cheese, 可是如果连你都觉得yucky的话，那我也就不用尝了。
LL: I don"t blame you, Li Hua. No one should have to eat something that yucky.
LH: Larry, 你拿的鱼香茄子怎么也没吃啊？不好吃吗？你不会觉得鱼香茄子也yucky吧！
LL: I think I told you earlier, Li Hua, that I don"t find eggplant to be very yummy. In fact, I do think it is pretty yucky.
LH: 既然觉得鱼香茄子难吃，那你干嘛还要拿呢？
LL: You told me fish fragrant eggplant was your favorite dish, Li Hua. So even though I think eggplant is yucky, I thought I should still try it.
LH: 这就证明，一个人觉得yummy的食物，换个人完全可能会觉得yucky. Larry, 我看你呀，还是去吃春卷吧！
今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是yum或yummy, 是指食物可口好吃的意思。另一个是yuck或yucky, 是指食物难吃，难以下咽。
美国习惯用语第263讲
在这次节目里我们要给大家讲两个习惯用语。一个跟银子，就是英文里的silver这个字有关。另一个是以铅，就是lead这个字为主。
我们现在来讲第一个。To be handed something on a silver platter. To be handed something就是别人给某人什么东西，或者是某人得到什么东西，on a silver platter就是银子做的长圆形盘子。To be handed something on a silver platter就是别人把什么东西放在银盘子上送给某人。真正的意思就是一个人得到很贵重的东西，但是并不是靠他自己的努力得来的。
这听起来好像是好事，但是有的时候并不见的会产生好的结局。下面就是一个例子。
例句-1: Joe got handed his job here on a silver platter because he"s the president"s son. But I don"t know how long he can last because he simply is not qualified to handle it and is already in a lot of trouble.
这很明显是一个公司的雇员在说话。他说：乔伊没有化吹灰之力就得到了他现在这份工作，因为他是公司总裁的儿子。但是，我不知道他能干多久，因为他根本就没有能力来干这个工作。现在就已经出现了好多问题。
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下面是一个人为了没有跟别人竞争就得到提升而感到高兴。他对他太太说：
例句2: Everybody in the office thought Jack had more chances than I did to get the promotion. But at the last minute he found a better paying job and left our company. So I got handed the promotion on a silver platter. Isn"t it wonderful!
这个人说：办公室里每个人都认为杰克比我更有可能被提升。但是，到了最后一分钟，他找到了一个工资更高的工作，于是他就辞了我们公司的工作。所以，我没化吹灰之力就得到了提升。这真是太好了，是不是？
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现在我们来给大家讲解一个和铅有关的习惯用语。铅是很普通的一种金属，份量很重。一些习惯用语也反应了铅的这一特性。其中一个很能说明问题的习惯用语就是：To go over like a lead balloon. Lead就是铅，balloon就是气球。气球很轻，能在空中飘动。但是，一只用铅做的气球绝对不可能飘，因为份量太重。而且事实上也没有人用铅来做气球。
作为习惯用语，这不过是用来做比喻而已。那末，to go over like a lead balloon这个习惯用语是什么意思呢？当一个想法，或一个建议没有能引起其他人的支持，这种情况就可以形容为：to go over like a lead balloon。有的时候，你想说个笑话逗大家一笑，但是听众没有反应，觉得没有什么可笑。这种情况也可以说是 to go over like a lead balloon。下面就是一个例子。
例句3: When I gave my speech to the club, I started off with a joke to get the audience in a good mood. But my joke went over like a lead balloon - nobody even cracked a smile. And it almost ruined the rest of the speech for me.
这人说：当我在俱乐部发表演说的时候，我一开始讲了一个笑话，想在听众当中制造一个好的气氛。但是，我的笑话没有引起任何反应，甚至没有一个人笑一笑。这几乎毁了我的整个演讲。
美国人非常欣赏有幽默感的人。因此，说了笑话而没有人反应实在很影响讲话的人的信心。
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下面是一个人在说他孩子对他的建议毫无反应。
例句4: I told my kids if they stop watching TV for a week before their final exams, I"ll take them to the zoo to see the pandas the first week of their summer vacation. But my suggestion went over like a lead balloon.
这个爸爸说：我对孩子们说，要是他们在期终考试前一个星期不看电视，那末我就在他们放暑假的第一个星期带他们去动物园看熊猫。但是，孩子们对我的建议毫无反应。
流行美语第263课
李华在学校租了一块花圃，让Larry来帮忙。李华今天要学两个常用语，get into和grubby.
LL: I think it is great that you have rented a garden plot, Li Hua, but I don"t think I can really get into gardening.
LH: You don"t think you can "get into" gardening, Larry? 相信我，一点都不难，你只要跟我一起去，进了花圃就行了。Then you will be in the garden.
LL: Well, I may be in the garden, but that doesn"t mean I"ll get into gardening. To "get into" something means to really like something or to enjoy doing something.
LH: 噢，原来你说的get into是喜欢的意思。那你说you don"t think you can get into gardening。意思就是说你不u会喜欢上园艺了？
LL: Right. I am sorry, Li Hua, because I know how much you get into gardening.
LH: 不过，你起码应该试试看啊！
LL: Okay, Li Hua. I"ll try it. Maybe I"ll learn why you have gotten into gardening.
LH: 我喜欢园艺完全是因为我妈。我们小时候，她总是在家里的院子里种很多菜。
LL: That sounds nice. Fresh grown vegetables are so much better than the ones in the grocery store.
LH: 那你呢，Larry? What do you get into?
LL: Oh, you know me, Li Hua. I love computers. You know I really get into video games. I could play video games all day long.
LH: 我永远搞不懂你为什么那么喜欢打电玩，我觉得打电玩很吵，而且打久了会很累。
LL: Well, every body gets into different things. You get into gardening, and I get into video games.
LH: 那也是。还有，我喜欢布鲁斯，你喜欢摇滚乐。
LL: Yes, and while you can"t understand how I can get into video games, Li Hua, I have never understood why you get into blues music. How can you listen to blues music? It just makes me sad.
LH: 我喜欢布鲁斯的节奏和歌手的嗓音。但是我从来无法欣赏摇滚乐。简直吵死了。
LL: I wonder if there is something we can both get into.