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2025.12.01 18:55
第五部 第十叁课: to be on crack , to get the hang of something
- 李华正在开车和 Michael 一起去学校．今天李华会学到两个常用语：to be on crack 和 to get the hang of something。
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- 哎哟我的天啊，我车后面的一个轮胎爆了！ Michael, 一个轮胎破了还能开一段路，对不对啊？
- Li Hua!? Are you on crack? You can't drive with a flat tire, you'll ruin your car, and probably get in a wreck!
- 哎哟，我也不想用坏我的车，也不想出车祸嘛．疑？不过，你刚才问我 Are you on crack? 这是什麼意思啊？ Crack 这不是一种毒品吗？ on crack 不就是吸毒吗？
- Yes, "crack" -- as in "crack cocaine". "To be on crack" means to be high on cocaine. Of course, when I say, "Are you on crack?" I really mean -- "Are you crazy"?
- 哎，等等，这得弄清楚．你的意思是， to be on crack 可以指吸毒，但是你刚才对我说的不是这个意思．你是说：我要在一个轮胎破了的情况下继续开车，简直是疯啦！哎，你可得解释清楚囉，我从来不吸毒的！
- Calm down, Li Hua. People use this phrase all the time. I was just alarmed that you would try to drive your car with a flat tire. You'd have to be on crack to do something crazy like that.
- 哦～，我懂了，你的意思是：我準是吸了毒才会想干这种傻事儿，轮胎破了还想继续开车．哎，Michael 啊，我们把轮胎换了吧，现在还来得及。
- (sound of trunk opening, tools rattling, sound of car jack, etc.)
- 哎，说到发疯啊，我认為 George Wilkins 才真是疯了呢．我听说他要到阿富汗一个村庄去给他的论文做实地调查。
- He's going to be traveling in Afghanistan! Is he on crack? Can you imagine how dangerous that place must be right now?
- 我也觉得啊真是太危险了．不过，他想要当国际水平的人类学家，那他啊就得做出牺牲囉！
- Yeah, well that Ph.D. won't be much good to him if he gets shot. I still think anyone who chooses to go to Afghanistan right now is on crack.... Ah! it's just crazy!
- 就是喔，要是在阿富汗给打死的话，什麼博士学位都没用了啊．行了，轮胎装好了，我们快走吧！
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- (sound of trunk closing)
- 应该让他先走哦？唉，我开车的技术啊实在太差了，老是犯这种错误。
- Don't worry Li Hua, you're not a terrible driver! You haven't been driving for very long. You'll get the hang of it, eventually.
- 你说我最后会什麼啊？ Get the hang of it？
- I said you will "get the hang of it". "To get the hang of something" means to become proficient at something through practice.
- 哦～， to-get-the-hang-of-it 就是多练习、多实践，一些事情啊就会做得更好．疑？这不就是中文裡说的 「熟能生巧」 嘛？但愿啊你说得对，我多开车，技术就会改进囉！
- I know I'm right! He, remember when you first started school, you had trouble with your writing assignments? I think you've gotten the hang of writing English essays now, right?
- 就是哎，我刚来美国的时候啊，不会写学术报告．现在是好多了。
- You've been living in the U.S. for some time now. You must have gotten the hang of a lot of new skills?
- 嗯－，我在美国已经叁年了，是学到不少东西。
- And you've gotten the hang of teaching, haven't you? Your students seem to like you.
- 对哎，我在教中文方面也比较熟悉了．I've got the hang of teaching Chinese, 对不对？
- Absolutely!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，一个是： to be on crack，这可以指「吸毒」，但是也可以指「你疯啦！」．李华学到的另外一个常用语是： to get a hang of something，意思是「通过练习，熟能生巧」。
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