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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。, E p! `. F: p4 B) K5 H, W
: ]" a; o5 m* _4 a/ 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!
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) l6 Q# K& h% k; u9 P" yM: 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.0 B* {9 _8 |; Y" J& t# {: q
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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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M: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good./ s/ n/ k8 X8 \1 y, n: l( M) E
& t J/ K! H" s; ZL: 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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& X }/ U3 M% o7 }" y2 EM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.
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! q/ I+ B* y+ S$ ]5 k) {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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3 N& W3 T* r, p* [0 }) ~M: Well, I got pretty ticked off a few days ago when the professor gave me a low score on the exam.
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L: 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。! ^: _- p% U4 N1 S7 l A
: U) S$ Y% K( l6 m0 a0 FM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.- k: @- l+ s1 v7 F2 N5 A
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L: 刚才好生气,连肚子饿也忘了。走,去吃点东西吧!3 A4 `' v5 P/ ?$ `) E9 P, W% j
, r! Z, M2 e, t: o' \0 h' P- B(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)1 m* F: k4 Y% o1 `2 d1 I; E* l
( e( i9 K, ^6 G$ b/ bM: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.% V3 l) D+ M5 m+ K) D G8 ]
8 H9 ~6 n7 e. S" `, W# }2 p5 y- nL: 到白宫去?太好了,除了照片外,我还没有看到过真的白宫呢!: k' q4 q/ c! V j0 a
4 W; b7 W0 b$ {# i& mM: 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!
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6 }, b8 M) F @; k5 CM: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.7 U* E( q9 W) D8 r% S6 Y# D
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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!. `8 F, V( b" K% g
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.: S) `1 P# z( }% t
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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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7 F1 Z% O1 P! @; EL: 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?, N: e- u" W1 P- g; _- K
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L: 那close call是不是一定用在跟生命危险有关的场合呢?( O0 \/ `" k; j9 X
) @. `' Y" t3 I) x/ TM: 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.6 Y4 v% v8 }+ P" N
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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。& W* o- Y! Q$ G! O' h
2 K. v# {4 V; z6 ?7 SM: Here we are! The White House!) S5 _+ B+ J' w0 |6 Z
9 f6 ^, K. t# U5 {& cL: 太好了! 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。" Q* q( R+ I& J! I1 ~, `& t7 `
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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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1 Z7 {/ W0 Y9 h$ p- V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。* |& j; F9 ]6 U) t% b: U' F
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