Larry 到李華家來看蜘蛛人的DVD.李華今天要學兩個常用語，rocket science
和chemistry.

    LL： What's the matter， Li Hua ？ I can't believe you are having
trouble with the DVD player. I mean ， it's not rocket science！

    LH： Rocket science ？這是我家，又不是航空航天局，怎么會有火箭科學。

    LL： Well ， when I said it wasn't rocket science ， I meant it shouldn't
be hard for you to get the DVD player to start.

    LH：噢，rocket Science在這兒的意思是指很難弄懂的東西。但是使用DVD
機不該是什么難事。

    LL： That's it！ Getting the DVD player to work should be as simple
as pushing a few buttons， and not nearly as complicated as rocket science.
. . Hey ， look ， you got it working ， Li Hua ！

    LH：行了，沒什么難的，只要知道按哪個鍵就行了。

    LL： Now all we need is popcorn to eat with our movie. I can go make
some. I mean， making popcorn isn't rocket science.

    LH：好啊，你負責爆米花，東西都在廚房微波爐下面的抽屜里。

    LL： Ok ， I'm in the kitchen looking at the microwave， and I see
three drawers. Which one is it？

    LH： It's not rocket science， Larry. 你把三個抽屜都拉開看看不就行
了嗎！

    LL： Oh ， look at that ！ The popcorn was right on top. Now let me
read the instructions. Hmm……Should be very easy. One doesn't have to
be a rocket scientist to figure this out.

    LH： Larry，你怎么這么長時間啊！要幫忙嗎？用微波爐爆米花，不應該是
什么rocket Science吧。

    LL： It isn't rocket science， Li Hua. The instructions are very easy.
It's just I can't get the plastic wrapper off the popcorn packet.

    LH：包裝紙撕不開？I'm not a rocket scientist， but let me try. . .
你看，只要抓住兩邊輕輕這么一拉就開了。

    LL： Wow， Li Hua. Maybe you are a rocket scientist after all. That
was pretty good. I better let you do the rest.

    LH： Larry，別這么懶，你又不是沒用過微波爐。You know it's not rocket
science.

    ******

    （Operating microwave machine.）

    LL： Mmmm ……This popcorn is really good ， Li Hua. And so is the
movie. The chemistry between the lead actor and actress is really good.

    LH：化學？我最后一次上化學課還是高中的事。化學跟蜘蛛人和他的女朋友
Mary Jane 有什么關系呀？

    LL： When two people are attracted to each other or get along really
well—— they have chemistry.

    LH：我明白了，就像做化學實驗的時候一樣。中文里也有兩個人之間有化學
反應的說法，就是說兩個人互相吸引，或者是很合得來。

    LL： So ， now that you know what I meant by "chemistry ，" what do
you think —— do the actors in Spiderman have good chemistry or not？

    LH：我覺得有。他們演得很逼真，真讓我覺得他們彼此相愛。但是我有一個
問題，Larry.

    LL： What is it ， Li Hua ？

    LH：有的時候化學物質混在一起可能起發生爆炸，那這是不是" 壞的" 化學
反應呢？能用來形容人跟人之間的關系嗎？

    LL： Absolutely ！ When two people really don't like each other or
can't get along —— that is bad chemistry.

    LH：我原來有兩個鄰居，可以說是勢不兩立，經常互相對罵，他們倆而就是
純粹的bad chemistry.

    LL： It sure sounds like it. Speaking of bad chemistry， one of the
people I work with really doesn't get along with my boss. They often argue
about the littlest things.

    LH：你同事跟老板有bad chemistry ？那可得小心，不定哪天就會被炒了魷
魚。

    LL： You're right ， Li Hua ……Say ， Li Hua ， what do you think
about the chemistry between us？

    LH： Larry，這還用問嗎！It's not rocket science.我們認識都快七年了，
沒有good chemistry，就不會一直做朋友做到今天了。

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是rocket science，意思是很難做，很難
懂的事情。另一個是chemistry ，是指人跟人之間的感情關系。