今天Larry(LL) 和Li Hua(LH)下課以后在電影院門口商量看什么電影。

LH: Hmm, 我想看Troy，聽說這部電影挺棒的!

LL: I don’t know, Li Hua. That movie looks like it’s nothing but eye candy.

LH: 你說那部電影是什么?Eye candy? candy不是“糖果”嗎?這是一部關于古希臘的電影，和“糖果”有什么關系呀?

LL: I said it’s mostly eye candy. Eye candy describes something that looks really good, but does not serve a useful purpose.

LH: 噢，你說的是eye candy。Eye candy是比喻某個東西看上去雖好，可是并不實用。那不就有點兒像我們中文里常說的“華而不實”嗎?

LL: That’s right. In a movie, fancy special effects are just eye candy.

LH: 現在好多電影都是靠電腦制作的特技場面，看起來挺花哨，其實電影本身一點兒意思也沒有。可是Larry， 你知道嗎， Troy 這部電影是Brad Pitt主演啊?

LL: Well, in this case the eye candy is Brad Pitt.

LH: 什么?說 Brad Pitt 是eye candy, 這也太不公平了。他不僅長得帥，而且演技也是一流的。你怎么能說他“華而不實”呢?

LL: Fine, fine, Brad Pitt is more than just eye candy. Still, I’d rather see something else... like that science fiction film I was telling you about. That’s the kind of eye candy I want to see!

LH: 你要看那部科幻片啊?我看那才是名符其實的eye candy 呢!