A Piece of Cake
ACT I
I am exhausted. My new exercise class is so hard. 我太累了。我那里的健身班太難了。
Your new exercise class?你的新健身班?
Yeah. My new advanced exercise class. 對。新的高級健身班。
Why advanced? 為什么是高級?
My instructor thought that 我的老師認為
the beginner’s class was too easy for me. 初級課程對我來說太容易了。
Too easy for you? 對你太容易了?
Don’t laugh. In the beginner’s class, 別笑。在初級健身班
they give you a chance to rest between exercises. 你有機會休息。
So? 那又怎么樣?
The advanced class is nonstop. 高級課程班是沒有休息的。
I lift weights every morning for sixty minutes 每天早晨我舉重六十分鐘
without stopping. 中間還不是沒有休息。
No problem. 小事一樁。
Listen, Richard, 聽著，Richard，
doing aerobics for an hour is a lot different than lifting weights.一小時的有氧運動可與舉重大不相同。
Yeah. Quite a bit different. 是啊。相當不一樣。
I think aerobics is easy. 我覺得有氧運動很容易。
I could work out in your class with no problem. 如果我去你的班上做運動一定不會覺得有問題。
You think so? 你這樣認為?
Oh, without a doubt. 哦，毫無問題。
When’s the next class? 下一次上課什么時候?
Tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. Try it. 明早上午十點。試一試吧。
Tomorrow morning after lifting weights, 明早舉完重，
I’ll try aerobics. 我去試試有氧運動。
It’s a nap. Tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. 簡單得很。明早十點。
Aren’t you going to the aerobics class this morning? 今天上午你不去上有氧運動課嗎?
Of Course. Easy. No sweat. 當然。小事情。 絕無問題。
You are not going to be able to move 你會動都動不了
after this and the aerobics class. 在你做完這個又去上有氧運動課之后。
Are you kidding me?你在取笑我?
It’s going to be a piece of cake. 這種事不費吹灰之力。
You want to bet? 想打賭嗎?
Yeah. What’s the bet? 好啊。賭什么?
I bet I can go one hour in your class this morning 我打賭我今天在你的健身班運動一小時之后
and not feel a thing! 絲毫不累!
The bet is -- I win, and you cook dinner for the entire family. 這樣賭好了：
Or you win, and I cook dinner for the entire family. 要是你贏了，我替全家做晚餐。
It’s a bet. 一言為定。
Ok. Call my instructor, Jack Davis, right now. 好，給我的教練Jack Davis打個電話，現在就打。
His number is 555-8842. 他的電話是5555-8842。
The advanced class starts at ten o’clock. 高級健身課十點鐘開始。
Well, it’s eight twenty now. 現在是八點二十了。
It only takes eight minutes by bicycle to the aerobics class. 騎自行車去上有氧運動課只需要八分鐘。
Give him a call. 打個電話給他。
Davis Aerobics Center for Good Health. Davis有氧運動健身中心。
Jack Davis, please. 請找Jack Davis。
This is Jack Davis. 我就是Jack Davis。
Hello. This is Richard Stewart. 你好，我是Richard Stewart。
My wife, Marilyn Stewart, is a member of your program. 我太太Marily Stewart是你的學生。
I’d like to come to 我想
the ten o’clock advanced class this morning. 來上十點的高級健身班。
Oh, fine, fine. Be here a few minutes early. 哦，好，好。要早幾分鐘到這。
You need to complete some forms before the class. 上課之前你得填一些表格。
Thanks. I’m on my way over. 謝謝，我馬上就來。
Good-bye. 再見。
Bye-bye. It’s all set. I’m going. 再見。都安排好了。我現在就去。
Bye. 再見。
See you later. 待會見。
Good luck. 祝你好運。
Don’t forget about the bet. 別忘了打賭的事。
Dinner for the entire family. 給全家做晚餐。
And that includes Susan. 包括Susan的。
Don’t you forget. 你自己別忘了。
I think aerobics is easy.
It’s easy. No problem. It’s a piece of cake.
No sweat. It’s easy.
No problem. It’s a piece of cake.
No sweat. It’s a snap. It’s easy.
No problem. It’s a piece of cake.
No sweat. It’s a snap.
My new exercise class is so hard.
It’s not easy. It’s rough.
It’s difficult. it’s tough.
It’s not easy. It’s rough.
Really difficult. It’s hard and it’s tough.
It’s not easy. It’s difficult.
It’s rough. It’s very hard.
It’s difficult. It’s hard and it’s tough. Tough. Tough.
I think aerobics is easy.
It’s easy. No problem.
It’s a piece of cake. No sweat.
My new exercise class is so hard.
It’s not easy. It’s rough. It’s difficult. It’s tough.
It’s easy. I think aerobics is easy.
It’s not easy.
Why are exercise classes so hard?
It’s easy. I think aerobics is easy.
It’s not easy.
It’s a snap. A snap.
No, it’s tough, tough, tough.
