Michael这个美国学生由于各方面的压力太大而情绪不太好。今天他想去找李华一起出去放松放松。现在他正在敲李华的门。Michael会教李华两个常用语：to play hooky和to snap。( P' P8 |1 v3 k' ^2 w
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L：Michael，你在这儿干什么？你不是有课吗？5 A' h! m7 n- e. i2 l' F% n
% `& |5 s' e9 G. q( J6 m/ cM：Yes, I'm supposed to be in class right now. But I didn't read the assignment for class today, and I just didn't feel like going, so I decided to play hooky. ( O! u& E5 ]* K8 k, k; N2 `7 ]9 @, R L# d) c- u$ G
L：你真够呛，没看今天上课的材料就不想去上课，还想在家玩什么游戏！什么是hooky呀？/ Q t( u4 d1 b9 B3 ~
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M：No, to play hooky means to skip class. 8 G/ S3 X) w, X/ V$ F- M1 A: M. k4 \' [4 J0 O
L：噢，原来to play hooky是指逃学，旷课。我还以为是玩什么游戏呢！Michael, 你要进来坐会儿吗？% @ R/ X4 w6 l; f( E$ a
- l2 b8 B7 [: n; ~4 rM：Actually, I was going to the student center to hang out and have lunch. I was wondering if you would like to come with me.1 h6 {* q/ h1 l9 ^: V
' A. u+ u' N& a5 @( ]5 dL：你要到学生中心那儿去看看，然后再吃午饭呀？我跟你一起去，我本来就要去吃午饭。不过，我只有一个小时的时间，下午我得去工作。9 Y' j) R! m4 D- |% K
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M：It seems like you have been working a lot lately. I have an idea! Why don't you call in to work and tell them you're sick! You can also play hooky from work. ) l: ]2 |# d9 j7 F* w8 q* N% I1 G0 N0 G* x P Y- h* ?# S
L：我最近工作是很忙。Michael，你的意思是让我打电话给工作的地方说我生病，这样就可以不去上班？这也可以说是to play hooky?. H7 X0 ^; x. @
! `" Z6 B% O4 @ C8 J9 W0 U4 kM：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work. : t# k9 h) r( O) M2 e 6 p7 |6 s. n6 k8 t; d( zL：你可真能出馊主意！自己逃学还不算，还要我装病不去工作。不行，我工作的地方星期一总是很忙的，而且上星期我真的生病，请了两天假。I don't want to play hooky from work. 我说得对不对，Michael？ 1 u, C! p8 M( U% [, V7 F8 m ; V8 E* P' `7 j/ p r% X! c7 jM：Yes, very good. I guess you'd better go to work then. It's too bad I can't spend more time with you. Well, if you have only one hour for lunch, we'd better hurry.8 C+ c- }6 W* ?" v, F
/ l2 Q5 O# w9 ^+ G* g: g# RL：别着急，一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。 $ t7 a+ B, R" I A3 ? 8 T7 P; W0 P5 `- TL：Michael, 你很幸运，没有象我那么多的压力。我得自己赚钱付学费，还要养活自己。你可以随便play hooky, 我可不行。 0 L' ]8 U1 s! O3 A. O7 |: O# i, T+ r: g# u
M：Hey, I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard. Do you think I don't feel any pressure to get good grades? If I don't do well, I won't get a good job later on.+ H0 d0 K/ p. D- a! q
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L：哟，哪儿来那么大的火气呀！我知道你不是经常逃学，你学习很努力，争取得到好分数，将来找一份好工作。你不用发那么大的脾气嘛！3 c3 H2 q+ v) ~/ G
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M：I'm sorry, Li Hua. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed. That's part of the reason why I didn't go to class today.; W- `$ m" P. m/ n; ?
8 c5 y2 ^ I" X/ I; t1 X) ?' \L：没关系，我知道你最近压力很大。你说 "I didn't mean to snap at you", 那是什么意思呀？是不是指你很生气地跟我说话？" p1 X, U! k2 n+ z6 z
& h' m# ~& M- E0 Y XM：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way.! C6 z+ l2 M3 G5 [
[9 D" Q, | mL：to snap at someone 就是对某人大声嚷嚷，或者很生气地和某人说话。Michael，你一般不对人那么讲话的。我想可能是你最近压力太大了。# \" B4 u: _# Q. W) M8 I) }2 g+ Q) U
S" |8 F, D' z9 F) bM：Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.$ E( v1 g8 B4 I5 b
- R3 X2 J# `7 h) ?9 f U9 tL：我是没有让你生气的意思。没关系，每个人都有情绪不好的时候嘛！Michael，我以前好象听到别人用过to snap at someone，可不太清楚它的意思。有一次，一个小孩说他打破了什么东西。。。 1 O% B" d% E- A5 |: `# B) D8 v+ t, S% `% k/ ?* Y* ~3 m
M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.7 C! M7 S7 R) s( I' G) Z0 a7 ~$ X
. [' Z0 {7 P0 L+ Q0 y' u5 N& oL：对，他是说他妈妈骂他因为他打破了一个花瓶。可是，Michael，这里的snap是过去时，那该怎么拼呢？; [! Q9 `) n3 O. z, M
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M：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized." ; V6 C& c3 a, e7 O) R, L4 h1 o/ C; j J. T
L：得了，不用道歉了。啊呀，不好了，时间到了，我得去上班了。See you later, Michael! & r# F% {' t) s8 q6 n$ X2 W* o , Z/ S; T1 d# I. Q# F xM：Bye, Li Hua!2 `9 R2 o d& D) ~. Z; K7 U) b( V
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今天李华又从Michael那儿学到两个常用语，to play hooky就是逃学，或者装病不去上班；to snap就是对某人嚷嚷，很生气地对某人说话。这次<流行美语>播送完了，下次节目再见。, X* X1 c' k2 F3 j, \
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