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#一頁書英文閱讀 Vanity Card #191

The Big Bang Theory 1-6

Vanity Cards是生活大爆炸製作人Chuck Lorre在每一集節目最後的一篇心得，文筆精湛，篇篇精彩，生活化與深度兼具，如果想學現代高級英語，又不想太累，一次一頁，Vanity Card(一頁書)是首選！

Chuck Lorre 55大壽，寫生日感言，感慨自己生理狀況大不如前，用了很多有趣詞彙，原來NBA籃球的Hang Time(滯空期)源自喬丹大帝的罰球線灌籃絕技！

【詞彙整理】

Be at peace with someone

【片語】跟人家和睦相處

Libido [lɪˈbaɪdo]

【醫學】性慾

* 正常英語是Sexual Drive或Sexual Desire

Curse of something

【詞組】某物的害處

Surreal [sǝˈriǝl]

【形容詞】【文學】【13】如夢似幻、超現實的

Hang Time

【術語】滯空期間、騰空期間

* 這個術語源自空中飛人Michael Jordan不可思議騰空灌籃

Jordan appeared to defy gravity with his dunks and created the famous term 'hang time'.

(喬丹的灌籃似乎是在對抗地心引力，因而創出Hang Time這個著名的術語)

Mesmerize [ˈmɛsmǝˌraɪz]

【動詞】【15】對…施催眠術

Be mesmerized by something

【片語】為…所深深吸引( = be captivated by…)

Geezer [ˈɡizɚ]

【名詞、口語、美國】怪老頭

* 祖父輩級的布袋戲有位「怪老子」，Geezer就是指這類人

Bronchitis Inhaler

【醫】氣喘吸入器( = Asthma Inhaler or Inhaler)

* Bronchitis [brɑnˈkaɪtɪs], 支氣管炎

* Asthma [ˈæzmǝ], 氣喘

Blow out the candles

【片語】吹蠟燭

Hack [hæk]

【動詞】劈砍

Hack up a lung

【片語】不停咳嗽(咳到肺都被劈出來)

【百世經綸一頁書原文】

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #191

I'm writing this vanity card at six o'clock in the morning on October 18, 2007. It's my birthday. I am fifty-five years old. I have long ago become invisible to young women. They actually do not see me. But I am not writing this to complain. I am at peace with my circumstances. The blessing of fifty-five is a libido in decline. The curse of it is that major pharmaceutical companies are successfully exploiting my insecurities. Suddenly that surreal commercial of a silver-haired guy sitting naked in an outdoor bath tub and holding hands with a naked, slightly younger woman in an adjacent tub makes perfect sense (if I had produced that spot I would've have given him a small plasma screen TV so he could watch ESPN during his hang time). I'm also mesmerized by the commercial featuring middle-aged men gleefully celebrating their ability to drink water and drive long distances (I particularly enjoy that the slightly younger women in that one are turned on knowing that their geezers don't have to urinate frequently). Anyway, it's my birthday today. If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go suck on my bronchitis inhaler so that later today I can blow out the candles without hacking up a lung.

【清香白蓮一頁書分段重點】

I'm writing this vanity card at six o'clock in the morning on October 18, 2007. It's my birthday. I am fifty-five years old.

I have long ago become invisible to young women. They actually do not see me. But I am not writing this to complain.

I am at peace with my circumstances.

The blessing of fifty-five is a libido in decline. The curse of it is that major pharmaceutical companies are successfully exploiting my insecurities.

Suddenly that surreal commercial of a silver-haired guy sitting naked in an outdoor bath tub and holding hands with a naked, slightly younger woman in an adjacent tub makes perfect sense (if I had produced that spot I would've have given him a small plasma screen TV so he could watch ESPN during his hang time).

I'm also mesmerized by the commercial featuring middle-aged men gleefully celebrating their ability to drink water and drive long distances (I particularly enjoy that the slightly younger women in that one are turned on knowing that their geezers don't have to urinate frequently).

Anyway, it's my birthday today. If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go suck on my bronchitis inhaler so that later today I can blow out the candles without hacking up a lung.

【亂世狂刀一頁書中文註釋】

I'm writing this vanity card at six o'clock in the morning on October 18, 2007. It's my birthday. I am fifty-five years old.

I have long ago become invisible(無形的) to young women. They actually do not see me. But I am not writing this to complain.

I am at peace with(與…和睦相處) my circumstances(情況).

The blessing(幸事) of fifty-five is a libido(性慾) in decline(走下坡). The curse(害處) of it is that major pharmaceutical companies(製藥公司) are successfully exploiting(利用) my insecurities(不安全感).

Suddenly that surreal(超現實的) commercial(廣告) of a silver-haired guy sitting naked in an outdoor bath tub(浴缸) and holding hands with a naked, slightly younger woman in an adjacent(相鄰的) tub makes perfect sense (if I had produced that spot(場景) I would've have given him a small plasma screen TV(電漿電視) so he could watch ESPN during his hang time(滯空時間)).

I'm also mesmerized(被深深吸引) by the commercial featuring(主演) middle-aged men gleefully(非常開心地) celebrating their ability to drink water and drive long distances (I particularly enjoy that the slightly younger women in that one are turned on(發情) knowing that their geezers(老頭子) don't have to urinate frequently(頻尿)).

Anyway, it's my birthday today. If you'll excuse me(抱歉不好意思), I'm gonna go suck on(吸) my bronchitis(支氣管炎) inhaler(吸氣器) so that later today I can blow out the candles(吹熄蠟燭) without hacking up(長咳) a lung.

【黑白郎君一頁書中英對照】

I'm writing this vanity card at six o'clock in the morning on October 18, 2007. It's my birthday. I am fifty-five years old.

我在2007年10月18日早上6點些這張虛榮卡，今天是我生日，我今年55歲

I have long ago become invisible to young women. They actually do not see me. But I am not writing this to complain.

很久以前年輕女孩就對我視而不見，事實上她們根本看都沒看我，但我不是寫文章來抱怨

I am at peace with my circumstances.

我安於現狀

The blessing of fifty-five is a libido in decline. The curse of it is that major pharmaceutical companies are successfully exploiting my insecurities.

55歲的好處是性慾減退，壞處是製藥公司可以利用我的不安全感得逞

忽然想起一段超現實的廣告片，非常有意思，一個銀髮男人光著身體坐在戶外的浴缸，跟隔壁浴缸稍微年輕一點的老太太牽手(如果這個場景是我製作的，我一定會送老先生一台小電漿電視，這樣他飛到半空中到老太太那兒的時候還可以看ESPN)

我同樣也被另一個廣告深深吸引，主演的是幾個中年男人開心地慶祝他們自己可以一邊喝水一邊長途開車(我特別喜歡片子裡面比他們稍微年輕的女人，她們性慾被挑起，而且知道這些怪老頭不會頻尿)

Anyway, it's my birthday today. If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go suck on my bronchitis inhaler so that later today I can blow out the candles without hacking up a lung.

不管了，反正今天是我生日，抱歉不好意思，我得去吸我的支氣管炎吸入器，今天吹蠟燭的時候才不會咳得一蹋糊塗