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2024.05.16 00:21
第六部 第十一课: hang in there , to be stressed out
- 今天 Larry 到李华的宿舍去串门儿，李华会学到两个常用语： hang in there 和 to be stressed out。
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- Li Hua, you look exhausted. Is everything OK?
- 哎哟～， Larry, 我得在星期五以前赶出两篇论文，星期五啊还有一门课要大考，你说我能不累吗？ I AM exhausted!
- Hang in there, Li Hua! After Friday it will be all over, and then you can relax.
- Hang in there? 那是什麼意思啊？
- Hang in there just means "to keep enduring" or "to persist through a difficult situation."
- 哦～， hang in there 的意思就是，在困难的情况下再忍一忍，或者啊坚持下去． Hang in there – 嗯～，这个说法很有意思哎．疑？不过 Larry, hang 这个词本意不是 「悬掛」 吗？
- That's right, but "hang in there" can also mean "to stay the same" or "to not give up".
- 哦～，我明白了， hang in there 就是要 「坚持下去，不要放弃」 的意思。
- Exactly! Remember last semester when you had two tests and a term paper due the same week, you hung in there and even managed to get good grades. When things get tough, you just have to hang in there.
- 哎～，我当然记得上学期那个礼拜啊，一个星期裡，我有两门课要考试，还要交一篇学期论文．我当时咬紧牙关坚持学习，结果啊还得了好分数．所以你说，这就是 hang in there 的意思吧？
- You're right! Let me give you another example. If someone is having an emergency and calls the 9-1-1 emergency hotline, the operator might say, "Hang in there, an ambulance will be there in a few minutes".
- 哦～，你说要是遇到紧急情况，打 911 电话，接线员可能会说，Hang in there! 也就是说：「别着急，坚持一下，救护车马上就到」 的意思。
- So, just hang in there, Li Hua. You'll finish the papers before Friday and get good grades for the test too!
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- 嗨，Larry, 我刚刚考试考完啦．现在好了，我可以轻鬆一下了。
- Well, I'm glad to see you so happy now that your test is over and those papers are done. You were really stressed out last week!
- 哎，就是啊，我啊现在好高兴喔．疑？可是，你刚说我上星期怎麼了啊？Stressed out ？
- I said you were "stressed out". Stressed out means that you were under so much stress and pressure that you barely made it.
- 哦～， stressed out 意思就是 「压力太大，几乎承受不了」． 嗯～， 这话一点没错，我上个星期啊，还真是有点顶不住了．疑？ Larry, 你倒是好像不太容易 stressed out 哦？
- That's because I know that to be stressed out usually makes things worse. I find that I do better on a test when I'm not stressed out about it.
- 嗯～，我啊也有这种感觉哎，你愈是感到压力大，愈会坏事．在这种情况下，考试啊都是考不好的。
- Last week, you appeared a little bit impatient, but I understand it's because you were really stressed out about your papers. So I encouraged you to HANG IN THERE.
- 我上星期显得很烦躁呀？我自己还没有察觉呢．Larry, 我啊要是对你显得不耐烦，对不起哟！下次再遇到压力很大的时候，也就是我 stressed out 的时候，我一定会记住，要坚持下去，要 hang in there.
- Oh, don't worry about it. The last thing I want is for you to stress out about making me upset. By the way, did you call Michael last night?
- 对啊，我打了．他说啊他还不太习惯那儿的生活．我让他 hang in there! Try not to be stressed out. 他啊还让我向你问好呢！
- That's nice!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，一个是： hang in there，表示「坚持下去、不要放弃」．另一个是： to be stressed out，意思是「压力太大」。
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