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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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4 t* y. }2 w6 R0 \; z' H# ^1 @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。; v4 [. s* t9 Q4 F! m6 R

* A$ k2 d+ w/ p, J" ]# |0 gL: 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.! t1 w0 y6 Z& }- s

3 ^6 b: }0 P$ |" bL: 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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' ^- K/ q8 d( }+ E3 K# K0 zM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
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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?. N( `/ p  a3 X. m3 g* v% z% I
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M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.; R/ x- ]; }/ v
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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。. G' r5 x  [6 O/ o, t$ {# N! B

- h0 V: e( i$ v6 F6 Y. {! vM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.1 Z: i) }  z% L! `
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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?, g% S2 T/ n  t9 K) w! @% l% X

1 d: ^5 P+ U+ Y) ^M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
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3 @6 M8 _) A6 C& T% ZL: 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。9 O. H2 N( ^9 J( U

: r, {: h& Q+ T0 R! P# ~2 LM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....
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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?) m# l& H" F: Y  q9 i* W8 G& l
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M: 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。
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(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)" D, L4 k5 o: |. T
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L: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!! \& ^1 c& V( f5 ^( v, {

- t; \# j/ T: U0 E  ]' {  AM: 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.% m4 g4 B) z" O; T0 R! T  e

7 J. ^7 h8 T* M( w1 ]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?7 M2 _& n- ]) q9 I
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.: g. o/ Q/ E" ^. ?+ i4 S

9 q) V* `5 V1 d/ AL: 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?3 W# ~: K+ Y* Q

9 Y% J+ T: J5 nM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
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5 X5 _7 j1 u& z* k. t8 r# FL: 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.( p) f7 Z! k) Y! `. d

& [! m$ j  ~" H6 cL: 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!: u4 M4 ]1 H, F3 [+ F* i* b/ o

* C! R& f( @3 a' @) i/ M6 m' R* XM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.
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4 w1 K0 x: U: N2 {% X3 V5 tL: 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。5 G% ^0 ?5 o! E( i' E

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: {3 F3 n/ B+ `. c/ \" Y. z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。" w9 Z. @7 u5 x6 p7 i% F
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