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2026.05.02 06:21
第四部 第十四课: check something out , to call something
- 李华和 Michael 正坐在咖啡馆裡喝咖啡，李华在看报．今天李华会学到两个常用语： check something out 和 to call something。
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- What's in the news today, Li Hua?
- 嗯，有些什麼新闻啊？噢，我没有在看新闻哎．我啊，是在看招聘人的广告，想找个临时工，赚点钱。
- Hmm, let me take a look. Hey, check this one out!
- 等等，让我看看．招聘辅导两个孩子，要母语是中文的家庭教师．疑？对了，Michael, 你刚才说什麼： check this one out, 你是叫我把这个报纸借出去啊？这儿又不是图书馆，而且，这报纸是我自己买的呢！
- No, I said "Check this one out!" "To check something out" means "to look at something closely".
- 哦～， check something out 就是 「仔细看一看」 的意思！疑？那不就是 「从图书馆裡借书」 的意思吗？
- Hmmm, well, that 's the formal meaning of "to check something out." However, the informal meaning is to have a look at something.
- 哦～，原来 to check something out 可以指从图书馆借书，可是啊，在不正式的场合就是 「仔细看一看」 的意思．那，这个大概是非常口语的用法囉，对不对？
- Right! Ok, check this advertisement out.
- 看这个广告呀？ 嗯～，不行不行，他们啊要找的家庭教师必须住在他们家裡的地下室，还得要带孩子，算了算了吧！
- You know, Li Hua, you can also use "check it out" when you want someone to notice something, or pay attention. It pretty much means, "Whoa, look at that!"
- 哦～，所以，你要让人注意什麼事的时候也可以用 check it out. 疑？是不是就像我们中文裡说的： 「哎，你看哪！你看哪」 的意思啊？
- That's right. Whoa, check it out, Li Hua! That building across the street is on fire.
- 什麼？你说，马路对面哪栋楼着火啦？哎～，对哎，你看，那儿来了叁辆救火车．哎哟，但愿没有人在那房子裡呢。
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- Hey, check this out! Oh, I call this one!
- 哎，让我看看！ (sound of paper rustling) 招聘一位研究生，带几个孩子去参观纽约的博物馆和参加文艺活动，报酬优厚！嘿，这个工作太好了！
- No way, Li Hua! I already called this job!
- Michael, 你说什麼啊？你已经给他们打过电话了啊？
- No, that's not what I mean. I said, "I call this job." Whoever says "I call something" first has the first claim on whatever they called.
- 哦～，Call something 就是谁先说要这样东西，那这样东西就归谁．你先说你要这份工作，所以这工作就是你的！嘿，Michael, 你可别忘了，你是在帮我找工作哎！
- Actually, no one can call this job. We can both apply and see who gets it.
- 就是嘛，没有人可以 call this job. 谁都能申请这份工作的啊！
- I know, I was just teasing you.
- 哎，好了， Michael, 你再给我举一个 to call something 的例子好不好？
- Heheh, Ok. When I was little, before my family went somewhere in the car, I would always yell, "I call the front seat!" My brother and I would always fight over who got to sit in the front seat.
- 啊～，你小时候还和你弟弟抢汽车座位呀！你呀要是 call the front seat, 你就可以坐在前面．喝，你还真好意思呢！
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- 今天李华又从 Michael 那儿学到两个常用语，一个是： to check something out，在非常口语的情况下， to check something out 是「仔细看看」的意思；另一个是： to call something，意思是「谁先说，谁就有优先权得到某样东西」。
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