【新唐人2012年11月06日訊】 (美国之音電)
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Jessica在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Lulu要問的：勵志。
LU: Jessica. I-Want-You!!!
Jessica: 哈哈! You watched that show, didn’t you, Lulu?!
LU: 沒錯!在你的推薦下，我也看了這個選秀節目! 太感人了! 你看那些選手，都是平凡人，可是唱得多棒啊!看他們被評委選中，太勵志了! Jessica, 你教教我，“勵志節目”在美語裡怎麼說？
Jessica: You can say the show is inspirational. Inspirational is spelled i-n-s-p-i-r-a-t-i-o-n-a-l. This talent show is definitely inspirational as all the contestants have incredible life stories and their performances rock!
LU: Exactly! 那我要是說勵志電影，是不是inspirational movies?
Jessica: 沒錯! But Lulu, I was really disappointed that the young woman from Chengdu didn’t make it to the next around.
LU: 我也特喜歡那個成都女生。Did you see how sad she was when the judges all turned her down?
Jessica: Yeah. She was crushed! For a moment I thought she was gonna faint!
LU: Crushed? 就是“深受打擊”的意思，對麼？
Jessica: 對。For example, after learning his girlfriend had dumped him for a wealthier guy, he was crushed.
LU: 唉，看著那女孩兒傷心的樣子，真可憐。I don’t know what those judges were thinking! That girl should have been selected! 唉，真是有眼無珠。
Jessica: I agree! Well, it’s their loss!
LU: Their loss? The judges’ loss? 我明白了，這就是說他們不選這個選手，是他們自己的損失!
Jessica: 沒錯! 好啦 Lulu, another episode of the show is starting in 5 minutes. Let’s go watch!
LU: 今天我們學了，勵志節目是 inspirational show, 深受打擊是 crushed, 形容有人選擇錯誤，有眼無珠，可以說 It’s their loss!
