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$ f) H0 s+ m- t {2 p, 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? 5 A( X5 O# O' }6 X0 N6 D" E! M% _7 Z% }7 N( P {
M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.7 c: D8 f @ S4 w
- y7 ~) ~4 J \ E" W) I: OL: 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? : @9 V$ |: p& i- O1 b* K % T( Z0 n3 f$ ~M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.* A9 [: @7 Z' g% r
" N& U; e% b. w* G5 U. @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 m- r: J- u% i \1 u' T' _
4 @* z+ R) `. w/ ]8 n( fM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.7 H6 G5 {2 p; p+ [1 M& B, R% M% P
$ [+ e, O) ]9 {M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive. / \: }) b9 w f! P. p0 N6 r 0 y/ S2 O! @1 _1 C( KL: 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。# A) }" y9 L* s: H8 ]2 n" n
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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? % D# K7 S2 f; w* i0 I# R) s . u! f2 `0 t- BM: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck. U6 {+ |# D( [7 T+ }" o
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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?! {) Q, C9 k- ~7 E, D o, G9 |
1 N* L/ i; u5 G) v2 K GM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing." A9 {0 }5 ~1 p' t! Z% I O% p
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too. : a% d8 P- d" z1 t: k & ^/ L. ]/ l$ v, M$ W( a4 Q# f$ K# IL: 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! ) |* r1 k. X7 v7 ?, Q+ `$ k 6 A6 t, O) X+ t' m& CM: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library. $ z( N, L% q1 i% ^/ \ - a1 P' }- [- H) vL: 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! 8 f5 b- g& Q- y$ M& c' I8 F0 u5 u+ [- U. q8 h$ D
M: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.2 d# e- x4 o2 D. _1 d
9 x2 n9 y9 q8 P$ [+ @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。( g0 }$ C/ P; g6 N" H8 C- ]
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M: Ok. Good idea! ! t. }: E2 ~4 \6 q- Z& f) C ) H$ M7 ^; b& b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。% x, _) a: P- p6 G) I @
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