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第一次在魔方秀发节目！
以下是跟朋友聊天后，自己准备的学习段子！

【聊天背景】吐槽雨雪天气带来的交通事故

【Glossary】
back up: 有支持，阻塞，备份的意思（对话中指的是堵车）
back-up做名词还有备份的意思。
Oh Jeez, I lost my flashdrive and I don't have a back-up.

fluffy: 蓬松的（对话中形容雪很蓬松）
你也可以说 fluffy cloud

slick:光滑的 （对话中用的就是本意）
引申义1：形容巧舌如簧的人，a slick person
Don't be fooled by slick politicians. (别被圆滑的政客给愚弄了)

引申义2：娴熟的 a slick performance or advertisement
There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
(业余录像和娴熟的好莱坞作品之间有着天壤之别。)


【重点词来了】--Siren
消防车/救护车/警车等上面的警报器
词源来自于希腊神话人物--塞壬

塞壬，半人半鸟女妖，因为跟缪斯比赛唱歌输了，被拔去翅膀，所以只能在小亚细亚和巴尔干半岛附近活动，用歌声诱惑过路的航海者而使船只触礁沉没，船员们就成了塞壬的食物。
塞壬有时候还会幻化成 twin-tailed mermaid（双尾美人鱼），也就是星巴克的logo设计来源。如果看过星巴克纪录片的应该都知道原因。简单来讲就是星巴克的元老们一直想把星巴克logo以航海为主题，来体现第一家门店所在地-西雅图（当时有名的海港城市）

Let’s go all the way back to 1971, to when Starbucks was first coming to be. In a search for a way to capture the seafaring history of coffee and Seattle’s strong seaport roots, there was a lot of poring over old marine books going on. Suddenly, there she was: a 16th century Norse woodcut of a twin-tailed mermaid, or Siren. There was something about her – a seductive mystery mixed with a nautical theme that was exactly what the founders were looking for. A logo was designed around her, and our long relationship with the Siren began.

by Steve M.
http://www.starbucks.com/blog/so-who-is-the-siren