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2024.05.11 10:57
第一部 第四课: broke , lame
- Michael 和李华这两个大学生,今天在纽约的百老匯逛马路,那裡啊戏院很多.李华看到一个剧院在演歌舞剧「音乐之声」,她苦苦哀求 Michael 陪她去看. Michael 呢在学中文.他很喜欢李华跟他讲中文,可以让他练习听力.他们在今天的对话裡会用到 broke 和 lame 这两个词。
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- 嘿~, Michael,你看,这个剧院在演「音乐之声」哎!我一直在想看这个歌舞剧。
- I know, it's a popular show.
- 谁都喜欢「音乐之声」的.哎, Michael 啊,今天晚上我们没有功课,我们去看好不好?
- Hmm, Sorry, Li Hua, I'm broke. Maybe another time.
- Broke?你受伤啦?
- No~! I did not break anything. Here broke means to have no money. Broke, b-r-o-k-e.
- 哦!你没摔断骨头,把我吓了一跳.哦~,原来 broke 在这裡意思是没有钱.那~,像上回我妈妈出了车祸,花了好多钱修车,她就没钱了,那是不是可以说 ……
- Yeah, your mom was broke!
- 嗯~,还有,我哥哥付了学费,还买了好多书,他现在也是没钱了。
- Your brother is now broke! I know your sister spent all her money to buy a computer, so she is now broke too.
- 疑?你怎麼知道我姐姐买了电脑,把所有钱都花光啦?
- You told me yourself, you just forgot!
- 我告诉过你?疑?我还真是忘了哎.嗯!可是我不信你没有钱,你不是刚刚开始给一个公司打工吗,前几天还发了工资吧?
- Okey, I'm not broke. We can go see the show.
- 我知道你有钱!太好了太好了,谢谢你 Michael。
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- 哎~,这两个座位还挺好的。
- Yea, pretty good. Li Hua, do you know why I didn't want to come to the show? Because I think musicals are lame.
- Lame? Lame 是什麼意思呀?
- When you say something is lame you mean that it is silly or it is uninteresting. Lame is spell: l-a-m-e.
- 哦~,就是说,什麼东西 lame 就是说它没意思,无聊.嗯!那还有什麼事情你觉得是无聊的?
- Saturday morning classes are lame!
- 你是说星期六早上上课是个餿主意啊?
- Yes, having a class on a weekend is lame because it's a silly idea.
- 对,我也同意,週末上课太没劲了!谁出的这个主意,是够傻的了.对了, Michael,上回你交不出家庭作业也找了个很牵强的藉口,你当时是怎麼跟教授说的?
- Hmm, I told our professor that my dog ate my homework. Yes, I~, yes, I know, It was a lame excuse.
- 嘿嘿...,你对教授说你的狗把你的 (家庭) 作业给吃了.谁都不会相信你这种话.那~,还有啊,你刚才不想来看歌舞剧,藉口说没钱,那也是个 lame excuse 囉?
- Yes, it was an inadequate excuse because I do have money.
- 我知道你有钱,只是為了不想看歌舞剧才找个藉口说没钱的。
- Well, You can also say...
- 行了,行了,我懂了.现在别说话了,演出要开始了囉。
- Ok, but don't give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something!
- 下回啊,不管你要干什麼,我绝对不会用这种牵强的藉口。
- Seriously, after buying these tickets I really am broke!
- 啊?买了这两张票,你真的没钱啦?得了,下回我请客。
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- Michael 和李华在今天的对话裡用了 broke 这个词,broke 在这裡的意思是「没有钱了」.他们还用了一个词: lame,意思是「无聊、没有意思」,或者是「不合适的」。