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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑
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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。0 q5 ^! a- A6 y( ~3 x
7 }! y3 x5 v. A) }0 AL: 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！& g+ e2 z' F: V' V4 ]
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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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L: 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./ I1 E8 z9 x( V: t
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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。) {& _1 W* t. P9 ^
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M: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.! N' ]+ ~4 i, s I" A1 o
8 \$ D# B# W2 A; @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。
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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.
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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。$ ?( n: L2 s) T- ~# _" g& _6 f
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M: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.
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. R* M! W7 v1 z. i4 N6 IL: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！' X' J8 P5 ~; |- H9 g. M8 j e: H
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)% s( I/ Z/ |. Q0 Y; v3 ~$ k' p
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M: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.! y2 L/ ]5 h" T! T
. Y9 x' }. M7 cL: 到白宫去？太好了，除了照片外，我还没有看到过真的白宫呢！( ?0 a, f9 I- Y, A
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M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!9 q. n( h C* w6 Z
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L: 哟！我的天哪！我的天哪！真吓死我了！我以为这下我可完了！# N7 e% i' x; e
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M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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- i6 |. K& `8 x9 O3 L# R1 H2 jL: 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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' v, R7 C7 C( k- x1 Y7 kM: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.# }- e0 k8 q+ A. X3 R
* Q3 Q2 W! O. A) GL: 对啊，那车差一点就撞上我了，这就是 close call？
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. q% ~8 k5 n5 q jM: 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.9 q8 H4 p. [4 I+ Y4 _
+ |8 ?- E5 D+ I. |, ]( dL: 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？' l; g" \' i2 o8 B ]) N
1 B, l2 i" w" e' c1 ]6 C! mM: 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？4 [: e9 D7 D2 C6 y3 i$ o) P$ X8 _
; i8 P \/ J. \8 Z% kM: 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.
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L: 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。* K$ W2 T: {/ X f$ v: Y2 [7 {
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M: Here we are! The White House!! w+ M a6 V9 x5 {. U) E% ~: r, }
* G2 \: K* y& I/ q/ p7 kL: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。' P5 }3 p; t% C$ B
) q9 k4 F0 w' R0 C0 z% t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。2 k7 a4 z7 p* |9 d4 J: }
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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。1 G; B9 ^ u& c5 M) I3 h) r( v. j
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