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: M b# [2 r: |, W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。
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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！
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M: 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.
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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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/ j6 I- p; B7 D) c4 KM: Yes, Ticked off means to get angry or annoyed at something. Getting angry at the drivers will not do you any good.
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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。- o+ X/ ~6 s9 K, q" U; s5 [/ ]4 I
8 z1 k; F, ^1 x' XM: Yeah, like when your boyfriend broke up with you right before we started classes.
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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.7 R1 |8 e; i. w* O" }2 ~ R
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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。- l. \- {( e6 J
/ N# {/ B; _* ?; I8 s$ WM: Hey, are you hungry? We haven't eaten in a while.% r4 R$ S# j% f; ~9 f
1 P5 k5 u* N) q1 F1 n( yL: 刚才好生气，连肚子饿也忘了。走，去吃点东西吧！: g. e& W' ^0 g5 p+ ^% }6 J
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) l5 I# Z+ w4 H; r
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M: 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！6 n6 }% s( D" i6 a
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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！. \# Z+ c9 G$ M' H% d
( Z8 G. R3 [4 {4 u4 vM: Oh, my god! Are you okay? Geez, that was really a close call.$ c& M* D0 w; B! E! e# Y( z$ _
, q2 F4 f2 O- k$ rL: 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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+ p0 ~9 R) R( E# m, G2 sM: No, that's not what I meant by close call. I meant that the car nearly hit you.6 O! V2 K; E5 p" [
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L: 对啊，那车差一点就撞上我了，这就是 close call？) o5 H+ z0 u1 z |1 P8 J
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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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# R+ Z, D5 Q9 B4 G9 f4 [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？; |" O( ~6 d; I; |. n
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M: Yeah, that's right.
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* j' E. o7 @2 `* P, S; LL: 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.% k* w- Z1 C" u: }$ {" Y0 P
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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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M: Here we are! The White House!* F, \$ v, ]2 u$ _3 G
& s; ]( k# |: N( @* F, UL: 太好了！ 白宫到了, 那我们赶快走把。/ P7 _; I: x. `) e
3 G9 G/ w' a# 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。0 @) C; z0 |4 z$ v. j
+ w, b+ S9 h o5 b* L+ P; h/ l8 t+ @# q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。8 ^7 A$ p( _* U7 U) D; l
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