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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑 & x, K: O! S. G8 \( H
$ W& [# V5 k8 w% {/ E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。5 X/ ^" Y- a3 _" f
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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！- M3 N5 O1 m$ z8 h- {0 e# W
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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.7 L! z4 p6 L1 r& ^( e' c
4 B8 }0 l) V7 _: A" ^L: 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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; J z. }, `4 U5 P2 Q$ nM: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good.
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2 n+ H; N- {- E% iL: 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。
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2 T5 \' x) ~/ S* A+ f$ S' W2 ]M: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.4 j$ Y- B+ B9 ^) i3 l; ~
2 R, B3 ?, I+ M* Q$ b. DL: 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。8 f2 W- b) k8 n/ {7 h: G! u
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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.! u0 Q- t2 w2 ]$ {/ T
! y8 r# E- b. PL: 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。& j' u) a5 M0 v' q0 `0 i X9 j9 s
- L/ g4 t! B; c3 s* UM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.
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L: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！% I% G& V: @- D t7 [( K2 P
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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/ ], F% V- n% @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！$ o" x! s, ?) [0 Y
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M: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!
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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！7 ^. I8 t6 a6 u9 M. A {% f
* C. m. `' U7 @5 T' l3 v. lM: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.7 K: S2 l# W Y: u# a4 G$ e' z
7 f$ z: x& x4 G. e4 H6 {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！
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: y+ f! U" v4 N: j" y A% ~5 ?M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.9 [( U$ ~! _% h9 q" c6 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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M: 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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5 J: `6 A' ~: b E- gL: 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？1 @/ J! D4 R3 f" \$ i7 L% L$ B- c
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M: Yeah, that's right.
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0 {4 u- C, h- y e; |9 c8 RL: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢？! P5 p' v- z/ l/ u
' m( ]9 `. H$ ?0 pM: 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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3 \5 ~+ F) a; m0 bM: Here we are! The White House!
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5 x! n! ?% @, YL: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。# L3 w. u) l) K" p/ D1 I
0 ^" j. p3 {6 m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。4 `6 A. C, R4 x+ ]# ]- x
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