流行美语教程 Lesson 12 - ticked off & close

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. o7 g1 T3 O7 E8 @& m, [% z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。
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0 e. W, s! \% l: T' H/ GL: 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！

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.

$ B/ w7 L# {6 Y+ c4 nL: 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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& n. E4 ~8 E) D- e' o3 P7 LM: 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: 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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- T/ K" B! a' A1 J. N2 e4 [# OM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.

4 N+ q8 |6 _% g4 JL: 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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( ?. J- T3 h- f* j: i6 ~( SM: 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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' J) _; t" q6 N6 JL: 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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5 t( g; j3 ~7 F0 W/ N, B, W# A" oM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.

L: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！

5 l5 X1 c5 P  |* ^7 ?(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)

: [8 d0 ~$ ~- E4 t9 `9 Z, pM: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.
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; E! {6 D: B1 U- R! ?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！

M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!
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8 g. Y  A0 C# Z- N, u+ C! Z  tL: 哟！我的天哪！我的天哪！真吓死我了！我以为这下我可完了！
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/ d- m0 `3 f9 \& Q9 `M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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! }. A& `, H7 _5 eL: 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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& N4 z% O$ C- A9 `' vL: 对啊，那车差一点就撞上我了，这就是 close call？

# N+ m$ _* w0 c& o8 UM: 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.

$ O% e' n) ~! |. |- HL: 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？

$ V# x& R. o/ m; o; q5 R7 _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？

M: 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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* J& Z7 k! c) b  yL: 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。

1 A3 Z7 K" l9 P. BM: Here we are! The White House!
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; f( R. h' ]- i" r% ^! H( OL: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。
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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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home_ed

I like it.

Fee

thanks

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想听录音！

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Sounds good

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怎么没有声音呀

马户

很喜欢你的美语教程,每期必反复学习,时不时找地方用用.

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