[流行美语]又和大家见面了。Michael是一个在纽约上大学的美国年轻人,他经常跟中国学生李华一起玩。Michael向李华学中文,李华向 Michael 学英文。Michael 正在准备考试,有很多功课要做,但是李华要他出去休息休息,两人约好下午在动物园见面。他们在对话中会用这两个词:all-nighter和cram。 6 f( ]3 P8 _2 y9 Q: ?, r2 Z7 Q0 c " a1 L N( ~" h0 d' r( AL: 嗨,Michael. 我在这儿! * e7 {, F1 ~+ N 5 B- d1 Q: R) }" ?" E0 cM: Hey, Li Hua. Oh, the elephant house, let's go in and take a look.. u# N" d4 N- J. F! k1 f
" S& j+ ]/ V$ c* g0 i4 Z5 }; `L: 噢,那是大象馆啊? 好,进去看看。 不行,不行,这儿太臭 了。走吧! # {1 C. I" s5 f0 r ) v# @1 T9 h- y3 H9 eM: Oh, yeah. Let's get out of here. In fact, I've got a lot of studying to do. I'm going to need to pull an all-nighter. / i6 B8 ?, S+ u3 b( @; X U+ u/ [: E; W5 T
L: 我知道你有很多功课,但是你在准备考试的时候也总得休息休息嘛。我听说这次考试会很难。你刚才说 all-nighter 是不是开夜车 的意思呀? 9 u, ]' q9 m- y# E# _ # a. K9 [, N% G, `: \2 YM: Yeah, that's what I meant. Li Hua, you're smart! ) J7 `, I* C' t& J) g 9 W9 h7 \7 d: s& N. IL: 我是猜出来的, all的意思是整个,全部,nighter和 night 很像。我想一个人要整夜学习,那不就是开夜车吗?但是,有一点我不太懂,你说:to pull an all-nighter,什么是pull ?$ f, |# `$ ]; k6 P. S6 \+ F) s% b6 a
" i; \2 I/ }2 m; _% z4 K4 tM: Pull means to get yourself through a difficult time. 9 }- c& m/ S1 W3 x9 U2 X v4 x 9 n2 F. _2 R7 {5 o: AL: 噢, pull an all-nighter,就是迫使自己整夜念书,因为要这样做是很辛苦的。7 i- @/ o- E- B! Y3 x& n5 T
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M: Yep. You wouldn't have to pull an all-nighter because you have been studying all semester, I haven't been. . [& |) U3 f# K1 Q6 S+ V5 i2 F 7 ]. {8 K/ U4 m( Q+ ~" l& EL: 这你可说对了。我不需要开夜车,因为我整个一学期都在学习。你要开夜车,因为你平时不学习。- N% f0 k$ X; a l, y+ ^' h6 A4 s
- |, t+ E4 H3 _M: I know, I know, you're a better student than I am.2 ~1 o* j1 y! a
# B; f3 e1 F: V Q6 OL: Michael, 我真喜欢纽约的秋天,空气很清新。你要是能跟我一起玩,不用回去念书,那该多好啊! + i) Z1 m( u' s; K 9 [: P$ Y7 L5 j ^, U4 y1 zM: I don't want to go study either, but I should. - _( W( c" H6 h$ t; X3 H/ _/ P7 b: ?: X) L/ U3 U( R
L: 对啊, 你要是上星期多花点时间念书不就好了嘛。现在你得临时抱佛脚了。) }" x. d2 Q# K0 f) S
0 Y# U* i9 l7 D" DM: I perform better on tests when I cram. 9 x: t, s3 z1 C' s2 W4 Y& I+ n8 t( c& S. ]) m& S
L: Cram? Cram是把什么东西塞进去的意思,跟学习有什么关系呢?7 D% i( {0 q! u
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M: Well, it's sort of the same meaning. I'm going to do a lot of studying at the last minute, that's what it means to cram. % k' B: q+ A; h! g # X7 c2 S* q, l5 D* s3 V% Z( ]L: 意思差不多?噢,我知道了!Cram就是我们中文里说的填鸭式方法,就是硬把食品塞给鸭子吃,这样鸭子就长得肥。北京烤鸭就是用这种鸭子做的。你说的cram 是临时抱佛脚,在考试前猛记猛背,把知识往脑子里塞。你还认为这是好办法? 7 n6 M3 T: A( y) L( X; y 5 {! i) E0 C2 H7 E3 n2 YM: Well, everyone's different. Cramming works for me. 7 g# [' V# O' l! @! r 7 o( T* b& J6 b5 j- | DL: 你认为临时抱佛脚对你来说行得通。可是,Michael,想把半学期的内容在一个晚上记住,这样做可真傻。' p2 ^7 D$ w: s6 b' U. v
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M: Stop being my mother, Li Hua! " `8 W2 H! B% \# m7 o 5 {8 J4 A7 e1 P4 x0 Z7 gL: 我才不想当你妈呢,你不听我的话,那就算了。Michael, cram这个词是否还能用在别的场合呢?6 _. V# I2 ]: \2 I' F
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M: Not really. It's only used to describe studying for a test, usually college or high-school level. * V) K. g7 J' b( U- u$ \4 O( b0 U6 D4 H! }& l1 W. D
L: 噢,只能指大学生或中学生在考试前开夜车,临时抱佛脚。: E2 u6 o/ j& g* _' s( x; B# A) S
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M: And that's what I need to do, right now. It's getting late and I know I will have to pull an all-nighter. 9 D5 [5 V: s8 }, z5 s7 \3 q1 m$ j, z( } p/ D8 p
L: 好吧,我明天早上给你打电话。. L0 ]4 [ j6 n
; {6 \% c2 D1 y$ l9 zM: No, don't worry about me, I'm sure I will still be cramming.( a J( k e" D3 f' n& y
g+ @$ M2 N: {' M' a9 s5 UL: 哟,你还准备开夜车开到天亮呐? Ok, well, good luck!! J. e. ?' K1 ^% G3 i
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今天李华向Michael学了两个常用语,一个是:all-nighter, 意思是开夜车;另一个是:cram, 这是指中学生或大学生在考试前临时抱佛脚。 - K" d7 _/ d9 ?, @1 v/ ~
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