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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑 + J( z5 i' ]6 ~9 C
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在纽约上大学的Michael和李华今天在华盛顿参观名胜古迹。他们在对话里会用到两个常用语:ticked off ,另一个是close。
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L: Michael, 大家都说纽约人开车不守规矩,我看华盛顿的人也好不了多少。刚才那辆车差一点撞到我!5 I# t. M. t1 g5 o# Q; S% g
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M: Yeah, I saw that. Crossing the streets in New York and Washington is dangerous. But getting ticked off about it won't do you any good.
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) k9 |5 w$ ?* ^6 LL: 对,在纽约和华盛顿穿马路是很危险。你说什么对我没好处? Ticked off?
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M: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good.; i' o: K: s, G& V* N+ E6 m7 Y- E
8 }* T3 d+ G) Q3 b" L) q5 RL: 噢,ticked off的意思是为什么事情生气。你刚才说的是我对开车的人生气没有什么好处。看来让我ticked off的事还挺多。; ~& j9 i, x Y3 t0 l
' i+ d' Q1 m3 q! WM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.8 v; a8 |, p# v4 E4 ^
$ {2 @- S- z7 a6 OL: 你还提醒我这事!我以前那男朋友刚开学就跟我分手,当时我真的非常生气。不过,Michael,我觉得你也很爱生气。
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M: Well, I got pretty ticked off a few days ago when the professor gave me a low score on the exam.
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% z5 f6 H& U- X7 v$ `# sL: 对,和你同班的中国同学王光告诉我你那天非常生气,因为那个教授给你的考试判分判得很低。Ticked off这个说法很好,以前我就知道用angry这个字。5 d7 e% L9 _4 k2 q [( h; n) y$ M
; G( f1 B1 D3 i, @M: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.
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2 M1 D2 h. W) B+ q& BL: 刚才好生气,连肚子饿也忘了。走,去吃点东西吧!& u- J+ x( D1 \/ }' W
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M: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.
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L: 到白宫去?太好了,除了照片外,我还没有看到过真的白宫呢!
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& i S0 u5 a9 \6 \" { H. K1 YM: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!1 O$ {4 q1 i5 s2 F8 u2 ?# h
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L: 哟!我的天哪!我的天哪!真吓死我了!我以为这下我可完了!
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# M c7 w8 Q+ N' ^3 s, f' B& J* aM: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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L: Michael, 我都差一点被车撞了, 而你还在说什么close call,这跟打电话根本没有关系!0 G: |2 f; h/ c- D4 q
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.1 I( f8 L& ? @7 G
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L: 对啊,那车差一点就撞上我了,这就是 close call?
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6 k' D6 T; R7 y( [. D1 Q- L; mM: Actually, Li Hua, close call means that you narrowly avoided danger. Something bad could have happened to you, but you narrowly avoided a bad situation.
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L: 原来close call就是说,差一点发生倒霉的事,我算是逃避了这倒霉事。我可以说,今天我差一点没被汽车撞了。对不对?! z1 C* R6 }/ e! }( Y& D
- Z! ~1 @* D- e: F% _- pM: Yeah, that's right.
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L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢?
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M: Not really. Let me give you another example. The paper you and I turned in this week was almost late. That was also a close call.
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L: 对,那个教授让我们在星期二前把学术报告交给他,我们是星期一晚上去交的,差一点就过了限期,这也可以说是close call。 下回我可再也不敢这么做了。
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M: Here we are! The White House!2 n. ]0 V' W1 v8 C2 r
5 U* l. g& O6 q# VL: 太好了! 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。8 f: N. B9 \8 F: V, ~) F
9 D% r% l" `7 z3 p; Y1 E9 H今天 Michael 和李华在对话中用的一个常用语是ticked off, 意思是为了什么事情生气; 另一个是close call,意思是差一点没发生倒霉的事,或是差一点完不成该做的事。 [流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次再见。
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