Larry 到李华家来看蜘蛛人的DVD.李华今天要学两个常用语，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 ？这是我家，又不是航空航天局，怎么会有火箭科学。

    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在这儿的意思是指很难弄懂的东西。但是使用DVD
机不该是什么难事。

    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，没什么难的，只要知道按哪个键就行了。

    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，你负责爆米花，东西都在厨房微波炉下面的抽屉里。

    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. 你把三个抽屉都拉开看看不就行
了吗！

    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，你怎么这么长时间啊！要帮忙吗？用微波炉爆米花，不应该是
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：包装纸撕不开？I'm not a rocket scientist， but let me try. . .
你看，只要抓住两边轻轻这么一拉就开了。

    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，别这么懒，你又不是没用过微波炉。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：化学？我最后一次上化学课还是高中的事。化学跟蜘蛛人和他的女朋友
Mary Jane 有什么关系呀？

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

    LH：我明白了，就像做化学实验的时候一样。中文里也有两个人之间有化学
反应的说法，就是说两个人互相吸引，或者是很合得来。

    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：我觉得有。他们演得很逼真，真让我觉得他们彼此相爱。但是我有一个
问题，Larry.

    LL： What is it ， Li Hua ？

    LH：有的时候化学物质混在一起可能起发生爆炸，那这是不是" 坏的" 化学
反应呢？能用来形容人跟人之间的关系吗？

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

    LH：我原来有两个邻居，可以说是势不两立，经常互相对骂，他们俩而就是
纯粹的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，不定哪天就会被炒了鱿
鱼。

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

    LH： Larry，这还用问吗！It's not rocket science.我们认识都快七年了，
没有good chemistry，就不会一直做朋友做到今天了。

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是rocket science，意思是很难做，很难
懂的事情。另一个是chemistry ，是指人跟人之间的感情关系。