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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。( Q \& E, D5 T
2 y4 T0 G: ]* e7 ?5 \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！
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' P: u6 Z5 J8 `3 k: QM: 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.) o0 f& z) l1 t1 K! a9 m9 ^- S7 _
7 M- j7 t5 c: j- S) K" Z" VL: 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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5 ~: Q. c: W2 b" J8 d9 _9 rL: 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。' i! u5 r; s; a* x( o) }
/ H% t/ w8 y2 i3 E% bM: 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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) |/ ?6 }2 d6 S$ ^9 {0 c+ oM: 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。; q/ f; i/ |0 H2 J
$ A1 S( E& t0 KM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.: w% w0 m' p0 m/ z( q
9 W: C: n. y3 {0 aL: 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)
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, \: t" B e5 O' O# g3 t, wM: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.
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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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. ~) K8 u2 R8 y& m0 X/ \* \M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!- j0 u ~ L, I5 H$ ]; {
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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！
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M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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; S' \$ ~3 S! F, [( G# m5 JL: 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！* i. X1 s r8 P# E& x
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.' N: u2 v7 L. ~/ \% \& H; R
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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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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.) Z/ }* S1 R8 Y
2 s; B2 x$ t7 c! _8 g5 ~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？) T4 k9 I3 f9 ~! S% w. f( n% D
& S/ T e+ y8 }8 ^- v4 JM: Yeah, that's right.
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* b6 j9 N( r9 O, w% {; r& \L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢？4 i4 f' z% m+ t+ f# f
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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.: e7 k! h3 L1 B: {9 H, _
) m ?" k+ |8 F* }5 cL: 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。* B, V' H" Z( s
7 i# P; T6 Q( A3 SM: Here we are! The White House!
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* O( J3 s6 o+ G V* {' [; Q% _7 ~L: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。7 B3 r c2 v) r- s# T, C/ v% p' ?
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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。5 c! n+ s3 _9 C, d* T
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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。/ v( K& ^& ?7 c. y4 Q
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