- E5 V0 o+ }- i9 [7 p) d. V( v4 ]L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?) D+ O/ a( y$ H
2 \0 H3 z. K6 R9 eM: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.& W G* e2 M" L" z- |7 S9 Y
( y# U# l4 ]; ?0 O; zL: 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?& n! b5 c# y# F0 D
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M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.- I) f# I9 V" {4 c$ M
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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? 3 V4 X$ f! s L. b) G' E! X% Y7 U0 e& A0 g+ I* v7 L" q
M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.. e7 K5 q' _) c% ?3 L$ S9 k
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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。+ H9 H+ Q- v' P4 z- X0 L8 @* i
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.8 t! S( P* J5 t9 w# O
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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? ! V2 Y4 N7 I8 k4 Y: s( x0 @; r* n: V
M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.( p6 b2 ^' D3 a* {3 H7 E& ^
o. Z3 D; E h2 n g0 @M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... 9 U# @, o( m( V$ b# k2 E5 Y3 j: T" `" N
L: 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?; S0 z1 w' f$ `9 d- {) ^
9 Q+ e) @" \& }' sM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.0 y4 H! I2 f z$ P, m6 p2 t
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L: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。 % g8 O& w9 ]! F, V7 s( X) B3 i, I( k
(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方) ( Y8 v* s( l5 R% T# w0 ~5 s* t " n0 i @4 |! K: Q- K6 i# W1 CL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了! . ?9 A; v7 o/ {. w; L6 O ; r; j. b1 f, x6 L/ j$ [/ Q1 z: U1 X) jM: 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. . S6 ^# i( U7 ]! u9 r% H7 b) J( i0 F9 u! H7 c) \/ H
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?: `& q" v. w* g! O0 ^
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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.' ^; c4 S/ j( |1 e
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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? 2 P4 @+ [* X3 y; v, h/ T: o7 \- g$ t4 b; S# s# }
M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.+ W4 k4 o0 o0 W% \( e. x
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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! 8 y" Y; G4 }6 r3 p* {2 p8 z 8 V! p8 T3 p% i- \# s/ j9 \- \M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library. ], e6 w7 s9 g. W+ N# i
8 _2 a3 k& D) o8 \( }/ P0 sL: 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 R) w8 F9 D. G4 t" Q- x8 W( N- I! ]/ r4 m4 M5 t
M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.2 t. Y8 n' b0 ~% O F! V
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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。$ ]+ v+ J8 o. S7 K1 H8 d2 V( L
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% C+ m! i2 S& e; O2 `: Q1 ~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。 2 `3 r" S. R3 @2 T9 k ) ]7 r8 |: ^, S5 p& X& Yhttp://njtelecom.unsv.com/archiv ... 8caa3}/lesson18.ram" l* }# M& N7 y, E