昨天晚上Michael 和一个老同学一起出去玩,两个人都喝得酩酊大醉。现在李华来找他一起去看一个新的艺术展览。李华会学到两个常用语:wasted和 to get a kick out of something。 5 \4 ?* c( u# M. T7 q2 D: J4 s4 R: u* ~, N4 I1 @3 t
L: 嗨, Michael,快走吧,该去看展览了!3 ^. q$ N! r9 ?' l/ J
" @5 C5 @; E+ Z" I" C$ u* `M: Give me a moment, Li Hua. Last night a friend and I went out to a bar and got wasted, so I don't feel very good right now.& A; k2 a- A1 J! X* X$ P- s3 O1 c7 s
! ` @9 k- Z) }* H9 F3 iM: No, Li Hua, when I say we got wasted I mean we got very very drunk. ) Q! n* u2 _0 I5 U! G2 }- |0 d5 ^+ L. C+ ^" j1 J9 d
L: 噢,你们到酒吧去了。你说的wasted意思是喝酒喝得酩酊大醉,不是指浪费。& O' F) a- u* U! ?' M6 A) ?
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M: We were so wasted that we couldn't even stand up straight. 0 \% ?) `& h% M$ c; ]$ \3 V7 L+ Y( a
L: 你们真是要命,喝得站都站不直。干吗要喝那么多呢?这么喝对你身体不好的。; ^+ C& Z# U: A2 R
7 q5 |0 m/ U4 c( V: k5 Z) UM: I know. My best friend from high school came to visit, and we usually get wasted when we meet., Q2 k- J1 Q5 f+ o0 g
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L: 中学时的好朋友来看你,一高兴就喝多了,这我可以理解。在中国,老同学见面的时候,我们总是会开个party,往往喝好多酒,可是我们不见得会醉到象你这种程度。 ; O6 m: W1 _; y. Z ) p3 D3 x7 d- j' G1 e% J {M: Ugh. It always seems like a lot of fun when I get completely wasted, but the next day, I regret it., c8 {& F2 E* e# S d x8 c
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L: 是啊,喝得大醉的时候觉得很好玩,到第二天你就后悔了。得了,你得换换衣服,吃点东西。我们得早点去,否则人会太多了。* J0 Z5 G1 U/ \5 `- w5 y8 D, U8 @
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M: Eat something? Are you kidding? I can't even open my eyes without feeling sick. $ O5 V" C% q$ ]6 A. r- a# Q8 G: W% p' q
L: 哟,你睁开眼睛就想吐呀?那是不能吃东西。Michael,幸好今天是星期六,否则你整天就不能上课,什么事也做不了。 5 _: R; y+ c. L, ?* v( M: h' t1 C" n9 _3 |7 S. z1 ~" L
M: Yes, I'm in graduate school, and I can't afford to miss too many classes." G) r. i- R0 P9 v, C
/ |& M1 o, e( R" D! i7 Y# {L: 研究生要缺太多课可不是开玩笑的。得了,我看你还是先洗一个澡,再喝点茶,这样可能会好些。( A0 H6 R4 v5 [% }& T" E. U
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M: Okay, I'll try.7 ^) i b: _, w# R- O( s
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L: Michael,你觉得怎么样,好点吗?快,我们走吧! 8 `8 X0 _$ C' j. v" u* {1 f7 h* T ( l6 I( \& ^6 K# F% ~4 V" HM: Li Hua, don't speak so loudly. I still have a headache. I think you get a kick out of watching me suffer.7 j- f7 O0 r' R' h# ?8 Q
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L: 你说什么?你想踢我? . x+ y! k4 O# b2 |* h- O $ {. V9 F: r; }+ m& l! kM: No, I said you get a kick out of watching me suffer. That means, you enjoy watching me suffer.9 ~% Y! D7 \7 m& k2 o! m) `
X% B( |# F6 B' ?. f; P, PL: 噢,to get a kick out of something意思就是为了什么事感到很开心。 这个kick跟踢球的kick是同一个字吗?2 v1 }9 T+ Y* h8 [0 z2 l) A
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M: That's right. 7 c, q; V4 M5 R0 P5 a8 f5 J$ a( F& @7 C* F$ N
L: 我干吗看见你难受我就高兴呢? 你是自作自受! 3 @ T$ a7 x; K; d- [$ T0 P3 w , N, q3 t8 w) s' A1 tM: I know, I know...you're a good friend. You get a kick out of helping people, not watching them suffer.: J* Z, y: a/ A* I6 Q& ~8 c
% |- S; @, X! q3 g/ OL: 这你说得还象样,我才不愿意看见别人难受,我很高兴帮助别人。帮助象你这样的美国学生学中文我就很高兴。' g3 n( q( {& ^3 m( x
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M: I'm so useless. I only get a kick out of doing stupid things, like getting wasted or watching old cartoons. 4 z1 D7 ~# u6 W6 B3 n1 e* w. b- @ 1 y+ ` `) p( T, A8 w/ @ G2 qL: 偶然喝醉一次,看看老的卡通片也不能说自己没有用嘛。你看到你的学生英语有进步,不也让你很高兴吗?4 h% y$ p4 S; F. r0 I+ J9 P
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M: Yes, I guess I do get a kick out of watching my students learn.+ J, W- z& F. o# f' e
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L: Michael, 走吧!嗨,看完展览要不要再去喝个酩酊大醉呀?+ [( T4 I. f" v
/ F( a* c( e( G5 O8 zM: Arrrgh! Li Hua, you really do get a kick out of tormenting me. I'll never get wasted for the rest of my life. I promise.4 q, z' b1 G' D
: W9 w7 a, [& H; I, v" F2 OL: 我只是开个玩笑而已。不过,我倒是希望你这辈子再也不要喝那么多酒了! : v: A7 x/ [, K) h5 c 1 M- N6 I4 M4 F$ M# F别看Michael 昨晚喝醉了,今天还晕乎乎的。可是他教了李华两个很有用的常用语,一个是:wasted,那是指喝得大醉;另一个是:to get a kick out of something,那就是为某件事感到很高兴。这次的[流行美语]就到此结束,下次节目再见。 " R# O: L( S# O9 @. x2 V" k/ K 2 j$ v9 c4 r$ L/ \Audio as following:; _$ e& M% S' r* s l$ m' ~0 \3 i$ Y