A: Wow, look at you couch potatoes, lying on the sofa watching TV with a pile of fried chicken, pizza and drinks on the table. How depraved.
B: Sis, you’re blocking the screen. Why don’t you sit down and watch the game with us? Have a coke.
A: Come on, do you have any idea how much sugar there is in fizzy drinks, and how bad that is for your teeth? They’ve done experiments before, putting a tooth in cola, and after a bit of time the tooth just melts away!
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B: Oh, it’s not every day we get to relax like this. Fizzy drinks make you feel good!
A: That’s right, fat nerds’ happy water does taste good. And you’re watching a ball game? You’re literally a bunch of guys needing exercise watching a bunch of people in desperate need of a rest.
A: 哇,看看你們這些懶骨頭,癱在沙發上看電視,茶几上一大堆炸雞披薩飲料,真是有夠墮落。
B: 姊,你擋住螢幕了啦!你要不要坐下來一起看球賽?這瓶可樂給你喝。
A: 拜託,你知道汽水裡面有多少糖,對牙齒的傷害有多大嗎?以前有人做過實驗,把一顆牙齒放到可樂裡,過一段時間,牙齒就都融掉了!
B: 哎呀,我們難得休閒一下嘛!這些有氣泡的飲料,喝起來就是爽啊!
A: 對啦,肥宅快樂水真好喝。還看什麼球賽?根本就是一堆需要運動的人,在看一堆需要休息的人運動。
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱)
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