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大家到现在都认识 Michael这个美国学生了,他不断在学中文,他很喜欢听他的中国同学李华讲中文。李华呢,在和Michael接触中也学了不少英文。现在他们俩刚上完课,正从课堂里走出来。今天李华会学到两个常用语: lucky break和mellow。 & t* e( F! \; C; ^% r) ]3 M7 u& ]; j
L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗? h* s8 s3 J1 b7 R2 H4 }& i' Z3 r6 n& A( v+ l8 k M O ~
M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.* c- y- ~, U$ R X3 s& Y1 C
, ?. V# `1 t7 |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? 0 ~. D9 S! R0 [+ f# m6 Y9 w' m3 Z / t g; G9 |9 @' PM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting. V0 Z( ^4 _( S$ N, G: t* S
/ `- E4 Y2 i t2 n# [& dM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.! E$ j N) w* V- Y( s8 p( S3 ?
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L: 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。 9 A' W8 a7 H& _, }% L. N3 _/ A0 i+ T, O$ Z. N' k$ _6 d
M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example. 5 |. r& h) y" y7 t$ p / V* c# \) @4 o" B" Z. OL: 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? , |' ?/ A% Y9 w# ~) w+ @& d8 w8 n0 R' a2 f* ^
M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive. , b" s, s" M( M% Z : L( m) N) M! S1 \3 KL: 警察因为看我漂亮才不给我开票?你别开玩笑了!不过,那次可 运气,否则至少要罚我五十美元。让我想想还有什么例子可以 用lucky break这个说法的。, A+ f! A& l; m
; k' f& t: d9 ~- LM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... * C) s+ H( `* a4 P) V. R2 B9 Q2 T . J9 p3 A7 A7 f4 N8 s; mL: 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 |7 [5 [. ?* b, r$ W* H $ q( W( B6 [7 f; A- [M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck. ( Y$ j3 }; j3 C6 b; r( I3 c & q1 u. C/ V! u8 `% ^7 |1 R `L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。, H8 P. C3 a" p' E
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(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)1 I7 s& r- t' Z
' S! L2 S' H j5 T. QL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了! ( N5 H& G8 E& r" [4 U( ^ ( I& h& i; L1 `" c$ KM: 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.+ T( L- g( \; v% D: ? C% }) n: l
& ?: G: j4 e: |5 XL: 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?3 P6 T4 s. W' {1 u- p
( t& [( w3 W$ c. lM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.2 n( ]" J/ c8 t. ~* C! O
, m ?0 A5 k& u& dL: 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? b. g0 J+ j6 |3 F3 U/ S6 `" ?) T& T; m+ k1 v2 U8 N% C# j
M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too. ; D2 \6 E0 H: s6 R' `" J* }' q. a* T4 S
L: Mellow也可以用来形容一个人,那今天我们的教授很平静,我可不可以说:She was mellow today! * k4 h2 N: M4 o' O- D # | l( o- t8 v8 WM: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library. $ |! @" s, y! Y6 n; q( L) B& |" F. K) C, v2 n
L: 太好了,这个地方很安静。我们来看看菜单。哟,你看,再过五分钟就开始减价了,三明治今天半价。我们运气可真好呀!; j! C& S0 Y5 U9 F# p
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M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.6 `! U X6 I0 V& \* {# @* ?6 M