$ S/ h" ~2 ?9 b* hM: Well, Li Hua, you find the concept interesting, right? ! I4 b7 k3 d3 U! ^ B# J4 L2 h " z5 b1 v. W& \ rL: 对,我觉得这个概念很有意思。: h, M W& d- o1 S
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M: Well, if it holds your interest and you like the idea, then you can call it neat.( ]( A# W; Y. N- b8 Y/ g: ~
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L: 如果我跟一些朋友出去玩,有人建议去喝茶,聊天。要是我觉得 很好的话,我也可以说:That's a neat idea.+ W/ j/ ?5 H9 G8 P" z1 g
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M: Certainly. Hey, we are running pretty late. Let's hurry up.$ M0 e& N" `& d/ M6 h% @" @
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L: 哟,对了,太晚了。赶快走吧! 1 U' e6 S- A) j+ C& l$ G " \) q; R% {/ w# @L: 我觉得他讲得真好。我从来没有想到数学和艺术有那么多关系。 他讲得很清楚。现在我对这个题目懂了好多。 : x6 C4 H/ @- @& z) n' z! J5 | : U/ |6 I8 o- L. _3 H3 v# y! X1 E# |2 FM: Yeah, I really agree. The speaker was really intelligent, you could say he is sharp., y. h' }2 f Q6 ^
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L: Sharp,不是指一把刀快不快的意思吗? 那天有 个人说我很sharp, 当时我也不懂他是什么意思。那么说,他是在说我好咯! & m* \- X: x4 x8 r9 u$ S4 m" ]/ e8 A; U) ]0 [0 }9 t
M: Absolutely!Sharp is an adjective that can be used to describe a person who is really smart./ M6 O! n1 e# M! r
, X. U2 b' T- UL: 你是说,sharp这个词可以用来形容一个非常聪明的人,也就是 脑子很敏锐的人。那我们的朋友王涛总是得到好分数,我可以 说:He's very sharp。 + `# I3 a$ i" t4 Z% s @$ e+ I " f' Y' M$ S$ w% S( kM: He certainly is. 1 u4 f% d1 a3 F3 p+ p; k2 d : B7 Q5 @. ^" J/ `L: 那这个词sharp是不是跟形容刀快不快的sharp是同一个字呢? 5 T' l! a! K9 P0 j' S: \9 x; u$ ]' L9 N: {( ^
M: Same word.% f( }9 M$ @) x0 r: T
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L: 你能不能用sharp这个词来指一本很好的书? : L" \+ N7 b) _; K% Z3 i# h7 D * q: U. F- m8 a7 l+ MM: No, it is not used to describe things, only people. You could not call my apartment sharp.$ L. c) d* B0 N1 I/ Q
+ h6 E6 o# d) zM: I know. My mother said the same thing. ' h; f- W3 m3 G$ T( E+ c* V$ i8 H1 P6 i- h
L: 你看,我没说错吧!连你妈都这么说。不过,Michael,尽管我老 是跟你开玩笑,我倒觉得你很sharp,脑子很清楚,很快。 + s$ B$ \! W( l) Q$ V' O; w5 N' ?9 F6 L. B. a8 N, v) R
M: Thanks, Li Hua. I think you're very sharp too.: s Y' a, _% W! R1 H, p
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今天李华在跟Michael的谈话中学到了两个常用语, 一个是neat,意思是很好的主意,很好的计划;另一个是 sharp,意思是一个人脑子很聪明。这次[流行美语]就到此结束,谢谢大家和我们一起学习,下次节目再见。4 v0 ?% A8 @* T1 d' ]" T2 k2 }
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