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2026.01.09 03:16
第七部 第七课: to rock , letdown
- 今天 Larry 和李华一起在游乐园坐过山车．李华会学到两个常用语：to rock 和 letdown.
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- 哎哟，这一趟过山车啊坐得我晕头转向的，直想吐！真是活受罪！
- You are sick and dizzy? What are you talking about? That rollercoaster rocks! I'm going to ride it again!
- 什麼啊，Larry，你还想再去坐啊？你还说那个过山车 rocks. Rock 当做动词不就是「摇摇晃晃」的意思吗？
- No, no, I didn't say that it rocked back and forth. "To rock" means "to be great". If something or some experience is really fun or exciting, we say "It rocks!"
- 哦～，原来在这裡，rock 不是前后摇晃的意思啊，而是要是有什麼事情有意思、够刺激，我们就说 It rocks! 疑，那不就相当於我们中文裡说的「棒极了」的意思吗？
- That's right, Li Hua. I'm sure you've heard this expression before.
- 还真是呢，上个星期啊，我和同学到学校附近那家湖南餐馆吃饭．吃完饭啊，我那同学说："That meal rocked!". 我啊当时没听懂，所以没敢答腔，现在我可明白了，她呀是在夸那顿饭好吃呢！
- Yeah, she must have liked it. Everyone likes Hunan Garden. That restaurant rocks.
- 哎哟，Larry，我看我们还是别说吃了吧，我的胃啊到现在还没缓过来呢！这样吧，你再给我举个别的例子好不好？
- Sure, if someone tells you some good news, you might say, "That rocks!"
- 哎，说到「好消息」，我啊还真有个好消息要告诉你，你知道吗，有家私人学校啊打算等我毕业后要聘用我呢！
- Whoa, really? That's great news. That rocks, Li Hua. You haven't even graduated yet, and this private school already offered you a great job!
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- 哇，总算啊可以回家了，我啊真担心你会不会坐过山车坐上了癮呢！
- Well, I liked the two rollercoaster rides, but the park itself was kind of a letdown.
- 是啊，我啊知道你喜欢过山车，要不然也不会连着坐两次啊！可是你又说这个游乐园是什麼 - letdown?
- I said (that) the park is a letdown. A letdown is something that disappoints you. The park really wasn't especially bad, but I was expecting it to be better. It was a real letdown.
- 等等等等， letdown 的意思就是某件事让你失望．你是说，这个游乐园其实还可以，只不过不像你原先想像的好，所以啊让你失望了．那 Larry，你觉得这个游乐园哪一点让你失望呢？
- Well, It was too crowded. The lines in front of the rides were too long.
- 哎哟～，现在啊就是旅游旺季，这儿当然人多嘛，坐过山车当然要排队等啦！你啊就是爱发牢骚．那这样，你再给我举个例子吧，看看还有什麼事啊对你是个 letdown.
- Well, my History Professor is a real letdown. He's a well-known expert in his area, but he's not very good at giving lectures.
- 嗯～，你们的歷史教授在学术界是挺有名的，可是你说他不太会讲课呀，那确实是挺让学生失望的．哎，Larry，我记得你第一次到中国，去了长城，回来你也说和你原先想像的一点儿都不一样．那 the Great Wall 对你来说是不是个 letdown 呢？
- I'm glad you remember that. My first trip to the Great Wall was truly a letdown. It was so crowded with tourists and souvenir peddlers.
- 你怎麼到哪儿都嫌人多啊？长城是有名的旅游景点，当然有各地的游客囉，还有小商贩卖纪念品嘛！不过啊你刚才说，你第一次去长城让你失望，哎，那后来你再去是不是就感觉好多了呢？
- Yeah, that second trip rocked!
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- 今天李华从 Larry 那儿学到两个常用语，一个是： rock，说 something rocks，就相当於中文裡所说的「棒极了」．李华学到的另一个常用语是： letdown，意思是「让人失望的事」。
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