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Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

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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。- a2 o/ a- K5 u+ {! U: ^4 u0 b

: ?, v% u! d( L5 yL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了,Michael,你考得好吗?5 E+ V2 b; P  E
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M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.5 l" N  O( J) `2 e6 W+ h1 C" V7 S

6 s2 a5 p3 {7 P) w" `6 V& ]6 E9 n7 jL: 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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/ K* D8 c1 r" ?6 w, p& r2 yM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
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7 t' F6 \+ E' ~$ i7 ?6 q: n9 LL: 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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0 ]4 }( }4 q. tM: 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。
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M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.
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5 ~+ F4 Z, G( {; OL: 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?
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M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.1 C$ J: r" E+ c2 d

$ m6 k9 _  H! o5 e9 X# m% }; \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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M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....% G1 {' M: o* I5 F( ?. ~9 I) o

" \4 ?4 ?, F5 ]4 [+ C! r8 sL: 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?
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M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.1 x; D5 e: r+ {+ L# y0 K

  c2 J/ ~& N& fL: 好呀, 去吃午饭,庆祝我们的好运气。7 ^# S1 [- N& N' D! q, s
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(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)) v! O# ]% D4 _3 W* e4 Q2 s

2 t; ?7 F5 `* ~9 U" f( H/ N* W, jL: 啊呀,这个地方太闹了!
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M: 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., y5 @* ^! T. G$ ?# M. Z. p7 k
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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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M: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.+ [) W5 n; r. u3 O9 m8 |
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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?8 l' I; b6 Y' ]7 p0 ]5 C
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M: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
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L: 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!1 J8 h3 ]% o. \0 l" t

- {8 X( z8 I8 \9 B2 B3 Q0 j* U  y. DM: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.  }. [0 e% F1 J/ }8 c
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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!2 F" W+ o# I4 {# ]

  g9 r" }$ g2 E4 O& @- t' LM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.
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! x5 e4 U& H2 K) F) `7 wL: 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。) y  n, N6 P" x& z3 ?+ S4 b
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M: Ok. Good idea!
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! w4 w7 X- }# v$ _! L) A. o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。
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