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2025.10.05 19:40
第七部 第一课: without a hitch , chow down
- 期终考试今天全部结束，Larry 和李华準备开个 party 来庆祝一番．李华会学到两个常用语：without a hitch 和 chow down。
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- Larry，你看我们準备的东西够不够啊？这是我第一次请朋友来开 party，要是东西不够吃啊，那就糟糕啦！
- Calm down, Li Hua. I'm sure the party will go off without a hitch.
- 你说我们的 party 会怎麼样呀？ without a hitch？那是什麼意思啊？
- Oh, if something "goes without a hitch", it means that everything goes smoothly and nothing will go wrong.
- 嗯～，对，hitch 这个字啊，可以解释為「障碍」，那～，something goes without a hitch，就是「进展顺利」！ Larry，你的意思是我们的 party will go off without a hitch，肯定啊能办好，不会有问题；那我可不可以说：There won't be any "hitches"?
- No, no, no, Li Hua, you can't use it that way. You can only say that something "goes without a hitch." This is an idiomatic expression. You can't generally substitute the word "hitch" for "problem."
- 哦～，原来 something "goes without a hitch" 是一个习惯用语，你不能够把 hitch 和 problem 两个交替来使用．那想说什麼事情一帆风顺，我们就只能说：什麼事情 goes without a hitch.
- Okay, Li Hua, now that you understand the phrase, can you give me an example?
- 我来想一想…．有啦！最近这一次考试啊，我觉得我考得不错， My exams went without a hitch.
- I wish I were as confident as you are. Now, can you give me another example of how to use "without a hitch"?
- 嗯～...，我最近申请了暑期裡到一个公司去工作．他们约我啊上星期去面谈．我觉得那个面谈进行得挺顺利的，所以，It went off without a hitch.
- Hey, congratulations!
- Thank you, Larry．哎哟！我们赶快準备吧．客人啊，马上就要到了！
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- See, everybody is enjoying the party, I told you it would be fine.
- 嗯～，大家好像都玩得挺开心的．我原来啊还担心吃的不够呢，现在看来说不定还做多了！
- I don't know about that. Some people are really chowing down. Hey, look at Jim, he's eating one hot dog after another!
- 就是啊，我也注意到 Jim 啊，他是挺喜欢吃热狗的，可是你说什麼啊？这儿有的人是在 chowing down? 什麼是 chow down 啊？
- Well, "chow", C-H-O-W, is slang for "food" and to chow down is to eat a lot and to do it enthusiastically.
- 哦～，chow 这个字在口语裡可以表示「食物」．那麼 chow down 呢，就是「吃得很多，而且啊还兴致勃勃的」．那不就有点儿像我们中文裡说的「狼吞虎嚥」吗？
- Yep. Look, Jim has finished his hot dog. He's now moved on to eating a piece of cake. He's definitely chowing down. He acts as though he hasn't eaten in days.
- 哼嘿嘿，对啊，Jim 啊，他刚吃完热狗，现在啊，又在吃蛋糕了，He is really chowing down. 好像啊几天没吃饭一样的．哎，对了，Larry，这也说明了我们準备的东西受欢迎吶！
- That's right! See, Li Hua, I told you that the party will go off without a hitch.
- 哎，Larry，说了这麼半天了，你都吃什麼啦？
- What have I chowed down? Well, I have been busy helping you and haven't got time to eat yet.
- 哎哟～，真是抱歉，你啊光顾着帮我招待客人，自己都还没顾上吃呢！
- That's OK. I think we should chow down now before all the good stuff is gone!
- 好啊，那我们啊赶紧开吃吧，要不然好东西都没了！
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- 今天李华从Larry那儿学到两个常用语，一个是： without a hitch，表示事情「进展顺利」．另外一个是： chow down，相当於中文裡所说的「狼吞虎嚥」。
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