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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-1 12:05 编辑 # R/ m5 x/ d6 s2 R i1 o# ~
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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。$ f& j2 x2 Z$ x# @$ o0 ^4 c( ^
3 {& ]2 m0 s8 \$ D( t) PL: 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！+ p' }$ b! e+ L; C0 f% ?0 @ w
$ K* l: `5 d" R' d! s3 eM: 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 e1 j0 T/ X$ Q3 G! q6 g
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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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4 U% @2 S2 y/ L) r2 TM: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good." h* J2 V6 M2 Y; {% L
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L: 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。4 p V3 ~ e; i+ r) W; a1 a2 M
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M: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.2 V! o7 W" ]" `' t& J
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L: 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.2 W9 U* I! d- d& Y& E
5 A# a5 `- {9 T# m7 S; _1 q) KL: 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。
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M: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.7 x6 M5 |- | \' J
' b( o S T+ n! _L: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！1 O$ a+ R8 ?+ W! P7 i8 I
6 \3 Y1 b4 @. B4 _+ w/ W/ O4 n+ b(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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1 D9 q3 A1 N4 R& F( w' F* G; D3 pM: 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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: W( a7 }- e% |5 d3 l7 EM: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!9 V- h& a" u$ a8 s
' b$ K: t3 [' ]8 H; DL: 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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7 N$ P4 b+ v% n) [/ i3 }M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.
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9 H5 T; W9 v$ H* b+ G, O/ B2 YL: 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！& }6 |+ `2 m; n, ^$ z! h4 E8 R
& S0 F1 Y5 d7 ~M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.6 u8 A. H" @8 C, [+ i
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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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2 a6 H+ q- t8 J5 C, z, [' |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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2 c" O- y$ t/ K W s1 uL: 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？5 h# j3 f$ ^( z9 e
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M: Yeah, that's right.
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- E+ e5 I" S4 X. w% v6 ], {L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢？4 g# t; C) E& U( }( u
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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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" T+ X3 x2 ?+ ~5 I( |: f0 E! jM: Here we are! The White House!
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L: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。. t" p6 h5 j6 y
$ B1 C9 T$ @8 m5 b/ m. J& r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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$ l/ m' _! Z1 l4 T7 Q! {, M: M想知道是否还需继续灌水，音频的内容需要回复才可以收听。3 B8 A+ @# a& E
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