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2026.05.30 22:37
第十一部 第叁课: knock-off , running on empty
- 今天李华和 Larry 在纽约市中央公园附近散步．路边有许多小贩在卖仿名牌的手提包和围巾等东西．今天李华会学到两个常用语： knock-off 和 running on empty.
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- Li Hua, don't bother buying any of those. They're just cheap knock-offs.
- 可是这个手提包真漂亮哎！你看，上面还有名牌古姿的标记呢！你说这些都是便宜的 knock-offs．是不是说它们都不是真货啊？
- Yeah. A "knock-off" is a fake or imitation of the real thing.
- 你瞧．我一猜啊就猜对了， knock-off 就是指假的、仿冒的东西．这些皮包当然不可能是真的啦！一个真的古姿皮包啊可是要上百美元呢！我根本就买不起！
- Well, if you can't afford the real thing, why would you want to buy a cheap knock-off?
- 买不起真货的人才会买假冒品嘛！有的假冒品做的非常好，你不仔细看还分不出是真是假呢！你看，这个皮包啊还是很漂亮，而且也很实用呢！
- Well, it's your decision whether you want to buy a knock-off.
- 我很喜欢这个皮包．不过啊，我现在还不需要．算了吧！我想啊还是别买了。
- Hey, look that vendor is selling knock-offs of famous paintings. Some of them are pretty good.
- 真的哎！这些仿冒的艺术画看起来和真品一样，模仿得真像哎！不知道是不是那个卖画的人自己画的哦。
- It's possible. He might be an art student and practices his skill by making knock-offs of famous masterpieces.
- 在中国啊，也有很多学艺术专业的学生，他们会临摹一些名画，顺便呢练习自己的绘画技巧．所以你经常可以找到一些假的中国名画呢。
- I know. When I was in China, I bought several and brought them back to my friends as gifts.
- 哦～，你在中国买这样的仿冒品带回来送人啊？不过啊很多美国人都不太懂中国的画，说不定他们还以為你送给他们的是真品呢！
- The important thing is not whether the paintings were knock-offs but rather that they made my friends happy.
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- Wow, Li Hua. I'm really running on empty. Do you mind if we go back home now?
- Running-on-empty？什麼是 "running on empty" ？ 你不舒服，想回家啦？
- No, "running on empty" means that I'm exhausted and I don't have any energy. I feel like a car whose gas tank is empty.
- 哦～，你用汽车没有油来比喻啊，我就知道了． Running on empty 就是很累、一点劲儿都没有了．或许我们可以找点东西吃啊．你可以补充一下体力。
- That might help a little, but I really need to go home and get some rest.
- 对喔，你前两天感冒才刚好，所以才会觉得 running on empty．好吧，那我们就买点东西吃．休息一下，然后就回家。
- That sounds like a good idea to me. When I'm running on empty, food and sleep are always the best remedies.
- 我也是呀！我啊只要一累，只要吃饱睡足了，马上啊就能够恢復体力了．我们这两天啊都够忙的．真是应该好好休息一下喔。
- It's kind of difficult to enjoy the park when you're running on empty.
- 没错．人一累啊，再好玩的事儿都提不起劲了。
- Hopefully, by tomorrow, I won't be running on empty anymore and we can enjoy a nice walk in the park.
- 今天你回家好好睡一觉，多吃一点有营养的东西，我保证啊你明天就会有精神了．如果你还想来公园散步，我一定奉陪！好，走吧！
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语．第一个是： knock-off，是指「假的、仿冒的东西」．另一个常用语是： running on empty，是形容一个人「很累、体力不足」。
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