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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? 7 i. l7 G+ X9 T0 y3 S, }8 c ' ^- K/ q8 d( }+ E3 K# K0 zM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting. - e4 w' I u0 v9 N! u" G4 ^5 Z5 I1 n* q; Q5 L* i
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
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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. $ ~ b* z& X; g 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..... 2 c& z/ p6 D5 e6 s' v" U& V j1 ]7 g% S3 l# W. @' M7 x8 X5 n
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. + `+ G% X" M2 e: [' j' [9 Z4 t+ s, a0 F
L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。 1 O- C7 }0 m! Q( ]' T5 W3 w Z7 l5 y6 z2 S
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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 Y% J+ T: J5 nM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too. % Q7 l- n4 B# Z, @4 s0 v 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! / a, L9 N* w6 [# P: R% p- Y: V D. e! y5 z4 Q* q! ~
M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.( p) f7 Z! k) Y! `. d