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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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! ~  }# l0 `7 G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。
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L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?
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M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
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6 q& o4 \# a8 Y. w! ^) P% WL: 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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5 C0 Z$ B2 H+ F/ ?1 o, pM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.6 u2 v& a3 ~0 m
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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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* a# y% u: X' Y- b# }3 R  D' xM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.$ D% L- {" K( H7 ~6 Z; c
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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。" F  N2 W6 G9 V, t5 z* z
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.
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! y9 q; p8 e" u* BL: 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?8 S" r1 B2 R  r6 k

  B: T& n" E& Z% v4 @# Y/ ?( U5 DM: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.4 B4 e6 z+ n4 `. S. J/ @# ?

7 C2 @5 Q6 p, ^) dL: 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。0 S( p; Y; r9 H8 M4 s

* _* B& X; c( c* B+ uM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....8 I, `9 s; F  {/ w& P7 l7 E% @
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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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' V- n' v' S" @6 Q8 J1 v8 G3 cM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
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L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。" Q  D' T$ |$ Q: `1 w

; U/ X6 \6 i+ m0 }5 w; t, V(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)
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L: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!
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+ t* `8 Y- E' T5 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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7 g& Z/ h7 Y. c/ _- vL: 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?
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.9 w$ F% [0 a: Y4 I; ?9 L

, D$ J; l0 m% T4 Q& V1 b! XL: 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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3 R+ j; c$ x; M& Q4 w+ SM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.( }3 r: @  d" o& Y3 z) q' l

8 |  |  v! U7 Y  TL: 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!
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M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.
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, L* [- C7 s2 A3 j$ D4 [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!- z2 S; J! E4 e$ t+ J# y
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M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too./ }. y3 h7 D) o9 ^
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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。4 ?7 s. Q' c/ f1 A# T& r# i
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M: Ok. Good idea!, o) R/ w4 q' Y0 E0 q

9 W7 E! u' v0 }0 f, [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。
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