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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑 ! f6 j6 m' I% D1 }7 d+ R0 |5 R
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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。
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L: 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！/ `- X7 M# g0 [2 R5 X+ k* ?
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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.
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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。
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: ]: W; t7 M+ \# r) q, zM: 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。3 i! d5 |! o7 a. {
* @6 n& A H# j& H( H7 h; w' Q$ R/ VM: Well, I got pretty ticked off a few days ago when the professor gave me a low score on the exam.' l: e7 o) R$ O- {% ^* V1 X
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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。- p: _! X/ T4 G3 e% b- D$ d0 f
+ [/ S" |* s- }7 K7 K! J8 YM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.
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- K6 T7 P" J! J9 e% D( |. W9 DL: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)% R& K3 }$ `& b6 O2 F
4 f F% S- Z" y* U) HM: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.
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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！. [' n4 j% h5 `0 L. |/ I# v
! F( P ^" H/ U# _' r3 r- ]M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!
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5 [ _& |; ]8 j* x, lL: 哟！我的天哪！我的天哪！真吓死我了！我以为这下我可完了！
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M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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/ T0 W: p. y+ T: E3 N5 b# m' s; ML: 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！- Y$ `1 v/ u) t: c$ d* L$ b
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you., M. u' D9 \: F
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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.2 o s8 W7 U8 a, O1 B4 g r) m/ p
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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？
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M: Yeah, that's right.
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M: 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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S ~9 W( U( N6 z0 l! [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。# J; R. e0 k5 j
+ o* f; F: T% I/ x- HM: Here we are! The White House!) m: P& v2 |1 u7 U0 F ^
9 O K# F8 I' T& ?, M( r w1 `" wL: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。: m" [, |) i" C$ u! ^
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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。7 ^' a1 A, |% V7 X$ A
* D n. J1 h; A4 _. 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。& |( _6 G+ ^1 N% O
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