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2 A) m: f/ N G- e# _4 ^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。1 x- x# D% n5 q: a
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L: 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!- @; C2 P' E$ ~' {6 O8 f6 G
) O( `+ ^) M1 T ]; [: c& R" J- hM: 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.; c0 e2 P& C7 o
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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? q- s6 p% z1 j8 s' h
3 [; C! H& s. FM: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good.% ]/ H- r: @' W- E9 I
) x3 p6 V/ Z% c$ f, W$ e/ j4 h; d3 pL: 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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: f1 c o: ~: Y" M( S7 s/ RM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.# S; x+ I) I4 z% L3 q
" G+ f5 {( I; R7 t D' F% L( lL: 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.
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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。* N2 Q1 ? D+ D8 N6 l' V
5 A0 j% K2 `! U& R# T. iM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.
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L: 刚才好生气,连肚子饿也忘了。走,去吃点东西吧!' ^5 ^. F% S* h9 g
4 L: C T1 e/ t/ b8 D0 n0 c* n. W(Michael和李华吃完饭以后), J* G. |5 m7 ]. M, H; I8 y
) J3 A! s0 V- t a! {" uM: Now that we have eaten, let's walk to the White House. It's not too far from here.8 m, l/ N- g4 T8 E/ v5 _
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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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* g. ~4 B' {; CM: Watch out Li Hua! Get back!
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) _+ @* t: i7 _2 w9 aL: 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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M: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.# f0 H3 a/ q/ J0 j0 X1 p
; a9 z& A* V4 _, SL: 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!
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M: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.
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L: 对啊,那车差一点就撞上我了,这就是 close call?+ a& R( @+ {3 R6 m0 m+ s
% `2 ~/ H! ~. q5 P; uM: 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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L: 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?
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M: Yeah, that's right., G" N" y, h3 T: q- [
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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?
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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." P u/ ^$ E+ a! S4 J
2 c5 f* N' }" i5 w2 XL: 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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3 M$ D2 P" C1 O' o) lM: Here we are! The White House!
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" J0 Y+ L- f5 ?L: 太好了! 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。! @/ F7 Y( d0 x. X
) T% n1 v3 B4 P# ~/ o- J$ P& V3 U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。- [" e8 ^0 G- j0 }; ~6 z9 S
- W; m( i( S) H4 u) 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。& _# {! c: S+ m& v& \- \. O
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