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2025.12.22 07:55
第叁部 第十四课: a big deal , give it a shot
- 今天李华和 Michael 二个人一起开车到市中心，他们想要找个停车位。在他们二个人的对话中，李华会学到两个常用语：一个是：a big deal，另一个是：give it a shot。
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- Oh, Man, I hate trying to park in this city! There are never any spaces. Hey look! There's one!
- 啊！我看到了那个位子，嗯，可是， Michael, 我不知道我该不该停那儿哎。我的停车技术很差，我怕出差错把车给撞了。
- Ah! Don't worry about it! You have to learn this sooner or later. Give it a shot!
- 你说什麼？Give what? 你要我把车怎麼啦？
- I said give it a shot, that means try or give it a try. We say give a shot when we ask someone to try something they are not sure they can do.
- 哦～，疑？你用的字 shot, s-h-o-t. 是不是就像开枪射击的那个 shot 啊？
- That's right. For instance, when you are taking a test, and you are not sure of the answer to a question, you still have to give it a shot and try to guess the correct answer.
- 哦～，give it a shot 原来指的就是尽量试试，即使你没有多大的信心。
- That's right. Now you try and use this phrase. Go ahead, give it a shot!
- 嗯～，如果说你想要申请一个很好的工作，可是又怕自己得不到，那你就可以说：Give it a shot! 反正你也不会有什麼损失的喔。
- You've got it.
- 那～，还有没有其它场合可以用 shot 这个字呢？
- Well, we might also say give it your best shot.
- 哦～，所以我们也可以说 「give it your best shot」，意思呢就是全力以赴去试一下。
- That's right. Now you'd better move your car into that space. We shouldn't sit here in the middle of the road. Go ahead and park, give it a shot!
- 好，那我就试试看囉。
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- 哎哦，我的天啊， Michael，我撞到哪儿啦？
- Ha, Don't worry Li Hua, it's not a big deal. The bumper just hit the parking meter.
- 你说什麼大不大的呀？不管撞倒哪儿都不得了啊。
- No, no, I said it's not a big deal. That means it's not very serious.
- 哦～，那， big deal 这是哪两个字啊，怎麼拼呢?
- Big, b-i-g; Deal, d-e-a-l. If something is a big deal it is very serious, or very important to someone.
- 呀～，我明白了，当我撞上停车计时表的时候，你说 it's not a big deal，你的意思就是没什麼大不了的，我没有造成太大的损害，对不对？
- Yeah, at least I don't think you did. Maybe you scratched the bumper or the parking meter. You didn't really damage the car or meter, so it's not a big deal.
- 原来如此，唉，但愿你说的对。哎，还有，要是不用 not 这个字可不可以啊？
- Sure you can, for instance, it was a big deal for me when I turned 16 and got a drivers license.
- 对哎，对美国青年人来说啊，拿到驾驶执照真是件大事。
- Looks like you understand how to use this phrase. Why don't you make another sentence?
- 嗯，那我就用它来造个句子： It was a very big deal for Chinese people when Beijing got the chance to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- It sure was! I remember on TV, I saw a lot of people in Beijing partying when that happened.
- 哎呀，别多说了，我得赶快把车停好。
- Yep, if a cop sees you stopping traffic, he might think it is a big deal. Move out of the space and try to park again. Give it another shot!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语： a big deal 和 give it a shot． a big deal 就是指「很重大，或者严重的事」． give it a shot 指的是「尽量去试一试」。
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