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。! l. x" |9 o% J7 U
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L：Michael，你在这儿干什么？你不是有课吗？1 z& ~+ {) [2 F9 _, G9 G
t) Q/ ?5 g1 J0 w# _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.# j$ X$ w! r8 @3 J0 {3 I
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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？* x0 C% g4 Y8 h+ h/ t5 C
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M：No, to play hooky means to skip class.. D+ o# a: T8 k5 w7 R
6 f5 x) }! K( ^ @L：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？$ X5 g6 s+ P. O! U0 Q7 k) \; L
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M：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.+ M# Y; M5 A: Z" P# ?/ L6 T" M
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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。$ Z G8 g, z% U" j/ w- e# {
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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.! ^- J& f3 C9 L; B9 {
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L：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?) d' l- ?( o8 c, j+ r
7 a2 q1 E, k3 }4 w+ RM：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work.7 a) r$ U- c5 k) I
- H8 d+ c4 ~! q: G& e8 XL：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？- Y# Q- o% e- q) [0 w
; p' t9 w y% n6 FM：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. $ r& ~) Y, N4 K: M3 c7 _6 a R" M. u7 A/ s# K" ^8 f Y/ v0 A$ J
L：别着急，一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。 " @$ P+ e( d+ d2 B6 O ' G1 Z6 A0 ?" Y* AL：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。0 K6 v- w! g' S1 n J
9 u* k' F* F1 `' L2 D6 w% ]4 GM：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.6 A+ E, H2 ?. L0 N, T
, w3 D3 V: N1 V$ JM：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. 2 J4 E( o8 _$ g* Y- A7 J4 | ! B) T5 k% X" d. \L：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？2 y0 V6 {: k2 A+ M
: n" ~. n1 _/ ~/ p0 r2 X0 OM：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way. 1 |3 G% e$ j* S # \( X) y6 `: @- d6 v6 rL：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。 % V3 d4 l: {+ j" d1 c 3 C! I" j1 p& c- cM：Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.5 l2 G6 w4 a, L$ r4 G/ y; h
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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。。。 8 f9 ~$ n" S- F% c( x3 {8 T( L6 @$ Q! |! H
M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home. : I6 S' E0 w e' w4 `6 n+ R3 g* ]5 T; s# Q
L：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？9 K! x# a/ x1 e; f
! W: v$ v; W0 i3 _' fM：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized." ; U) }- L5 [. Q : j9 j3 ]' y1 S3 uL：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! . K. i* h. w9 q5 _" {: ]0 d" k, c. B6 `9 w
M：Bye, Li Hua!6 s h: Z6 Z6 w2 L- \4 Q
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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。7 f. t* o5 N* w: x. u
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