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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑 , U6 h+ ]. q2 Y8 G: F% _, b# s
2 n# d+ R# S% d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。8 @8 O6 F" u1 \4 c' [6 g
0 X+ g# X7 L4 c) ?! |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！% }% c5 ]! ^" N
0 G, `. U5 C9 m+ P( p! O+ u% ~3 dM: 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.: D' g2 H$ ?1 J% E( R
& D) W7 Q' ~& ^% M: s {, YL: 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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( E; a! F" s; P$ jM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.
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L: 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.4 ^5 _: m/ Z C" S6 N5 G! d
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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。% L; x1 n4 i" F3 w+ [$ Q
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M: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.# A9 K+ C' B/ X' @$ T
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L: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)& u7 a8 S% h+ a z6 J8 Y2 m
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M: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.
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4 q; J, ^$ H- e; |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！/ j: Y$ q, e) E, R; g+ _
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M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!5 N* ~! @3 d2 z$ N' t
+ j$ o/ B6 l) [" yL: 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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M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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: w" L% l7 g* B( 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？
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6 i1 f. [$ `# v# D, |3 f/ u- bM: 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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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？
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M: Yeah, that's right.9 M5 G/ j4 Y4 x: L+ X% B9 W
( u. _3 U/ y( y* [L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢？
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5 v$ ?+ c% I2 B$ s# A) gM: 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.! ]) n3 g5 b, K: j
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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。. }1 o3 A5 T! Y* \
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M: Here we are! The White House!! e J( \" s; m' V8 ]! N
. n% E' Q; X! m PL: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。" O5 h. o- B; C% P% Q) e
& H" [" D" C: U9 G2 @& Y# P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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. p% \: g9 O( q( U8 f想知道是否还需继续灌水，音频的内容需要回复才可以收听。! b3 w( g: C8 h) @9 p2 A* r
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