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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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- ^. K; k" [( M  d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。
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( i7 n% P% Z) v  `8 u, S; oL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?
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) j* X; k* D& E& Q0 FM: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers., Q$ q4 `/ E+ O* c" ?; K: e
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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?5 J$ C" p7 _  p1 d
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M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
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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?
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$ O9 |  D2 B0 hM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
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6 {8 g8 d! d5 {9 R0 [: t5 n6 T3 ^: B5 }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。
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.+ B7 @" R- r' o

) @5 Y% z; b7 {" NL: 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?
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M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
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! f4 ?2 T6 o9 g& U9 x* `1 S  IL: 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 h1 x" e1 H/ ~6 ]+ R' n
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M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....9 |: P$ `1 ^  ?) s0 t$ t0 c

  ~9 R  t; U4 I; s4 }$ x/ X0 Y, bL: 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?
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9 q6 j+ @) G7 A6 V3 u; nM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
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L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。  Z3 b6 V" N9 }1 I. _. J- E! A

! g- ~% E: S/ |, y1 [(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)
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3 X/ A) ?9 P3 w2 T4 Q, p  }6 aL: 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., V( V# \9 ~* Z

% b6 k% @) w0 k' i6 ~/ }9 U# UL: 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?: B+ P5 [! d! K& i% Y, ?. T& X8 q
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.
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L: 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?* X6 L% e$ M, j1 S9 r
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.0 t* g- I. z% U8 g

. J* s! E% o4 e) I6 y6 rL: 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!
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M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.( J, l# b& d! O9 x. y; k
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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!; X; a$ }7 ]0 [6 F1 }1 W

4 }" T2 q3 Y- r1 b) Y0 \M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.$ }2 m  t8 _- S0 `! k
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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。
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; {8 x, W+ f) D; f* F; A9 R/ r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。
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