Lesson 18 - lucky break & mellow

Xbfeng

大家到现在都认识 Michael这个美国学生了，他不断在学中文，他很喜欢听他的中国同学李华讲中文。李华呢，在和Michael接触中也学了不少英文。现在他们俩刚上完课，正从课堂里走出来。今天李华会学到两个常用语： lucky break和mellow。
# u/ Z5 s3 s; P: z3 M/ X
. |; y) f) s- J' l8 i" yL: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了，Michael，你考得好吗？

M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.

L: 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？

M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
1 Z( T, j6 W) X
L: 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？
0 [  T$ W0 m8 n% v  P( w
. G. q0 X: _4 P$ A& E8 rM: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.

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。

) j4 y$ g. q9 l0 P, tM: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.

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？
3 @2 @6 j, X/ k7 L
6 ^& r' }+ Y0 N/ {M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
  h3 ?+ J6 K/ H3 Q& G
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。
6 p4 w0 h' E8 j& J% H: T4 L
) `3 M6 B3 X1 iM: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....

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？
1 p8 m! T7 j2 p( w- n! l
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
! _! ~. y; r" B
L: 好呀， 去吃午饭，庆祝我们的好运气。
; z. A& s7 n5 R: B
( ?9 p- x) c; b5 W) s0 j# H+ E(Michael和李华到了吃饭的地方)

L: 啊呀，这个地方太闹了！

M: Yeah, you're right. It'll be hard for us to have a conversation here. Let's go to a place that's more mellow.
3 k; \3 T7 M5 n) [4 i
7 W' a7 P) g7 ]4 hL: 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?

7 t: X0 n9 j/ E8 c) HM: I said that let's go to a place that's more mellow, meaning someplace more calm and relaxing.

# B& ]. Q: X8 E! c- M+ n* @L: 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？
# Z9 G9 ?1 Z2 ]7 l
2 j1 W7 T3 h$ H  hM: Yeah, you can use the word mellow to describe a person too.
( ]! O& T# m; C" S; Z
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!
) r! B. Q2 _2 p3 n( H; h8 s
* C8 H( g4 [( p  J' x) UM: Yeah, let's go the cafe near the library.

; W/ W, {% l, O* [L: 太好了，这个地方很安静。我们来看看菜单。哟，你看，再过五分钟就开始减价了，三明治今天半价。我们运气可真好呀！

, w6 U1 [# V+ o. W* WM: Well, we found the mellow place and we pay half price. Really a lucky break. Worth celebrating too.

8 X* i4 }1 I' \! Q. x) y+ yL: 对，找到安静的地方，还只付半价。真值得庆祝。你多吃点吧， 晚饭就别吃了。
( h; k9 h, W" V& _& M7 a
5 Y" T& T# j+ T; {( c: ]; q* XM: Ok. Good idea!
& j; l/ w3 \8 O$ v( `
" N( B5 N$ F; w0 M) E" W$ }# ?0 L7 C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。

http://njtelecom.unsv.com/archiv ... 8caa3}/lesson18.ram
# z. ~4 u2 e. w$ o0 y# N

Xbfeng

Xbfeng