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

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发表于 2010-5-16 14:07 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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。
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L:Michael,你在这儿干什么?你不是有课吗?
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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.) j+ d7 d' a+ |  R0 Q
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L: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?0 J. u' ]9 O2 h) q+ T& P

( a& Z2 R8 E; X0 HM:No, to play hooky means to skip class.
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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?
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! L& v) h, F8 A! Y1 S9 k; `" wM: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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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。3 K4 m0 r" _# z0 O6 t% X# R

" D( q6 C9 G* [  `8 W  lM: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.! e2 Y) y$ [1 p4 p5 b: N  u
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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?) s0 E" ]; b/ {- M9 j
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M:Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work.7 h1 R% H, g+ y7 o. j# A

+ |& a1 c- D( g3 |/ j7 xL: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?; }. h/ n6 Q4 ~
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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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L:别着急,一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。9 Z! h( z3 p3 q$ M! K
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L: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。9 [8 r! ?. w3 l1 O; m
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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.4 j) i5 {) t, ^
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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!
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! G) h3 U+ E2 j- _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.% T9 \" {7 w+ C7 m0 D/ u) N0 P3 r
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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?6 r& i/ E: g4 ~8 N- H

: ^* ~) h4 W; i6 W$ B" d/ XM: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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' E1 ~0 \) A, ]3 D$ D/ y' g2 jL: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。4 q  A* o% c; C3 V1 o4 c# ]- f9 F

7 }0 x  u- M& v+ {M:Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.3 [0 Y6 q) ~( W5 q. U
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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。。。" h/ p& y: O4 Y2 F

! [5 `. e! g: O; P. G6 a& N3 cM:His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.7 `& @+ e& \& F, k1 P
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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?$ i, r- @6 |/ e* J: Z7 f
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M:Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized."+ k3 B$ n, F; P6 ]
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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!& s# Y* X' ?' p! A/ k- K, e* l

0 ^9 J  @9 d( T3 E' v& r* z, KM:Bye, Li Hua!
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" K) t$ p- w- x3 J/ v8 M# A( y2 R" K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。6 [, v6 P/ E, `

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发表于 2010-5-17 07:49 | 显示全部楼层
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thank you
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发表于 2010-5-25 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
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发表于 2010-6-21 21:04 | 显示全部楼层
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now i really need to learn how to control my emotions and not snap at others. thanks for sharing.
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发表于 2010-6-22 10:23 | 显示全部楼层
I didn't paly hooky today.
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