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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-10-15 09:01 编辑
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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。0 g; j' u# j" V* F! N! ^. w

: G/ a* i: @. _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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L: 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?/ m3 _% d, I: o) [2 v8 |

: P' V. U8 [) j6 O5 yM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.! s9 l5 A2 t# }! K8 m8 e7 C

! ?1 a6 w& u6 hL: 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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M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.& Y/ l1 o! B2 E1 W- }9 h5 i

- R, y. p+ d! d/ PL: 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。" `/ ^+ N6 `  s

) w0 G2 l5 x' K6 R" g0 C: {M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.8 t6 U& d* }+ T- C, B1 ^3 @
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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?& B& p* p9 J! p+ f7 E' `

, ^+ z9 U( G3 {' IM: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.# @6 e" P2 y5 I2 r. c7 I/ v+ W/ p) [
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L: 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 W# _1 ]4 g: z& i/ U2 p0 N2 b0 m

1 W5 b, n0 L, a1 Z& r0 IM: 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?( J. Y/ J- y. c! F) U

$ |9 T9 }2 e' uM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck., f$ e5 K# v* Z# \  q1 N6 q8 h4 x
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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)+ [- |+ L$ ]- S8 l( i* f

; J/ z; h3 ?( u$ vL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!
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M: 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.- E- O4 k# V& k: x# _; R8 V) S4 N

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) h! u4 x. g2 E) f  ZM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.
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6 C1 m& h$ Z) H0 P% y  m- R0 y9 qL: 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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* Q' V$ w& {; H4 g1 x/ C! _: KM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.8 M% B3 Q$ f8 ]6 ^$ ]! T: F. t

5 M) a( f2 c5 pL: 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!' Q# J" S$ c5 O, E6 p. ?# n
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M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.
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% s& Y( Q0 S3 K% t  {4 h3 ?% `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!2 L7 \9 W8 a" P( b) ?( x: P$ P5 T7 d& N

- t" J/ Q5 o) s8 u: }M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.7 j# P9 S$ z2 @* ^) p, ~
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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。* W. o) H: V3 r- B5 a
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M: Ok. Good idea!
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! Y+ Q0 [7 n$ t5 w7 j! @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。/ p* u0 Y' D8 Z9 B  M7 K- P

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