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我们讲的英语第270期:A recipe for disaster 后患无穷

Source: 恒星英语学习网    2016-06-16  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

Feifei's cooking a special cake for Helen's birthday but Rob thinks she might have the wrong recipe. What does he mean and how can Feifei turn the cake from a disaster to a success?
菲菲正在为海伦的生日准备特别蛋糕,不过罗布认为她的食谱好像是错的。他是什么意思?菲菲要怎么挽救这个蛋糕,从灾难变成成功?

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei…
菲菲:大家好,欢迎收听地道英语节目。我是菲菲。

Rob:…and hello, I'm Rob. Err, Feifei what are you doing?
罗布:大家好,我是罗布。额,菲菲,你在做什么?

Feifei: I'm making a cake — a chocolate cake — obviously!
菲菲:我当然是在做蛋糕了,巧克力蛋糕!

Rob: Why are you making a chocolate cake?
罗布:你为什么要做巧克力蛋糕?

Feifei: It's Helen's birthday. What's wrong with that Rob?
菲菲:今天是海伦的生日。罗布,这有什么问题吗?

Rob: Well, for a start we are in a radio studio not a kitchen. Also, you've only got five minutes before she arrives — and you're putting salt in the cake mix not sugar.
罗布:嗯,首先,我们现在在演播室,不是厨房。另外,还有五分钟她就到了,而且你刚刚放进蛋糕粉里的是盐,不是糖。

Feifei: Ooops!
菲菲:天哪!

Rob: It's a recipe for disaster!
罗布:这是一场灾难!

Feifei: A recipe for disaster? No, look, it's a recipe for a chocolate cake Rob.
菲菲:灾难配方?不是,你看,罗布,这是巧克力蛋糕食谱。

Rob: That might be — but a recipe for disaster means a combination of things that will, at some point, go wrong and cause harm, damage or in this case, humiliation — in other words it will end in trouble.
罗布:这可能是食谱,不过a recipe for disaster的意思是一些东西结合以后,会在某个时刻出错,并造成伤害或损害,在这种情况下会丢脸,换句话说,就是会带来麻烦。

Feifei: So the phrase isn't about cooking? Oh dear Rob, this wasn't the recipe I wanted to follow!
菲菲:所以这个短语和烹饪无关?天哪,罗布,这不是我要照做的那个食谱!

Rob: No. Let's hear some examples of this phrase in action — and we can work out how to limit the damage.
罗布:无关。我们来听些例句,看看这个短语如何应用,我们可以想想怎么减少损失。

Examples
例句

My doctor says drinking too much, not exercising enough, and having a stressful job are a recipe for disaster. He says I might die young!
我的医生说,喝太多酒、锻炼不足、工作压力大将后患无穷。他说我可能早死。

I'm not looking forward to the party. Having my wife and ex-girlfriend in the same room will be a recipe for disaster!
我并不期待这场聚会。让我妻子和前女友出现在同一个场合会引发麻烦的!

Watch out on the road tonight — all that rain followed by freezing temperatures is a recipe for disaster.
今晚在路上要小心,雨水在冰冷的气温下会造成问题的!

Feifei: So put another way, 'a recipe for disaster' is a phrase that means someone's actions will result in things going badly wrong. So what problem is my cake making going to cause, Rob?
菲菲:换句话说,这个短语的意思是某人的行为会导致严重错误。罗布,那我这个蛋糕会有什么问题呢?

Rob: Well can't you see there's cake mix on the table — the cake won't be ready in time — and it'll taste disgusting with all that salt in it.
罗布:你看不到桌子上的蛋糕粉吗?蛋糕不能按时准备好了,而且里面放的盐会让蛋糕的味道很恶心的。

Feifei: Oh calm down — do you want to taste the cake mix?
菲菲:哦,冷静下来,你想尝尝这个蛋糕粉吗?

Rob: Oh go on then…. Mmmm, actually it's not too bad. And there's not much mess. Perhaps it's not a disaster — but maybe we shouldn't give it to Helen. Shall we keep it for later?
罗布:哦,好吧。嗯,实际上味道还不赖。情况不太糟。也许这并不是灾难,不过我们可能不应该把这个蛋糕送给海伦。我们能留着以后用吗?

Feifei: Ha ha — it looks like this has been a recipe for success!
菲菲:哈哈,看起来这个蛋糕成功了!

Rob: For once Feifei, you might be right! Bye!
罗布:菲菲,这一次你可能是对的!再见!

Feifei: Bye.
菲菲:再见。


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