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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-10-15 09:01 编辑 ( w- Y7 v! \, W7 x
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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。1 Q+ O7 N% H  n) F8 ?: [) }

& O! D" C5 M: n5 a4 q, b6 qL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?! P" o4 b+ F" C$ Q) \" i6 J

+ r* ?2 \- z8 ?M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
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3 O8 J( q1 c( a4 m6 fL: 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?
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0 L9 I. Z- `8 e, mM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
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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?
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M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.! ]0 E4 @( w! A0 p4 s
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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。
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7 F2 y9 {/ q" }: o& mM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.
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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?% ^, j, m( L  ?$ H9 H; u

& U  R7 I/ c  U4 n! oM: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
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L: 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。5 H2 i& A- i$ U; }" c/ T

- b- z1 t. P0 m5 i; S6 J" P* G: F4 zM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....
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: ]6 @% }3 g+ A. t$ KL: 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?  n+ z2 |1 ]7 K0 B

2 R) h! A) |  L" E0 f0 B% xM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
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L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。
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+ H; k3 ~. X+ c$ f0 t) CL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!
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9 ?) r7 U" @/ Q6 _' @& N/ r5 CM: 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." i# V: I  w( G% P  T

  R& Q# p  H( w$ ?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?) @# F; q/ X' L4 x  V; j
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.3 g+ N( w; k1 H% \( A0 s; F  C5 T
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L: 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?
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; Y- F8 |( Q& G% z; \; y: j0 EM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
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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!& A+ a: d7 y$ [' y/ J

  D- T& Y. G. ?+ O3 ]5 ZM: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.8 L" b" {1 |& B+ ~% t) {

8 p3 j0 a+ l, |& [. fL: 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!9 o- V% f; C( a# b

$ t/ |4 O# c. h7 h+ Y$ y- oM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.
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# A& R/ f. m* b- w& P) C+ a; k1 C" rL: 对,找到安静的地方,还只付半价。真值得庆祝。你多吃点吧, 晚饭就别吃了。6 Y# T9 F4 T, k. b8 g& S  w

# ~! W. t- H% y4 _1 W  _2 \M: Ok. Good idea!) [( |; R' r6 y% p5 A+ b

8 }5 f# L& W! m  R5 l这俩个小年轻还在狼吞虎咽地吃三明治。今天他们在讲话中用了lucky break 和mellow这两个常用语,这是美国人在日常生活中经常用的,大家不妨也在口语中试着用用。今天的[流行美语]就到此结束, 谢谢大家,我们下次再见。
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