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。 : t9 }4 Q! c1 d* p' u, y9 S5 N' ? 0 w( |) E- u( l2 VL：Michael，你在这儿干什么？你不是有课吗？9 N, W1 _' {4 g2 Q
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M：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. ) d) B) M3 }+ g! `: J z# u j3 l' aL：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？ * j: b" ]7 |+ {, i+ E7 |9 } ! O' J$ ]! B* |/ d8 r" h9 ?M：No, to play hooky means to skip class. ' p1 K0 `# \9 }( `2 d ( L: G- M4 g7 O* c8 w% c1 J5 |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？$ e' }6 k$ J2 N) Y/ l& t
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L：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。1 D0 [$ _; B/ D6 u4 u4 l
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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.5 o6 z, N5 ^, Z9 S! k4 [! L6 X) f
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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? 3 V; I2 L3 L; g8 k4 j a j + K0 h% I, T5 [! r' U: y! P, C' j1 m" Y0 cM：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work.) W& I, O3 p7 L! x/ S( [
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L：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？ ~3 @5 o, n6 H# ]: y7 S ( {& }% `6 ?! t; ^$ J! S) `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.' A! O' |3 _; Z) h5 {3 a1 q$ E
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L：别着急，一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。 - k/ G& ~" c2 H( P" Z / h5 Z; c" @" S2 yL：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。 $ X; a) p6 C# q* }$ q% Q . i7 ~% Y$ y! x# G1 pM：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. 7 r% Q9 d: r. T2 |& Y$ r2 k0 {" D1 S' A2 i4 l' l
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！ 5 B0 K6 u& r6 o* A3 j; c7 c6 Q7 E2 s( D( l! M) w1 [0 o
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." D5 z, M% [4 U' v- U0 \3 f+ \
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L：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？% j H5 G, f0 b. f- T: c
1 e9 i0 {9 Y2 N; tM：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way. j6 y6 H9 y, J7 p# }5 `6 S+ k( h0 k# Y6 }
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。" N! j4 v i3 t0 \
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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. * M# W& |# j) o S% D. S$ o4 a! g2 ?
L：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。。。 ! F" S: U" W8 t0 X$ h2 K# K& }4 j6 m+ I0 y( j8 k6 V
M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.' V2 f7 n! x$ R7 U$ T( e
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+ w- X% Y# o' C5 t/ w8 VM：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized." ) m" A& w( I$ \9 G7 B, N* |# c3 q) O : E3 }7 x- z$ x$ q, }L：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!( P% j' X. R1 v6 B0 w0 ^
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