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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑 4 D: g5 }) h( \( K" w: k
0 u1 }1 `9 F4 S; U0 n+ Y! S在纽约上大学的Michael和李华今天在华盛顿参观名胜古迹。他们在对话里会用到两个常用语：ticked off ，另一个是close。8 y& z+ C6 T) n$ V
. h8 s) d8 [4 K& A' l l/ _& ZL: Michael, 大家都说纽约人开车不守规矩，我看华盛顿的人也好不了多少。刚才那辆车差一点撞到我！
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M: Yeah, I saw that. Crossing the streets in New York and Washington is dangerous. But getting ticked off about it won't do you any good.
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" n# `9 U: g7 H( m9 TL: 对，在纽约和华盛顿穿马路是很危险。你说什么对我没好处？ Ticked off?
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M: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good." l! S4 ~+ j9 n8 Q
}: b" T/ | i0 ?L: 噢，ticked off的意思是为什么事情生气。你刚才说的是我对开车的人生气没有什么好处。看来让我ticked off的事还挺多。
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- I! @$ d- I, _6 TM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.
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L: 你还提醒我这事！我以前那男朋友刚开学就跟我分手，当时我真的非常生气。不过，Michael，我觉得你也很爱生气。8 @5 g: L8 q- B' m
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M: Well, I got pretty ticked off a few days ago when the professor gave me a low score on the exam., I" p4 W+ E& x6 e
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L: 对，和你同班的中国同学王光告诉我你那天非常生气，因为那个教授给你的考试判分判得很低。Ticked off这个说法很好，以前我就知道用angry这个字。
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M: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.8 l$ L) W. S" L+ [ p
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L: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！0 x7 O8 x) W: \$ d9 b
! @% K2 Y9 N+ a+ t$ R' v(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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M: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.! v3 f$ }4 L' O7 q+ b* K5 H
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L: 到白宫去？太好了，除了照片外，我还没有看到过真的白宫呢！3 g! @" y' _, {: h
, |' I4 \ `1 d' H7 BM: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!" p& U! j9 ~9 U+ x( k3 A
; q, y6 ~ S7 x- NL: 哟！我的天哪！我的天哪！真吓死我了！我以为这下我可完了！, i: x1 K+ c+ R! B Q, v
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M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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L: Michael, 我都差一点被车撞了， 而你还在说什么close call，这跟打电话根本没有关系！
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.
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L: 对啊，那车差一点就撞上我了，这就是 close call？* k3 N0 b1 @0 w7 c+ ?
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M: Actually, Li Hua, close call means that you narrowly avoided danger. Something bad could have happened to you, but you narrowly avoided a bad situation.
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8 |# Y% g$ V( I* o0 T, f c" [L: 原来close call就是说，差一点发生倒霉的事，我算是逃避了这倒霉事。我可以说，今天我差一点没被汽车撞了。对不对？7 X; E1 Q) |$ b! n. u
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M: Yeah, that's right.
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L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢？* {2 e6 U+ M3 h' a5 S
8 A% o) r3 `# I( L" m/ C# W( I9 DM: Not really. Let me give you another example. The paper you and I turned in this week was almost late. That was also a close call.$ z! I: R( d" i( ^ a
% d# q2 o3 G1 N, _( g( WL: 对，那个教授让我们在星期二前把学术报告交给他，我们是星期一晚上去交的，差一点就过了限期，这也可以说是close call。 下回我可再也不敢这么做了。
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M: Here we are! The White House!1 @9 C* c* y; P$ J6 z
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L: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。; R! t: b2 f6 j, C
8 C% k9 N! P4 k, r$ j6 v, c! P% K今天 Michael 和李华在对话中用的一个常用语是ticked off， 意思是为了什么事情生气； 另一个是close call，意思是差一点没发生倒霉的事，或是差一点完不成该做的事。 [流行美语]就学习到这里，我们下次再见。
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3 W( @2 M( \% A+ i' F想知道是否还需继续灌水，音频的内容需要回复才可以收听。5 v f* a8 P) `0 X C# Y$ H
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