" P# {7 n$ s: O" D! sL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗? $ R$ U1 h0 O" s) Q" K/ C" x8 R D3 K8 ^) a
M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.8 V6 h5 |' J) W. d& l) P
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L: 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?4 |, m, k; }/ W- [1 u- N) i$ L: [
3 n. U# k- G% W( R4 I9 |M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting. 7 z( J1 j r; K8 w X# c, V; @8 L/ K2 D3 \/ x* b
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? # x! X, c7 {" |, ]. ` , r+ W [* g) g! s LM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers. J+ o% R$ ^3 ~, l5 U# A
6 u% Y7 E m: z: h5 i3 u ML: 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。 ! q$ j' R2 C" c8 }2 I4 H 7 Q! _% ~4 W. V* oM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.9 G ]' W9 _) I8 m7 C! W3 A1 a
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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? D7 |; A& F4 k; R( m: ?4 m; W2 a0 }0 o/ X) h K" w: B
M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.# ^ k: ^8 B$ w" |' s9 c2 `
4 d" ]3 r' b2 E' pM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... " U1 ~+ Y& c2 q8 b6 K- X' l3 X6 p, P
L: 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 r. b5 }7 ^, V) p( A+ i & F. V; F5 M1 k$ TM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck. 5 x8 `: G/ q3 |: t$ V. h' E6 O/ W# e+ M! f
L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。& K9 y2 V4 n. K& Q2 n- J
8 B8 K) p; F) K5 I(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)2 R, ~& o) G- }' b
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L: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了! 5 B3 f4 t# T) E6 u# h1 T* o5 R# w$ a8 ]. J$ t/ e1 I6 k
M: 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. " n1 g" y a/ Z' D7 B9 A7 x& O8 \& q, y* L/ }9 `
L: 对,在这里讲话都听不到。到别的地方去吧。Michael,你刚才讲什么more mellow? ! w& q7 R* U1 s1 z: W- z* |. c0 ?2 Q8 r# }% S; n) Z5 q) s$ P0 M
M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.' F0 I1 _- d# ~& H1 g1 P
6 D2 Y% L- N1 c" R6 EL: 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?' x8 Z. L8 b8 D0 T
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.5 G B0 }# i$ L7 N! {9 [: c