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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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' M# ?0 s( r6 S7 y$ z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。
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L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?5 k' [. P2 D# d% [: w0 p' `$ M
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M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
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+ v4 I; ^( g; n' bL: 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?
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" R+ H8 k% e5 W0 k5 D9 ]M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
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/ u0 b! S4 G% y# ]1 ~, z! t$ FL: 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?
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M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
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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。" D" H, f2 w- u8 h4 N
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.# u' `) v% K7 Q% O" C# u* w+ \

1 p% o6 c0 F7 |: n3 vL: 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?* n' l  U0 ?, A, |, Q
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M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
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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。
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8 l. i! {: k. k% W1 oM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....
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; |3 g4 `* D% q& X9 w- k- CL: 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?- r0 r4 B4 \- Y- T% q: p, s
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M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
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5 q3 s, `( f5 ~. d* \, g; IL: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。
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# q+ K! o3 m, J4 b" N1 Y/ b(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)3 l+ Y6 a9 [# [2 a$ E4 W/ H5 B
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L: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!. D" `7 v( k, j- Y' U% ]* [

7 N% H9 ?0 u3 |4 sM: 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.
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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?
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7 V5 y7 C) B# j* B, \5 O: bM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.3 ^$ O  S/ E( D$ h' U2 y
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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?
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
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8 r9 h* I! P/ W7 AL: 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!
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. V0 b, s. E4 h' W7 |( RM: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.
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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!4 P$ v) p& O& J7 Z1 Q* J2 d! O/ V( S- x

: \) R+ P+ b; n$ e( bM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.
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) Y- T' Q0 Z1 X; XL: 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。) o% G4 I0 G: [9 b( a

9 O4 O) a9 i  x5 ^" D# MM: Ok. Good idea!
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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。! s# c4 O% p+ j& E0 W/ M! a- i7 ]& y
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