- ~; k0 Q1 E3 B% {大家到现在都认识 Michael这个美国学生了，他不断在学中文，他很喜欢听他的中国同学李华讲中文。李华呢，在和Michael接触中也学了不少英文。现在他们俩刚上完课，正从课堂里走出来。今天李华会学到两个常用语： lucky break和mellow。1 b; L/ x! U \; t3 o& E5 g7 s
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L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了，Michael，你考得好吗？4 {& k1 l3 T7 z$ P; X
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M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.9 V! Y! @7 V# \9 v+ y
; _* R! m; D9 v3 B, ?6 D% z/ u! _0 lL: 你考得比你预期的好，那太好了。不过，你说什么又是lucky，又是break的？Lucky不是好运气吗？Break是休息，对不对？/ e2 |# c9 ~7 M9 ]# O
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M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.' M' i; Z0 L" ^
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M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.* Y' U& j' M) p8 z; @
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L: 我懂了。你是说，你没有想到运气会那么好，大多数考题的答案你刚好都知道。0 _4 R l) V9 M. c! u o" C+ _/ S
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example., e# F1 Y+ ]: N- I# @1 Q) w
6 O# M1 P X/ f6 J; m9 CL: 哼，我当然懂了，你还要考考我呐？ 那天我开车开的飞快， 警察让我把车停下来。可是他只给了我一个警告，而没有给我罚单，我可没想到会有这种好运气。这可以说是一个lucky break吧？! W+ g t$ H$ y, m% ]" b
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M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.( X- e4 C) F( }
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L: 警察因为看我漂亮才不给我开票？你别开玩笑了！不过，那次可 运气，否则至少要罚我五十美元。让我想想还有什么例子可以 用lucky break这个说法的。- q) e3 p) a0 d& X4 \
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M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... 7 w x3 o4 t# i" U- a* S 1 \- @5 v/ ^& O8 W0 }# n9 {! HL: 对了，教授要我们在两天后交报告，Michael，你还没有开始动手 吧！幸好教授推迟了限期，让我们下星期一交。这对你来说真是个lucky break吧？0 Q' J) u# d$ m8 c+ A) x2 d
5 g0 [% Z$ i& G* x6 {" q7 [3 i& Z! y( WM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck. 7 v0 w) `& A1 M0 z9 L B+ E0 x6 l! J ) v6 |0 |4 ]: x, J" TL: 好呀， 去吃午饭，庆祝我们的好运气。0 [$ Z& i5 w3 t+ j; ]4 r) v: F% E( x
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(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)1 A3 g# b+ K3 z5 C8 z n' V* `
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L: 啊呀，这个地方太闹了！1 _5 d( Y4 K1 L, D
# j/ D6 k9 a9 g2 W+ `8 M% g# dM: Yeah, you're right. It'll be hard for us to have a conversation here. Let's go to a place that's more mellow. % {/ _. N+ G( O0 A. h. b% q/ ]: \$ B4 s' E8 w
L: 对，在这里讲话都听不到。到别的地方去吧。Michael，你刚才讲什么more mellow?8 R8 r/ ~" ~5 X. M- b( O# k7 R w. J
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.* B, N+ |! I: C' z
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L: 噢，more mellow的意思是比较平静，比较放松。那也就是说到一个不太闹的地方去，对不对？! H0 v( k) S2 n% E3 w$ `$ `# T
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.9 g8 d# R8 H/ T7 @9 ^
w4 Z2 v7 ~) \, P8 i1 g. X8 PL: Mellow也可以用来形容一个人，那今天我们的教授很平静，我可不可以说：She was mellow today! e/ J3 ]; d! C% u6 _ V+ d: x : g% i8 z8 [7 c/ k! \. @M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library. : C9 i: q( Y5 |1 i4 V& Y, }4 D' p+ ~4 x( p- o0 U% E+ S
L: 太好了，这个地方很安静。我们来看看菜单。哟，你看，再过五分钟就开始减价了，三明治今天半价。我们运气可真好呀！* J: y- C# G$ X+ p+ @/ q2 z2 m
- ]9 a; o5 k# Q; @0 t, |+ QM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too. : O4 R! U4 K# ?% B ?) e- H' `& _' Q) D$ Q
L: 对，找到安静的地方，还只付半价。真值得庆祝。你多吃点吧， 晚饭就别吃了。+ ?) \3 j( D. k- Y: S0 K M+ ?/ `
; b: l" Q$ a# D" Z6 p6 n$ lM: Ok. Good idea!0 E5 G& \) N/ @5 c/ e
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