! O5 e2 Z/ B4 l0 n: J5 |" }* K0 R' OM: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers. ( ]3 m& t0 o9 g Y8 u% Q( n0 v1 xL: 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? 7 ]5 w; m1 X8 y) }0 [' K5 l( W: | Y. O- U! v
M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting. & a( ^9 g+ V5 q- Z' T. r; n# o$ ~4 p# J m/ ]' w
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? + P9 _+ _$ V U! e 7 Y# k& C5 g3 {' B# G+ vM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers., C+ P( x# f9 T0 M: |* C; a
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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。1 l* ]. r, i5 ?1 ]' j8 ~( p
) L, \! n+ X% |: i: I; v+ U$ o/ FM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.* q" ?% D% T# ~; v( ^7 S
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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?9 f1 x4 k0 p9 v6 E: e0 {7 S
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M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive. 1 S+ t7 k- }7 N% S. I: |( e N) ]2 H1 a! e J
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。 / |+ U' a. H/ Z# c( \4 o; K9 _0 K4 L2 G+ ^) W. ~: G
M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... 8 [1 B, t$ d& i3 R % J. H H7 }2 ~7 ?% i! cL: 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! t" q( q2 z; q4 X5 L- j. z K) i, k4 B
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck., Y. c7 d0 A% M1 u4 y% X9 ?& f3 c) m
; r. R* |/ _# e2 y1 }L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。 ?/ R X7 x+ A$ B8 z
9 p0 g- ^# w; Y: [' Z% |! D l: v4 WM: 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. 3 @: ?" R' X2 M% K. k/ u0 F- q- _# P4 i. U
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? . Y: A) z0 v) s3 C5 T $ e' e+ z9 L; }M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing. / a7 ]1 M* X- V + W/ W- }% S, IL: 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? " ]" y3 \- D3 T( ^% K, Q * K! I2 @; b8 o R' \* S0 J% gM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.- e0 H' { l5 q6 N9 @
5 C I9 f% K& q8 kL: 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!0 `' L4 r: t$ O
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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!8 q& L3 K1 ~( C2 y% a) h
( X9 }: w+ X5 E. d2 X7 @5 zM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too. 5 O6 p( ^5 [6 U5 L \6 G6 `: Z* a+ w: q& Y+ w
L: 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。% o$ o) {, S) w7 D! C4 y