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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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) m( x3 i2 ]' A大家到现在都认识 Michael这个美国学生了,他不断在学中文,他很喜欢听他的中国同学李华讲中文。李华呢,在和Michael接触中也学了不少英文。现在他们俩刚上完课,正从课堂里走出来。今天李华会学到两个常用语: lucky break和mellow。! s& U  _( c; O8 D0 c; }

, }% c* @; b: o9 H* PL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?8 H8 o! f7 r, {' b, f) O& U

# @! s0 a1 A) T# w/ P( n6 bM: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.7 K0 b( \9 `( q2 P

% B. j: T- }3 z' l6 ~/ C- gL: 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?
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: H# w/ `+ S  lM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.' ?: a, p$ o( W2 {% L7 {0 h
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L: 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?
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2 Y; R7 i" ^- y, sM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
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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。
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.
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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?9 B. R; s. I% b& ^

8 p+ o0 F7 P  p6 }4 Z- U0 w& WM: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.& F/ T: u0 I: E# z5 ?7 n1 \
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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。4 S) ?0 O+ d1 i! A; A

3 G: |: L4 {  g6 [, ?# }  }6 _' W( C2 p& @M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....( L4 ^. m8 }4 W; G9 a" k, ^3 J4 @
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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?
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M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.! F/ G9 B, J& a9 t5 t4 }

# q1 `- Z7 K/ Q. wL: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。5 {* C5 a/ F9 v% g

9 e  d" q5 l; z1 g(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方); n0 |" l$ U  ~  t$ R$ F( ^' o# z6 I

3 p: m6 H& V5 g2 l9 ~' v6 m6 gL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!
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  \! G$ A, n+ g7 kM: 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.
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L: 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?6 a" X: i1 O& ^4 a* R
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.4 |; W& K6 s% r
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L: 噢,more mellow的意思是比较平静,比较放松。那也就是说到一个不太闹的地方去,对不对?
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6 ^/ W4 |* l% a' `; Z- rM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.2 F  Q4 X7 Y3 _" u% {
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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!' I1 ~3 G! l6 P3 w1 @% u* Z0 g' J
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M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.
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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!
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: S' }( f# L* [% [& H( qM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.2 J/ |0 `8 f2 r% f7 X5 ~

. `0 i' U/ |  t8 iL: 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。* P  ^3 o- y9 G. g" [

0 k# F; N- ^4 S; H7 `. bM: Ok. Good idea!$ @  C8 V  [- Z/ e/ i# V

: K# @/ o+ I/ l这俩个小年轻还在狼吞虎咽地吃三明治。今天他们在讲话中用了lucky break 和mellow这两个常用语,这是美国人在日常生活中经常用的,大家不妨也在口语中试着用用。今天的[流行美语]就到此结束, 谢谢大家,我们下次再见。9 Z" A1 Z  p1 e6 \9 `
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