6 j% p m% J2 X/ \L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?' e9 b2 B7 e# W
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M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.7 G' y! @* [& k& l& a# s
9 o8 H8 v: V7 z4 W1 CL: 你考得比你预期的好,那太好了。不过,你说什么又是lucky,又是break的?Lucky不是好运气吗?Break是休息,对不对?7 j( x+ g0 u. e8 _& X, U6 S
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M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting. ! K/ W8 J5 ~5 P% u # i1 t5 I$ s' O+ |7 i# z: m5 QL: 噢,lucky和break这两个词放在一起,它的意思就是没有预料到的好运气。Michael,你刚才那句话是怎么说来着? & R; _# s$ k0 U. b + q0 j- J' j$ S% k5 ZM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers. * C. }# A3 n1 T' x1 H7 s8 O( R/ G( D: G& V4 s7 q# ~$ Q6 ~2 c4 |" S
L: 我懂了。你是说,你没有想到运气会那么好,大多数考题的答案你刚好都知道。 4 y& ~; Y4 y9 w 2 q' a& |' r" r5 K( aM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.& S+ `( C% y3 r% W3 A# u
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L: 哼,我当然懂了,你还要考考我呐? 那天我开车开的飞快, 警察让我把车停下来。可是他只给了我一个警告,而没有给我罚单,我可没想到会有这种好运气。这可以说是一个lucky break吧?! y' q! ^+ h# a1 \" c
; O# s! ~2 W' o; h7 JM: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive. ( F% t0 ]; y2 k/ |7 z) s/ d1 r( r: T. d) H/ q# ~$ k8 x9 j
L: 警察因为看我漂亮才不给我开票?你别开玩笑了!不过,那次可 运气,否则至少要罚我五十美元。让我想想还有什么例子可以 用lucky break这个说法的。 / R2 `; ^, @+ f# u0 Z8 u 7 R4 c W) F9 n- M, }M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... $ R. o" M. M# i( I$ j + I+ @ G2 Q$ }L: 对了,教授要我们在两天后交报告,Michael,你还没有开始动手 吧!幸好教授推迟了限期,让我们下星期一交。这对你来说真是个lucky break吧? ! ]1 I- X% {# Q4 l4 y# u# `; V+ {( v4 f% a* D
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.% D8 }, g+ x0 \5 ]7 q: K3 m+ c. b
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L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。 & Z& w" Z5 e4 ^4 V) F 2 d# P, B# F4 ~7 }4 f, I9 l(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方) 8 L4 k3 Z/ r8 F* a0 q) S& k" O- [; E# C, M {3 E
L: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!: P2 B& d0 K2 l/ N0 v; C
4 @' `$ G: B0 v! V' JM: Yeah, you're right. It'll be hard for us to have a conversation here. Let's go to a place that's more mellow. , w1 @0 U) b8 y6 \4 c" Q- x( T9 G2 _ 7 W4 S7 U/ |+ z7 u7 ]1 eL: 对,在这里讲话都听不到。到别的地方去吧。Michael,你刚才讲什么more mellow? 1 Z8 P2 g, ~# c& W" w; y b8 y ) j. T3 }0 U pM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.( V% L/ W$ V: t5 T6 P6 `
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.# E' n2 L5 ~* l% \1 C2 [
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L: Mellow也可以用来形容一个人,那今天我们的教授很平静,我可不可以说:She was mellow today!8 ~5 d% Z; ?7 A1 u# J% `' ^* _
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L: 太好了,这个地方很安静。我们来看看菜单。哟,你看,再过五分钟就开始减价了,三明治今天半价。我们运气可真好呀!! O4 I: V3 N [3 v$ g4 T4 O7 b
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M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.9 Z8 @8 T7 n( \# D
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L: 对,找到安静的地方,还只付半价。真值得庆祝。你多吃点吧, 晚饭就别吃了。 9 H9 S& n2 E9 s1 Q# }1 o 1 |1 W, c* D5 |: ?M: Ok. Good idea!5 J" C& }" u. @1 _/ w1 n