流行美语口语 Lesson 30 - play hooky & to snap

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Michael这个美国学生由于各方面的压力太大而情绪不太好。今天他想去找李华一起出去放松放松。现在他正在敲李华的门。Michael会教李华两个常用语：to play hooky和to snap。
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1 o: \: q1 C+ Q& L9 A, o3 T) CL：Michael，你在这儿干什么？你不是有课吗？

6 X. f+ p" I' W+ I1 q6 fM：Yes, I'm supposed to be in class right now. But I didn't read the assignment for class today, and I just didn't feel like going, so I decided to play hooky.

+ G2 O% K& u% JL：你真够呛，没看今天上课的材料就不想去上课，还想在家玩什么游戏！什么是hooky呀？
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M：No, to play hooky means to skip class.
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L：噢，原来to play hooky是指逃学，旷课。我还以为是玩什么游戏呢！Michael, 你要进来坐会儿吗？
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8 @! Y: S. B6 ~: N/ B& k# J  ]M：Actually, I was going to the student center to hang out and have lunch. I was wondering if you would like to come with me.
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L：你要到学生中心那儿去看看，然后再吃午饭呀？我跟你一起去，我本来就要去吃午饭。不过，我只有一个小时的时间，下午我得去工作。
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* {/ v' {- Q7 W* c) L$ {" VM：It seems like you have been working a lot lately. I have an idea! Why don't you call in to work and tell them you're sick! You can also play hooky from work.

L：我最近工作是很忙。Michael，你的意思是让我打电话给工作的地方说我生病，这样就可以不去上班？这也可以说是to play hooky?
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M：Yes, you can play hooky from school or from work.

L：你可真能出馊主意！自己逃学还不算，还要我装病不去工作。不行，我工作的地方星期一总是很忙的，而且上星期我真的生病，请了两天假。I don't want to play hooky from work. 我说得对不对，Michael？

! P3 {# y! y: u" F& c  a6 sM：Yes, very good. I guess you'd better go to work then. It's too bad I can't spend more time with you. Well, if you have only one hour for lunch, we'd better hurry.
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& f! D& q+ k- L7 i( WL：别着急，一个小时来得及。等我拿件大衣。
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. ]3 f# x* i7 d, w( uL：Michael, 你很幸运，没有象我那么多的压力。我得自己赚钱付学费，还要养活自己。你可以随便play hooky, 我可不行。

& z; r2 a" i! L" B' m' XM：Hey, I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard. Do you think I don't feel any pressure to get good grades? If I don't do well, I won't get a good job later on.

! g4 j' Q( z1 F, P6 f  O- i& ^L：哟，哪儿来那么大的火气呀！我知道你不是经常逃学，你学习很努力，争取得到好分数，将来找一份好工作。你不用发那么大的脾气嘛！
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M：I'm sorry, Li Hua. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed. That's part of the reason why I didn't go to class today.
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L：没关系，我知道你最近压力很大。你说 "I didn't mean to snap at you", 那是什么意思呀？是不是指你很生气地跟我说话？

- h+ ?2 f$ y. B" Z3 fM：Yeah, to snap, s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way.

+ M+ I- [$ Q: G4 ]L：to snap at someone 就是对某人大声嚷嚷，或者很生气地和某人说话。Michael，你一般不对人那么讲话的。我想可能是你最近压力太大了。

M：Yeah, but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.
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L：我是没有让你生气的意思。没关系，每个人都有情绪不好的时候嘛！Michael，我以前好象听到别人用过to snap at someone，可不太清楚它的意思。有一次，一个小孩说他打破了什么东西。。。

M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.
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L：对，他是说他妈妈骂他因为他打破了一个花瓶。可是，Michael，这里的snap是过去时，那该怎么拼呢？
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. N* g9 i# R  l7 t5 K3 y+ ZM：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say, "I snapped at you but I apologized."
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) l* R2 T  W2 H) S6 j; v! q  pL：得了，不用道歉了。啊呀，不好了，时间到了，我得去上班了。See you later, Michael!

M：Bye, Li Hua!

今天李华又从Michael那儿学到两个常用语，to play hooky就是逃学，或者装病不去上班；to snap就是对某人嚷嚷，很生气地对某人说话。这次<流行美语>播送完了，下次节目再见。

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annieyang

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UncleSam

now i really need to learn how to control my emotions and not snap at others. thanks for sharing.

xiaoice

I didn't paly hooky today.