* d/ H3 k4 K" d. SM: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers. . U N+ \- v3 r. n & U; W6 \& A6 j# O: SL: 你考得比你预期的好,那太好了。不过,你说什么又是lucky,又是break的?Lucky不是好运气吗?Break是休息,对不对? , ^9 g- y3 ~7 I/ o; H 4 E3 h* L" n! h4 |: U& Q0 SM: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting. 0 w3 ]$ G( @* {- n# b 2 f6 K# V U7 O& ML: 噢,lucky和break这两个词放在一起,它的意思就是没有预料到的好运气。Michael,你刚才那句话是怎么说来着? 2 R7 E& W" r6 J3 U 3 g; y$ y' X& _M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.! c+ u* v8 K' u9 I
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L: 我懂了。你是说,你没有想到运气会那么好,大多数考题的答案你刚好都知道。 6 `& l( G; L4 T' e+ \: h4 I4 G & w+ j: E8 C- J7 mM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example. 1 f: n/ f2 e5 z/ Q: S- a/ F2 Y/ X1 Z/ O1 o$ J" ]
L: 哼,我当然懂了,你还要考考我呐? 那天我开车开的飞快, 警察让我把车停下来。可是他只给了我一个警告,而没有给我罚单,我可没想到会有这种好运气。这可以说是一个lucky break吧? P, u, a) S N+ X& N& ^- ^ , L4 S& O R6 ~ w# }. @& L# w4 wM: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.) M2 C) V' B% G3 n9 z! a% J
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L: 警察因为看我漂亮才不给我开票?你别开玩笑了!不过,那次可 运气,否则至少要罚我五十美元。让我想想还有什么例子可以 用lucky break这个说法的。 ; o% K Y3 B. v7 y# q) n3 m$ q" A4 | % d2 k- c0 @5 d4 rM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I..... 3 a" U( M+ m3 F/ d9 ], ?9 f! J Y y$ P: J2 O+ M% r1 K
L: 对了,教授要我们在两天后交报告,Michael,你还没有开始动手 吧!幸好教授推迟了限期,让我们下星期一交。这对你来说真是个lucky break吧?, F7 \1 f2 J+ f4 }6 @ H9 ?5 r
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L: 对,在这里讲话都听不到。到别的地方去吧。Michael,你刚才讲什么more mellow? 3 T& e" {( M/ L r% R! H% ^ & T1 B% @) x, T g1 pM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing. " V. p, E. p; A/ e" y3 { Q; t7 m, F0 \: J+ @9 DL: 噢,more mellow的意思是比较平静,比较放松。那也就是说到一个不太闹的地方去,对不对? 0 e. }6 m X+ c0 m' a : |; c6 z9 p4 W* r2 x, ^7 l% A: q: rM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too. , C! J) n$ l0 h u% A* @7 }0 W3 F' ` $ c& ` o3 A/ D( N8 A& m% {L: Mellow也可以用来形容一个人,那今天我们的教授很平静,我可不可以说:She was mellow today!* m( W$ p( ~) \4 Y. r
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这俩个小年轻还在狼吞虎咽地吃三明治。今天他们在讲话中用了lucky break 和mellow这两个常用语,这是美国人在日常生活中经常用的,大家不妨也在口语中试着用用。今天的[流行美语]就到此结束, 谢谢大家,我们下次再见。: G e; v; @6 r7 J
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