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2024.05.22 06:05
第五部 第十五课: beats me , to be in a bind
- 李华今天在紧张地準备歷史课的考试．她在和 Michael 的谈话中会学到两个常用语： beats me 和 to be in a bind.
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- Hey, Li Hua. What are you doing?
- 我在準备歷史课的考试啊．哎，Michael, 你知道美国总统罗斯福和史大林第一次见面是什麼时候啊？
- Huh, Beats me. I don't know much about that period of history.
- 哎哟，你不知道我也不会打你呀，你為什麼要说 Beats me? Beat 不就是打人的意思吗？
- No, I don't mean you would beat me. The expression "beats me" means that I have no idea what the answer is.
- 哦，在这裡， beat 不是打人的意思啊！ Beats me 就是我不知道！
- Right. If I ask you a question like how many miles away the sun is, you might say, "I don't know - beats me."
- 这你倒是说对了，我还真不知道地球和太阳之间距离多少英哩呢． Beats me! 疑？你知道尼加拉瓜的第五任总统是谁吗？
- Okay, that really beats me. You don't really need to know the answer to that question for your history test, do you?
- 嘿嘿，傻瓜，我当然不需要知道这个答案，我是在跟你开玩笑的啦．我学的歷史是二次大战期间的美国和欧洲，和尼加拉瓜啊根本就没关係。
- Okay. By the way, what time is your history exam?
- 哦～？ beats me! 我把考试的日程忘在同学家裡了！
- You left the schedule at your classmate's home? What's wrong with you?
- Beats me! 我也不知道我怎麼会忘在他家裡的．不过啊，没关係，我还有足够时间来準备。
- You had better go and check the exam time. If the exam is tomorrow, you're really going to be in trouble.
- 行行行，我去查，要是啊明天就考试的话，那我可真是麻烦了。
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- Hey, Li Hua, did you find someone to help you with that history question?
- 哼，没有人知道罗斯福和史大林第一次见面是什麼时候．我也找不到这方面的材料．而且，考试是星期二，不是星期叁．我这一下可真麻烦了。
- Wow, it sounds like you're really in a bind.
- 啊？你说什麼啊？我在什麼东西裡？什麼是 a bind？
- To be in a bind, means that you are in a very difficult situation. Your exam is tomorrow and you can't find the material you need to study. Therefore, you are in a bind.
- 哦～， to be in a bind 就是处境很难．唉哦，我真是处境艰难啊． Michael ，我这次考试啊可能要不及格了．你能不能帮我摆脱这个困境呢？也就是 to get out of this bind I'm in.
- Of course, I'm always willing to help a friend out of a bind. You can study your notes, and I can look up any questions you have in your text book. Will that help?
- 嗯！我复习我的笔记，然后你帮我查课文裡的问题．这是个好主意哎，这样啊我可以省好多时间喔．Michael, 谢谢你，谢谢你．哎，还有什麼情况下我们可以用 to be in a bind?
- Well, if I have to pay my rent, but I don't have any money, then I'm in a bind.
- 喔喔，你付房租的时候到了，可是你又没有钱，那可真是 in a bind ．疑？我也来举个例子，要是我在找工作，有个公司要和我面谈，可是啊我早就和朋友约好那天要一块儿吃饭，我可以说： I'm in a bind 吗？
- Yes, you would be in a bind. But you're going to be in an even worse bind if we don't start studying for your exam soon.
- 哎，你说得对，要是我们再不动手开始準备考试的话，那我就会处境更困难了-- in an even worse bind ．好吧，那赶快唸书吧！ I don't want to be in a bind anymore!
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- 今天李华学到了一个用得非常普遍的说法： beats me，意思是「不知道」．李华还学到了另一个常用语： to be in a bind，意思是「处境困难」。
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