大家到现在都认识Michael这个美国学生了,他不断在学中文,他很喜欢听他的中国同学李华讲中文。李华呢,在和Michael接触中也学了不少英文。现在他们俩刚上完课,正从课堂里走出来。今天李华会学到两个常用语:lucky break和mellow。6 w& U# Q" O, o4 D
L:今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?
/ j. ~4 {! S3 u. s0 O$ ~ M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
6 s% T; [: W2 O& d9 W$ ]# W L: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?6 V+ H' e2 H$ D% ]6 c w1 @) P" n
M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.- a* q! W8 m; Q9 k( |7 ~) H V; x
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?
6 x+ }# r- D' k1 O3 Y6 ]4 f- g( B M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.+ K( Z+ t& F+ D9 o5 t2 S6 a1 a
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。5 Z9 j7 G; ]" [ O( J+ l
M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.1 U# \/ `/ G3 D4 M4 I6 N
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?! m* A4 w# W0 t' D: K. _
M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
4 b, ^3 u7 J2 s- d% g r 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。, ]" X1 z; t% V. [+ m
M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I...
( x5 c. e' r' }6 t5 | m 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?6 C$ o+ o1 y; G
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
- v: c" V \6 A4 \1 L* G L:好呀,去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。8 o4 h5 [8 }" l1 X: C5 D, O# p) h/ c
(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)# k9 X; w8 q2 S/ m8 t7 g
L:啊呀,这个地方太闹了!
( Z9 H: g, j I9 C( U M: 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., b( K' {, Z% r; Q, I; x2 F
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?! b2 {2 i; _0 Y5 a* q0 q
M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.# q, O8 e; ^1 t/ M$ l' c3 W
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?7 k& \1 D0 \5 w8 E; H
M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
, C* A/ c) V: O5 l: S6 [ 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!
% m. e; k$ E" v9 _- ]3 l9 L% e$ r M: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.
5 u( K" G. ]$ N) \ 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!
c- {* d% Z% q+ t M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.
( _' ^' q" c# @% n0 W' ]0 u 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。
8 _/ m( w; @) q& Q M: Ok. Good idea!
- `8 a' `5 d. ` 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。 |