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流行美语 第 73 课
李华正在开车和Michael 一起去学校。今天李华会学到两个常用语:to be on .mp3ck
和to get the hang of something。
L: 哟,我的天啊,我车后面的一个轮胎爆了!Michael, 一个轮胎爆了还能开一段
路,对不对?
M: Li Hua!? Are you on .mp3ck? You can't drive with a flat tire, you'll ruin your car, and
probably get in a wreck!
L: 哎哟,我也不想弄坏我的车,也不想出车祸。不过,你刚才问我Are you on
.mp3ck?这是什么意思啊? .mp3ck 这不是一种毒品吗?on .mp3ck 不就是吸毒吗?
M: Yes, ".mp3ck" -- as in ".mp3ck cocaine". "To be on .mp3ck" means to be high on cocaine.
Of course, when I say, "Are you on .mp3ck?" I really mean -- "Are you .mp3zy"?
L: 等等,这得弄清楚。你的意思是,to be on .mp3ck 可以指吸毒,但是你刚才对我
说的不是这个意思。你是说:我要在一个轮胎破了的情况下继续开车,简直是疯
啦!哎,你可得解释清楚了,我从来不吸毒的!
M: Calm down, Li Hua. People use this p.mp3se all the time. I was just alamp3ed that you
would try to drive your car with a flat tire. You'd have to be on .mp3ck to do something
.mp3zy like that.
L: 噢,我懂了,你的意思是:我准是吸了毒才会想干这种傻事 -- 轮胎破了还想
继续开车。Michael, 我们把轮胎换了吧。现在还来得及。
(sound of trunk opening, tools.mp3ttling, sound of car jack, etc.)
L: 说到发疯,我认为George Wilkins 才真是疯了呢。我听说他要到阿富汗一个村
庄去给他的论文做实地调查。
M: He's going to be .mp3veling in Afghanistan! Is he on .mp3ck? Can you imagine how
dangerous that place must be right now?
L: 我也觉得真是太危险了。不过他想要当国际水平的人类学家。那他就得做出牺
牲啦!
M: Yeah, well that Ph.D. won't be much good to him if he gets shot. I still think anyone
who chooses to go to Afghanistan right now is on .mp3ck.... it's just .mp3zy!
L: 就是,要在阿富汗给打死的话,什么博士学位都没用了。行了,轮胎装好了,
我们快走吧!
(sound of trunk closing)
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L: (Horn honking) 噢,应该让他先走。我开车的技术实在太差了。老是犯这种错
误。
M: Don't worry Li Hua, you're not a terrible driver! You haven't been driving for very
long. You'll get the hang of it, eventually.
L: 你说我最后会什么?Get the hang of it?
M: I said you will "get the hang of it". "To get the hang of something" means to
become proficient at something through .mp3ctice.
L: 噢,to-get-the-hang-of-it 就是多练习,多实践,一些事情就会做得更好。这不
就是中文里说的"熟能生巧"吗?但愿你说得对,我多开车,技术就会改进喽!
M: I know I'm right! Remember when you first started school, you had trouble with
your writing assignments? I think you've gotten the hang of writing English essays now,
right?
L: 就是哎,我刚来美国的时候不会写学术报告。现在是好多了。
M: You've been living in the U.S. for some time now. You must have gotten the hang of
a lot of new skills?
L: 嗯,我在美国已经三年了,是学到不少东西。
M: And you've gotten the hang of teaching, haven't you? Your students seem to like
you.
L: 对呀,我在教中文方面也比较熟悉了。I've got the hang of teaching Chinese, 对
不对?
M: Absolutely!
今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是:to be on .mp3ck, 这可以指"吸毒",但是也可
以指:"你疯啦!"。李华学到的另外一个常用语是:to get a hang of something, 意
思是通过练习,熟能生巧。
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