Michael这个美国学生由于各方面的压力太大而情绪不太好。今天他想去找李华一起出去放松放松。现在他正在敲李华的门。Michael会教李华两个常用语：to play hooky和to snap。2 Y) ]& y) V; f& V5 H) U& h
/ `2 u7 l* F+ k8 rL：Michael，你在这儿干什么？你不是有课吗？ 2 ~# A# ?& U; e; J( Y r4 ^0 r- V5 j/ I+ a! B- {7 K+ D
M：Yes, I'm supposed to be in class right now. But I didn't read the assignment for class today, and I just didn't feel like going, so I decided to play hooky. * L( m) K) m% d2 I0 l0 @! a$ x' f; K
L：你真够呛，没看今天上课的材料就不想去上课，还想在家玩什么游戏！什么是hooky呀？ " D% _0 X0 @+ r0 Y% Q) J2 j * \. I! j3 n' O8 X8 o4 I' M1 h- F. \, }M：No, to play hooky means to skip class.: m8 W; _' D2 {$ F! e: n# G
( A& ]5 A, k' {8 @: F, C% ZL：噢，原来to play hooky是指逃学，旷课。我还以为是玩什么游戏呢！Michael, 你要进来坐会儿吗？7 X6 t) M" @* z& ~
; l- f& T4 z7 e zM：Actually, I was going to the student center to hang out and have lunch. I was wondering if you would like to come with me. ; P8 v7 E4 ^( T. C! x7 X9 o/ Z7 g4 P: `1 i5 ~- @2 @
L：你要到学生中心那儿去看看，然后再吃午饭呀？我跟你一起去，我本来就要去吃午饭。不过，我只有一个小时的时间，下午我得去工作。 / e7 S( ?! v+ \, ~) |, l$ N, T$ Y4 E3 H, F! N) g: Y
M：It seems like you have been working a lot lately. I have an idea! Why don't you call in to work and tell them you're sick! You can also play hooky from work. 9 D+ g7 j, Z; a+ i- h / q b! x. w; O, Z- D8 c+ w5 hL：我最近工作是很忙。Michael，你的意思是让我打电话给工作的地方说我生病，这样就可以不去上班？这也可以说是to play hooky?/ ~ A+ |1 d2 f# g* g1 d
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M：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work. ) ]- p( k: b* A% \- F t5 q* y6 ^5 C. w$ r# u1 ^- V
L：你可真能出馊主意！自己逃学还不算，还要我装病不去工作。不行，我工作的地方星期一总是很忙的，而且上星期我真的生病，请了两天假。I don't want to play hooky from work. 我说得对不对，Michael？1 D% P: D" d9 D/ r' s
) U' K2 F G, h- ^5 vM：Yes, very good. I guess you'd better go to work then. It's too bad I can't spend more time with you. Well, if you have only one hour for lunch, we'd better hurry.* _5 J" _0 v4 I/ b) `
' ?1 y) W, B7 r0 P/ c/ fL：别着急，一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。. j4 }; c9 P+ F) B& r1 ^
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L：Michael, 你很幸运，没有象我那么多的压力。我得自己赚钱付学费，还要养活自己。你可以随便play hooky, 我可不行。+ E6 ?/ }, F# S( L5 u7 `8 N
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M：Hey, I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard. Do you think I don't feel any pressure to get good grades? If I don't do well, I won't get a good job later on.3 l+ I$ F1 \/ V
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L：哟，哪儿来那么大的火气呀！我知道你不是经常逃学，你学习很努力，争取得到好分数，将来找一份好工作。你不用发那么大的脾气嘛！* y _4 G! p, Y
3 e7 y; ^1 o6 L0 a: s# y9 cM：I'm sorry, Li Hua. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed. That's part of the reason why I didn't go to class today. ! C6 @1 S, |& t4 w. U. _ 0 b H& @, i; T& J2 zL：没关系，我知道你最近压力很大。你说 "I didn't mean to snap at you", 那是什么意思呀？是不是指你很生气地跟我说话？% s; n7 Q4 i/ ]2 b% ^8 z! F0 U) ]
8 ~. s ~/ i# \5 D2 q3 {M：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way. , S: j2 L. f* Z$ |% f6 v/ f0 H- z; s 5 I1 r6 ?0 e0 {0 p2 f sL：to snap at someone 就是对某人大声嚷嚷，或者很生气地和某人说话。Michael，你一般不对人那么讲话的。我想可能是你最近压力太大了。+ o7 p9 C: @( x* [9 k
( l+ H+ v! a1 E! ^9 @5 BM：Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.. x2 U. o( h$ {4 s# b1 i# i9 e
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L：我是没有让你生气的意思。没关系，每个人都有情绪不好的时候嘛！Michael，我以前好象听到别人用过to snap at someone，可不太清楚它的意思。有一次，一个小孩说他打破了什么东西。。。 e6 r% S. o& T x& u$ w" q5 d& ? x V2 b' z
M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home. - n0 a. k$ v* i . k! e f7 G, k5 W; K' B/ HL：对，他是说他妈妈骂他因为他打破了一个花瓶。可是，Michael，这里的snap是过去时，那该怎么拼呢？: O% g: Q3 c1 C, ?
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M：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized."1 {0 l% P2 y! R# G2 O6 U
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L：得了，不用道歉了。啊呀，不好了，时间到了，我得去上班了。See you later, Michael!3 I7 N7 Q7 a; E9 {2 @+ H8 i3 ?
% B" J1 A; K/ {2 MM：Bye, Li Hua!+ ?( [) f9 h% g: n' Z, c& O
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今天李华又从Michael那儿学到两个常用语，to play hooky就是逃学，或者装病不去上班；to snap就是对某人嚷嚷，很生气地对某人说话。这次<流行美语>播送完了，下次节目再见。 + U& ]3 T( K6 b2 r+ |" S / F) \9 ]" L7 Z6 EAudio as following: / U l7 X5 M% ~4 p" r ( U9 Z# \) T, I$ o) g4 u
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