流行美语口语 Lesson 30 - play hooky & to snap

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Michael这个美国学生由于各方面的压力太大而情绪不太好。今天他想去找李华一起出去放松放松。现在他正在敲李华的门。Michael会教李华两个常用语：to play hooky和to snap。

. N! I  N1 s8 B9 P# ~5 |4 eL：Michael，你在这儿干什么？你不是有课吗？

+ r: \1 l& P% j8 `4 _( G3 zM：Yes, I'm supposed to be in class right now. But I didn't read the assignment for class today, and I just didn't feel like going, so I decided to play hooky.
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2 f& r8 N) ^" }- H  |6 ^7 a) nL：你真够呛，没看今天上课的材料就不想去上课，还想在家玩什么游戏！什么是hooky呀？

M：No, to play hooky means to skip class.
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' z/ l" b" l; Y) c/ ]7 ~L：噢，原来to play hooky是指逃学，旷课。我还以为是玩什么游戏呢！Michael, 你要进来坐会儿吗？

- ]. [' j: g# V, ^; O. ZM：Actually, I was going to the student center to hang out and have lunch. I was wondering if you would like to come with me.
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8 A: E1 W& {0 w' aL：你要到学生中心那儿去看看，然后再吃午饭呀？我跟你一起去，我本来就要去吃午饭。不过，我只有一个小时的时间，下午我得去工作。
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M：It seems like you have been working a lot lately. I have an idea! Why don't you call in to work and tell them you're sick! You can also play hooky from work.

L：我最近工作是很忙。Michael，你的意思是让我打电话给工作的地方说我生病，这样就可以不去上班？这也可以说是to play hooky?

M：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work.
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& y; U8 `# N( s; }' [6 iL：你可真能出馊主意！自己逃学还不算，还要我装病不去工作。不行，我工作的地方星期一总是很忙的，而且上星期我真的生病，请了两天假。I don't want to play hooky from work. 我说得对不对，Michael？
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M：Yes, very good. I guess you'd better go to work then. It's too bad I can't spend more time with you. Well, if you have only one hour for lunch, we'd better hurry.
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0 y  q1 p- T; b3 U2 ~L：别着急，一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。

% p: F' I. s7 V: G: z9 d  G8 v3 nL：Michael, 你很幸运，没有象我那么多的压力。我得自己赚钱付学费，还要养活自己。你可以随便play hooky, 我可不行。
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M：Hey, I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard. Do you think I don't feel any pressure to get good grades? If I don't do well, I won't get a good job later on.

L：哟，哪儿来那么大的火气呀！我知道你不是经常逃学，你学习很努力，争取得到好分数，将来找一份好工作。你不用发那么大的脾气嘛！

! L$ \( v) |9 E) n* t8 {M：I'm sorry, Li Hua. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed. That's part of the reason why I didn't go to class today.

, G. A# T9 }' m0 N# N+ ML：没关系，我知道你最近压力很大。你说 "I didn't mean to snap at you", 那是什么意思呀？是不是指你很生气地跟我说话？

M：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way.
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L：to snap at someone 就是对某人大声嚷嚷，或者很生气地和某人说话。Michael，你一般不对人那么讲话的。我想可能是你最近压力太大了。
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M：Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.
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2 K1 S6 o6 l* H- jL：我是没有让你生气的意思。没关系，每个人都有情绪不好的时候嘛！Michael，我以前好象听到别人用过to snap at someone，可不太清楚它的意思。有一次，一个小孩说他打破了什么东西。。。

8 Q; Q+ B, Q1 A. a6 |M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.
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L：对，他是说他妈妈骂他因为他打破了一个花瓶。可是，Michael，这里的snap是过去时，那该怎么拼呢？
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" ]- ]1 Y7 n% {3 ^. F; r5 Q2 CM：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized."
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. l( I4 j$ v% oL：得了，不用道歉了。啊呀，不好了，时间到了，我得去上班了。See you later, Michael!
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  H# d. T! \2 z# p0 ?; I2 q+ d, n: SM：Bye, Li Hua!

今天李华又从Michael那儿学到两个常用语，to play hooky就是逃学，或者装病不去上班；to snap就是对某人嚷嚷，很生气地对某人说话。这次<流行美语>播送完了，下次节目再见。
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annieyang

1# Xbfeng
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thank you

2010tiger

UncleSam

now i really need to learn how to control my emotions and not snap at others. thanks for sharing.

xiaoice

I didn't paly hooky today.