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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑
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在纽约上大学的Michael和李华今天在华盛顿参观名胜古迹。他们在对话里会用到两个常用语:ticked off ,另一个是close。4 [8 x$ a' |7 W& P1 F
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L: Michael, 大家都说纽约人开车不守规矩,我看华盛顿的人也好不了多少。刚才那辆车差一点撞到我!2 Z- @. l7 ^7 a o+ ?; `0 T2 `
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M: Yeah, I saw that. Crossing the streets in New York and Washington is dangerous. But getting ticked off about it won't do you any good.
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L: 对,在纽约和华盛顿穿马路是很危险。你说什么对我没好处? Ticked off?
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M: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good.
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# L$ E4 ?: L9 h# N/ IL: 噢,ticked off的意思是为什么事情生气。你刚才说的是我对开车的人生气没有什么好处。看来让我ticked off的事还挺多。
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! v7 I8 g# `1 ]! k8 l* S9 YM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.
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. o I! I- y+ d! }+ sL: 你还提醒我这事!我以前那男朋友刚开学就跟我分手,当时我真的非常生气。不过,Michael,我觉得你也很爱生气。
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M: Well, I got pretty ticked off a few days ago when the professor gave me a low score on the exam.
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L: 对,和你同班的中国同学王光告诉我你那天非常生气,因为那个教授给你的考试判分判得很低。Ticked off这个说法很好,以前我就知道用angry这个字。
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M: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.
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; P3 j- S$ W! J, G' tL: 刚才好生气,连肚子饿也忘了。走,去吃点东西吧!
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( e* g. R! P, y& J/ ^(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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) p! [3 H6 |5 CM: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.4 { r2 X& `: _7 r0 W+ J* k% O0 v6 k6 n
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L: 到白宫去?太好了,除了照片外,我还没有看到过真的白宫呢!
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M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!
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L: 哟!我的天哪!我的天哪!真吓死我了!我以为这下我可完了!1 h/ T h' l$ \* |2 x
. R1 a( A2 `- U& g" x6 j+ D- }M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.5 c. |( N1 |: j- U8 V
' b k& o% E6 U, G/ c* GL: Michael, 我都差一点被车撞了, 而你还在说什么close call,这跟打电话根本没有关系!
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.
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L: 对啊,那车差一点就撞上我了,这就是 close call?0 z! G+ g9 K3 f
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M: Actually, Li Hua, close call means that you narrowly avoided danger. Something bad could have happened to you, but you narrowly avoided a bad situation.
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! J( n" Z/ z$ U" s9 |% D `L: 原来close call就是说,差一点发生倒霉的事,我算是逃避了这倒霉事。我可以说,今天我差一点没被汽车撞了。对不对?0 u7 N* K3 p0 p* C$ s& I
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M: Yeah, that's right.
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L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢?, }$ Q: G' L8 g2 K$ M: ]6 L
* c- L5 Y; R3 N6 x2 q8 k) }; VM: Not really. Let me give you another example. The paper you and I turned in this week was almost late. That was also a close call.
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L: 对,那个教授让我们在星期二前把学术报告交给他,我们是星期一晚上去交的,差一点就过了限期,这也可以说是close call。 下回我可再也不敢这么做了。' N8 I) y' d2 c
- u' H$ h! Z2 h7 Q' Y7 w; lM: Here we are! The White House!
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) L" P# Y/ ~& ^, x. `2 m! eL: 太好了! 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。
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5 J7 I2 e0 {/ V: _% ?7 i今天 Michael 和李华在对话中用的一个常用语是ticked off, 意思是为了什么事情生气; 另一个是close call,意思是差一点没发生倒霉的事,或是差一点完不成该做的事。 [流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次再见。
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