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。1 O0 ?2 T. x+ G
7 Y8 R7 }. T* R8 BL: 嗨, Michael,快走吧,该去看展览了! $ P7 L& e- L" _" x * J. u) \! |% s: y0 |* JM: 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.7 f% o+ Y8 K7 h' ]3 B- N. Z& w( T
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L: Got wasted? 你说你们浪费了好多钱呀?+ A/ N1 I$ i2 j4 a, I; o
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M: No, Li Hua, when I say we got wasted I mean we got very very drunk. 0 G% t2 l8 G2 a' C M' J# w' ]* c8 |8 }4 E
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。 , |* H: I% q0 U3 N 2 H6 U3 P; L9 J6 |# ?- ZM: We were so wasted that we couldn't even stand up straight. , `2 D% }! @# G l4 d' w# C7 q! R! l1 @2 e m: J
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。6 m) X+ D7 p/ R$ ~1 ^
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M: I know. My best friend from high school came to visit, and we usually get wasted when we meet. 8 u# D. N2 E) Y% ~3 O+ F5 x% Z* p1 W. R& H }5 w
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。 ) j6 m0 v. ~/ N& ?# \ Z" f t P: ?9 Y K$ q+ LM: Ugh. It always seems like a lot of fun when I get completely wasted, but the next day, I regret it., D6 w( b0 W$ R4 [
* Q* K' ]" |) l& w$ X* JL: 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。6 j/ ?- O$ R; @6 O$ ~$ |1 t
1 i! e/ z$ ]& Y# @( K3 M+ NM: Eat something? Are you kidding? I can't even open my eyes without feeling sick.- i" C' h U: K3 P" A0 o& o2 B2 M
" h; e! t' M$ _; o+ [1 O. WL: 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。( l& s3 C. v/ w: C; z0 V
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M: Yes, I'm in graduate school, and I can't afford to miss too many classes.2 x. C6 k, F8 I3 Z# y
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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。 $ Q( S/ z# C& a y) G3 B$ i1 q. f- v- R4 D& y5 j
M: Okay, I'll try.3 w7 M8 z- Q( ]9 E- j0 k# s
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L: Michael,你觉得怎么样,好点吗?快,我们走吧!0 s- ^0 L# M$ g- I5 ^
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L: 你说什么?你想踢我?& m0 d! g; i3 d
* w; M {0 S$ s% @M: No, I said you get a kick out of watching me suffer. That means, you enjoy watching me suffer.5 X/ l2 p+ M7 Z& R# N3 F! G
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L: 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 R6 S& ~5 c, I* r. l% j3 v
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M: That's right. 7 N- j. b, x4 z( S# B2 d* D1 ~- q L% z9 x8 O# l
L: 我干吗看见你难受我就高兴呢? 你是自作自受!& E* K# G+ f" `
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M: I know, I know...you're a good friend. You get a kick out of helping people, not watching them suffer. : W, e: y/ h* r. z " H, h: h3 r y8 QL: 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。: j$ k2 @9 s* p5 h
1 F2 [& O; j! b- K- O$ {1 \2 q( qM: I'm so useless. I only get a kick out of doing stupid things, like getting wasted or watching old cartoons. 4 t1 O2 j) @" ?. e 6 v$ a6 r2 O( W/ BL: 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?- I+ ^8 p- P7 Z/ U9 @+ E, B( K
5 c$ y$ E+ Q- s! l$ EM: Yes, I guess I do get a kick out of watching my students learn. / k0 E. ^! n. R% L& N# g( q6 x + \6 Y9 V2 p' z( b" ^: A6 ^7 ^" `L: Michael, 走吧!嗨,看完展览要不要再去喝个酩酊大醉呀? , D) `6 [. g) r5 J+ Y3 V8 ?" H. } q. E( f3 J. b7 NM: 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. G& J H8 U" q, q; } ! d; h; u, L7 K3 g& f- D# a; PL: 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! 6 A2 h$ t* m: M: W* C / b# N, Q. s8 F2 U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。 # j5 b7 F: E; d( y 3 y. P5 I' ~0 {7 ~ g) i. vAudio as following:( r( ?3 i- R6 `