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2024.05.13 18:16
第六部 第十课: live it up , Yeah right!
- Michael 因為家裡有急事而匆匆走了．今天， Michael 的好朋友 Larry 和李华在一起谈到 Michael．李华会学到两个常用语： live it up 和 Yeah right!
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- Hey Li Hua. You look unhappy. What's up?
- Michael 原来计划下个月去中国学中文，可是他突然家裡有急事要他马上回去，所以啊他只好直接从家裡去北京了，我都没有机会跟他说再见．I hope he'll be O.K in China.
- Of course he'll be O.K.! I bet right now Michael is living it up in China.
- 哎哟，你说什麼呀！Michael 现在人已经到中国了，他当然是 living in China 啦！
- No, no, Li Hua. I said that he is "living it up in China". To "live it up" means to live a fun and extravagant lifestyle, like a rich person who is always partying and never has to work.
- 哦～， live it up 意思就是 「尽情享受生活」，就好像有钱人可以过奢侈的生活一样．唉，Michael 他是个穷学生，他哪能像有钱人那样过日子呀。
- Well, as a foreign exchange student, he doesn't have to worry about paying for tuition, or rent or food, because he's already paid for it... so in China, for just a few dollars a day, he can live it up!
- 真的啊？参加交换项目去中国留学，学费、食宿都不用自己付啊！Larry, 那你当初在北京留学的时候肯定也 lived it up 囉？
- Oh, we had fun alright. We usually didn't have a lot of homework, and didn't have to go to work, so on the weekend, we had plenty of time to live it up!
- 嗯～, 功课不多，又不用打工，这麼说，你们大老远跑到中国，说是去留学，其实啊是去过逍遥日子、尽情享受去啦？
- Hey, I didn't say we didn't study! We got to live it up while we learned Chinese.
- 哎哟，和你相比啊，我在美国的留学生活可就没那麼自在了。
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- (sound of cell phone ringing) Hello? Michael! 你好吗？哎哟，中国现在的时间是半夜了吧？还是我明天啊再给你打吧！Michael, 你学完啊一年回来的时候，你的中文啊肯定要比 Larry 强了． Sure. Have fun! Bye bye! (cell phone shuts off) Larry, Michael said to tell you "hi".
- You think Michael's going to speak Chinese better than I? Yeah Right!
- 哎，你说什麼？ Yeah Right! 从你说话的口气看，你是在说反话吧？也就是说，你根本不相信我说的话？
- You've got it. I said "yeah right" When someone says "yeah right" like this "yeah right" or this "yeah right", it means they don't believe something is true, or don't agree with something.
- 你看啊，我猜对了吧！听你的口气啊就带着讽刺的意味．怎麼啊，你觉得一年以后 Michael 的中文不会超过你啊？可是 Larry, Michael 比你更用功喔！
- Yeah, right! I lived in China for two and a half years. I'm practically fluent in Mandarin. Michael can't catch up with me in just a year.
- 什麼啊？你自以為你的中文讲得流利？Yeah right! 虽说啊你在中国待过两年半，Michael 他只有一年的时间，可是只要他用心听课，认真完成作业，他的中文啊肯定能超过你。
- You think someone can learn Chinese just by going to class and doing homework? Yeah right! I learned more spoken Chinese by living it up and hanging out with Chinese friends than I did in class.
- 嗯～，我看 Michael 他也挺喜欢交朋友的，他啊，肯定也能找到好多人练习中文会话。
- Yeah right! But he'll never catch up with me!
- Yeah, right!
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- 今天李华从 Larry 那儿学到两个常用语，一个是： live it up，表示「尽情享受生活」；另一个是： Yeah right，这是「带有嘲讽口气的反话，表示不相信对方」。
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