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2025.10.05 19:38
第六部 第七课: bail , call it quits
- 今天 Michael 和李华在一起做功课．李华会学到两个常用语： bail 和 call it quits。
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- Agghh! Come on, Li Hua. We've been studying for five hours. I'm ready to bail!
- 啊，就是哎，我们做了五个小时的功课了．哦，我也想干点别的了．疑？可是 Michael, 你说你準备做什麼啊？ You're ready to bail ？ bail， 疑？那是一种游戏吗？
- No, silly. I said "I'm ready to bail". "To bail" as in "to leave".
- 哦～，To bail 在这裡是 「离开」 的意思啊．哎，可是明天就要考试了，我们还没复习完呢！
- Oh, Please, Li Hua. I already know the material. I'm ready for tomorrow's test. Let's bail and get something to eat!
- 嗯－，好吧，我啊肚子也饿了， Let's bail and get something to eat! 哎，Michael, 你对明天的考试这麼有把握，你是不是昨天晚上就开始复习啦？
- Huh, Not really. I went to a movie with some friends last night. After the movie, they wanted to go to a dance club, but I bailed on them and went home to get some sleep.
- 哦～，你昨天晚上和朋友去看电影，然后你的朋友们去跳舞，可是 you bailed on them, 意思就是你没和他们一起去，对不对？
- That's right. I bailed on my friends and went home.
- 嗯，那 Michael, 除了可以说 bail on someone, 还可不可以说 bail on something 呢？
- Of course! For instance, last week I had a dentist appointment, so I had to bail on history class.
- 对哎，上个星期，你因為要去看牙，所以没有上歷史课， You bailed on history class.
- Come on, Li Hua. I'm starving. Let's bail and get something to eat!
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- Hey, By the way, Li Hua, I heard that Jack isn't going to be in school next term. Is he really calling it quits?
- 什麼啊？ Jack 下学期就不来上学啦？你说他 calling it quits, quit. 那不就是 「放弃」 的意思吗？你是说 Jack 下学期就要退学啦？
- Yeah, that's right. "To call it quits" means to quit doing something. I heard that Jack is calling it quits.
- 哦～， to call it quits 意思就是 「停止做某件事」．疑？可是，我听说 Jack 他只不过是想先打半年工，多挣点钱，明年啊，他还会回来继续上学，He's not really calling it quits.
- That's good to hear.
- Michael, 那这个 to call it quits 还可以用在别的地方吗？
- Sometimes "to call it quits" means to break up a relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend.
- 哦～，原来 to call it quits 还可以用来表示男女朋友分手啊．嗯～，这就让我想到啦，不久前好莱坞明星 Ben Afleck 还有 Jennifer Lopez, 他们俩啊本来都订婚了，可是后来又推迟了婚礼，大家就觉得很奇怪啊： Are Ben and J-Lo calling it quits?
- (sighs) I can't stand those two. I hope that this time they are calling it quits for real, so I never have to hear about them again.
- 哦，你倒希望他们俩真分手，这样你再也不会听到他们消息啦．唉！Michael 你也真是的，他们写他们的，你不看不就得了．你不是老说功课太多吗？疑？对了，你啊还说选修的阿拉伯语课太难 - Are you going to call it quits?
- No, I'm not going to call it quits! I am going to finish it.
- 哇，我从来都没见过你那麼大的决心吶！我啊还记得你学中文的时候，有好几次都想 call it quits 呢！
- Hmm, Whatever.
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，一个是： bail，表示「离开」．另一个是： call it quits，意思是「停止做某件事」。
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