- S! h ~; d, h, u$ h+ m# ML: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗? - I! s$ Q+ \2 S& ?& Y! F, I `$ ]0 {) N$ Y
M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers., d; @$ J1 o* }4 C) Z
* o8 i5 A7 z7 s6 wL: 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?( r, b7 ` b- e7 _$ V$ m; L
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M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.5 |8 ?, Q- e, K
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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?* |+ T* Z7 @; D/ P
! l' W# t7 K0 ?% V8 q" N) @M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.% O/ z( e$ s2 S Z) J: V# l' d
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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。8 F o' f8 g- L! `' s8 t# G4 V
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example. 5 {4 X0 F& |3 m9 V3 g; `: Z0 W9 ?3 ?8 X, n% G' u, k! V
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?% e* E/ w' o8 ]4 \- f6 C9 }# @
2 V6 D1 E$ u; |. ^- |8 S# }M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.; U' d3 b5 `) D2 V/ O1 E
3 T& F% q/ [" I+ P4 p! ?& Q tM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... , q# M A: ]: d2 E* P h; S5 }( y( {1 q7 l2 d" Y% r! zL: 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? [5 p$ d$ p0 ^ L; Q/ ?# k9 j2 s; W# I% Q
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.* f7 g: K7 X' Y$ f; D7 p$ g
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L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。; w8 ?( X( g/ H
: M5 n( C$ c0 Z7 Q H(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方) 3 t* |9 A6 K' _2 E1 z- r( Q( l k4 y7 i 5 H, P0 E+ a. z7 o, VL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了! ' t" h1 a; t/ d3 w0 u* } 3 v( B2 E7 m3 u2 d( B& U) s# MM: 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.0 |' a7 x% K. t# |! }+ e
; [" z$ I5 H+ {; L! u' |M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing. v* i) u6 k/ W& X" t+ e, B' b* v # I$ r6 Y& c& j% {7 zL: 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? % C- a7 @+ o. i/ g6 y8 D& P% q$ c* M( d
M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.+ d5 `. ~% u6 V2 e D0 Q
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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!+ r+ u3 a; T# i0 z$ u
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2 |- X$ W" n! @9 A9 O& ~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! , Y; E8 N2 G! l' O; t' K! O4 d9 O; H. G2 N' ^0 s
M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.8 Z* D7 E' f3 O6 \0 _* Y0 R! A