本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-10-15 09:01 编辑 4 I, ~. `* o- \ " r: Q6 m3 U; H4 r# J% q+ m1 j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。 - _& O! W3 ~% R 0 ~& ~3 z6 Z5 CL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了，Michael，你考得好吗？# ]" U2 N+ J4 Y' s+ Y7 V
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M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.: W/ B7 J$ L' a- s
+ Y' V! i- i8 {0 E2 lL: 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？ 1 A$ {. d8 e- B$ ^. S3 u2 Q; \$ c* N+ H# H9 `4 V
M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.! I: H* v! F4 L \9 n* q
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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？' {! n/ B6 P/ ^4 e) z5 g4 q
2 \9 w! b/ u* L6 r) O3 zM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers. 0 T2 M/ ^$ ]8 G E' B6 D5 B) }% v f$ |9 r$ [5 j; B! _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。 . m. [" V: D* d4 ]. p$ x$ s & B% `8 S4 w4 z. KM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example. " @2 f3 ?$ O, Z( u5 y) _% W- r- q5 p1 x- b4 H1 H& B: y' c
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？; K% C; c5 Q3 ^% Q' _( |8 k$ _
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M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.; }- W0 l+ I5 c* s1 t& f/ G, m
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L: 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。$ E+ I9 O" u) ?) V$ q: f8 n# b
6 f, i" J& `' X4 Z7 kM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... % y: G) _& T: \- A( A# D% T+ w1 r/ `% D
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？ " o, H. `# b5 N, W* U4 }1 c b6 C0 x" x2 |/ I" u9 Z% D
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.4 m! H9 O, j( B3 a0 [1 [* A) P( v
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L: 好呀， 去吃午饭，庆祝我们的好运气。 ) ]9 c" z7 z0 e- \7 p7 S # t+ X) P: Z3 {" S2 v& S(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)* x. r) g8 H, L- G
9 C4 n5 i+ ] u* l& P" pM: 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./ \& l; w, t0 X3 L. H1 y, X
3 I1 n& @3 y2 }' w% f8 E2 FM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.# I/ ~5 `/ a% u
, n7 U; m: h X* R: CL: 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？ 8 f6 L' W+ l% U; E+ ^- o$ p 0 b( p$ ?2 P7 [, [+ r) S& eM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.. a, p( s, g8 D* |+ Y
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L: 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!- C5 P1 F9 v2 j: ~0 e
( U( F; d( f- T6 ~ o5 b4 \- _M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library. 8 P+ \ y2 F- e" O& g 3 B5 Z8 ~ C3 U8 ^0 M( AL: 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！8 J7 A1 h% Z p) f1 i- A6 G$ h% w* w% b
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M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too. $ Q' S/ ~6 w2 P" z; I/ e% N) @! K
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。. V+ L# ^# f+ t4 H" w H
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