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2024.10.12 07:57
第二部 第三課: lucky break , mellow
- 他們倆剛上完課,現在正在從課堂裡走出來.今天李華會學到兩個常用語: lucky break 和 mellow。
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- 哎,今天教授把考卷發回來給我們了,Michael,你考得好嗎?
- I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
- 啊~?你考得比你預期的好,那太好了.哎?不過,你說什麼又是 lucky 又是 break 的? Lucky 不是說好運氣嗎?那, Break 是休息啊,對不對?
- Lucky, l-u-c-k-y, and break, b-r-e-a-k, Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
- 哦~, lucky 和 break 這兩個詞放在一起,它的意思就是沒有預料到的好運氣.哎, Michael 啊,你剛才那句話是怎麼說的呢?
- I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
- 啊~,我懂了.你是說啊,你沒有想到運氣會那麼好,大多數考題的答案啊,你剛好都知道。
- Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.
- 喝!,我當然懂啦,你還想考考我吶?哎,那天吶,我開車開的飛快,警察讓我把車停下來.哎,可是他只給了我一個警告,而沒有給我罰單,我可沒想到會有這種好運氣.那~,這可以說是一個 lucky break 吧?
- That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
- 嘻嘻嘻,你說警察因為看我漂亮才不給我開票?哎喲,你別開玩笑了!哎,不過呀,那一次可真是運氣,否則啊至少要罰我五十美元吶.嗯,讓我想想我還有什麼例子可以用 lucky break 這個說法的。
- Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....
- 對對對,教授要我們在兩天後交報告, Michael,你還沒有開始動手吧!哎,幸好教授啊推遲了限期,讓我們下個星期一交.這對你來啊也是個 lucky break 吧?
- Yeah, let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
- 好呀, 去吃午飯,慶祝我們的好運氣。
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- 哎呀,這個地方太鬧了!
- 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.
- 對啊,在這裡講話什麼都聽不到,到別的地方去吧.哎, Michael 啊,你剛才講什麼 more mellow 啊?
- I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing. Mellow, m-e-l-l-o-w.
- 哦~, more mellow 的意思就是說比較平靜、比較放鬆.那也就是說到一個比較不鬧的地方去,對不對?
- Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
- 哦~, Mellow 也可以用來形容一個人吶,那~,今天我們的教授很平靜,我可不可以說: She was mellow today!
- Yeah, hey, let's go the cafe near the library.
- 太好了,這個地方啊很安靜.哎,我們來看看菜單吧.哎喲,你看,再過五分鐘就開始減價了哎,三明治今天要半價.我們的運氣可真好呢!
- Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.
- 對啊,我們找到了安靜的地方,還只付半價。真是值得慶祝呢.哎, Michael,你多吃點吧, 晚飯啊就可以不用吃了。
- Ok. Good idea!
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- 今天他們在講話中用了 lucky break 和 mellow 這兩個常用語,這是美國人常用的,你們不妨也在口語中試著用用。