[流行美语]又和大家见面了。Michael是一个在纽约上大学的美国年轻人,他经常跟中国学生李华一起玩。Michael向李华学中文,李华向 Michael 学英文。Michael 正在准备考试,有很多功课要做,但是李华要他出去休息休息,两人约好下午在动物园见面。他们在对话中会用这两个词:all-nighter和cram。4 b* ], L1 L* _; p% q
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L: 嗨,Michael. 我在这儿!9 G" W9 u. {. a
+ A+ w5 f1 c7 b3 gM: Hey, Li Hua. Oh, the elephant house, let's go in and take a look., r, t: d6 G& i/ [) k; O
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L: 噢,那是大象馆啊? 好,进去看看。 不行,不行,这儿太臭 了。走吧! % l j( U' h3 T" G! E# z' v- A* ]. J9 E% X
M: Oh, yeah. Let's get out of here. In fact, I've got a lot of studying to do. I'm going to need to pull an all-nighter. 5 n9 A; i+ z2 w/ G: } ( {# v, {7 j5 d' z3 |L: 我知道你有很多功课,但是你在准备考试的时候也总得休息休息嘛。我听说这次考试会很难。你刚才说 all-nighter 是不是开夜车 的意思呀?9 K9 G' P8 G# p/ A
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M: Yeah, that's what I meant. Li Hua, you're smart!5 w. u! ]% W' f1 {4 b
/ o0 U4 o5 Z. ?# Q1 j8 A2 nL: 我是猜出来的, all的意思是整个,全部,nighter和 night 很像。我想一个人要整夜学习,那不就是开夜车吗?但是,有一点我不太懂,你说:to pull an all-nighter,什么是pull ? Q" C$ T( f+ Z3 V! K) W 6 S1 o) W& r) Z% l0 _M: Pull means to get yourself through a difficult time.. f: g3 d* L, \
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L: 噢, pull an all-nighter,就是迫使自己整夜念书,因为要这样做是很辛苦的。 9 Z4 A; p o# j D! m( {! |' U 7 t- k |: d1 ^+ c3 NM: Yep. You wouldn't have to pull an all-nighter because you have been studying all semester, I haven't been. # P2 _9 S: `# H1 j& s/ P" B% N3 v: D- F) x2 u
L: 这你可说对了。我不需要开夜车,因为我整个一学期都在学习。你要开夜车,因为你平时不学习。" ]* p' J2 B! A0 ?/ M
3 J# d5 L2 V6 i1 F" \/ pM: I know, I know, you're a better student than I am. 1 H4 K5 F4 v$ ^5 z5 d0 w' b% v! u $ P! t9 y7 }6 w3 PL: Michael, 我真喜欢纽约的秋天,空气很清新。你要是能跟我一起玩,不用回去念书,那该多好啊! 6 P% h d! j2 E0 x2 y7 c# J. B, h3 D
M: I don't want to go study either, but I should. ( n8 c4 d1 x( a9 U7 W8 g1 m, M* ^1 ^5 b- q
L: 对啊, 你要是上星期多花点时间念书不就好了嘛。现在你得临时抱佛脚了。 & i5 M a7 i# H, d% a2 ~ e. G" _2 Y) K* a Z( @) N
M: I perform better on tests when I cram.- i: n. @6 ?) A$ B- G
8 S u8 S0 `+ Q: oM: Well, it's sort of the same meaning. I'm going to do a lot of studying at the last minute, that's what it means to cram. ) `+ k/ p1 Q( Y, C6 N 4 P" P" [: B0 ?1 L# |L: 意思差不多?噢,我知道了!Cram就是我们中文里说的填鸭式方法,就是硬把食品塞给鸭子吃,这样鸭子就长得肥。北京烤鸭就是用这种鸭子做的。你说的cram 是临时抱佛脚,在考试前猛记猛背,把知识往脑子里塞。你还认为这是好办法?$ w7 J9 M: A# h( s0 I
8 ?# Y, q$ v- y8 R/ S+ k% }M: Well, everyone's different. Cramming works for me./ j: k# j2 `7 ~5 x) Q, p( D3 @
6 e n/ Q+ N b' H9 v# N& a {M: Not really. It's only used to describe studying for a test, usually college or high-school level.) r* f. a/ g$ q, r1 ^& U
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L: 噢,只能指大学生或中学生在考试前开夜车,临时抱佛脚。 1 |# w+ n0 c* k' s+ T $ k9 D5 g" [/ [4 PM: And that's what I need to do, right now. It's getting late and I know I will have to pull an all-nighter. ( H. T" ]5 N/ U" j$ k9 G; m ) ^% n, @: y7 y4 FL: 好吧,我明天早上给你打电话。; p+ ]9 g o: _' ^( L8 h( Z3 R
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M: No, don't worry about me, I'm sure I will still be cramming.8 X5 _: v2 k( V8 K1 m
6 O( R/ P! r9 p, z( gL: 哟,你还准备开夜车开到天亮呐? Ok, well, good luck! # O, O0 c4 ]% o) s3 [. C1 I4 G& s4 f/ U' A! A; X
今天李华向Michael学了两个常用语,一个是:all-nighter, 意思是开夜车;另一个是:cram, 这是指中学生或大学生在考试前临时抱佛脚。 # [* W; [' W5 }' @9 y: k. z8 o
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