时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

[流行美语]又和大家见面了。Michael 是一个在纽约上大学的美国年轻人,他经常
跟中国学生李华一起玩。Michael 向李华学中文,李华向 Michael 学英文。Michael
正在准备考试,有很多功课要做,但是李华要他出去休息休息,两人约好下午在
动物园见面。他们在对话中会用这两个词:all-nighter 和cram 1

L: 嗨,Michael. 我在这儿!
M: Hey, Li Hua. Oh, the elephant house, let's go in and take a look.
L: 噢,那是大象馆啊?好,进去看看。不行,不行,这儿太臭了。走吧!
M: Oh, yeah. Let's get out of here. In fact, I've got a lot of studying to do. I'm going to
need to pull an all-nighter.
L: 我知道你有很多功课,但是你在准备考试的时候也总得休息休息 嘛。我听说
这次考试会很难。你刚才说 all-nighter 是不是开夜车 的意思呀?
M: Yeah, that's what I meant. Li Hua, you're smart!
L: 我是猜出来的,all 的意思是整个,全部,nighter 和 night 很像。我想一个人
要整夜学习,那不就是开夜车吗?但是,有一点我不太懂,你说:to pull an
all-nighter,什么是pull ?
M: Pull means 2 to get yourself through a difficult time.
L: 噢,pull an all-nighter,就是迫使自己整夜念书,因为要这样做是很辛苦的。
M: Yep. You wouldn't have to pull an all-nighter because you have been studying all
semester, I haven't been.
L: 这你可说对了。我不需要开夜车,因为我整个一学期都在学习。你要开夜车,
因为你平时不学习。
M: I know, I know, you're a better student than I am.
L: Michael, 我真喜欢纽约的秋天,空气很清新。你要是能跟我一起玩,不用回去
念书,那该多好啊!
M: I don't want to go study either, but I should.
L: 对啊,你 要是上星期多花点时间念书不就好了嘛。现在你得临时抱佛脚了。
M: I perform better on tests when I cram.
L: Cram? Cram 是把什么东西塞进去的意思,跟学习有什么关系呢?
M: Well, it's sort of the same meaning. I'm going to do a lot of studying at the last
minute, that's what it means to cram.
L: 意思差不多?噢,我知道了!Cram 就是我们中文里说的填鸭式方法,就是硬
把食品塞给鸭子吃,这样鸭子就长得肥。北京烤鸭 就是用这种鸭子做的。你说的
cram 是临时抱佛脚,在考试前猛记猛背,把知识往脑子里塞。你还认为这是好办
法?
M: Well, everyone's different. Cramming 3 works 4 for me.
L: 你认为临时抱佛脚对你来说行得通。可是,Michael,想把半学期的内容在一
个晚上记住,这样做可真傻。
M: Stop being my mother, Li Hua!
L: 我才不想当你妈呢,你不听我的话,那就算了。Michael, cram 这个词是否还能
用在别的场合呢?
M: Not really. It's only used to describe studying for a test, usually college or
high-school level.
L: 噢,只能指大学生或中学生在考试前开夜车,临时抱佛脚。
M: And that's what I need to do, right now. It's getting late and I know I will have to
pull an all-nighter.
L: 好吧,我明天早上给你打电话。
M: No, don't worry about me, I'm sure I will still be cramming.
L: 哟,你还准备开夜车开到天亮呐?Ok, well, good luck!

今天李华向Michael 学了两个常用语,一个是:all-nighter, 意思是开夜车;另一
个是:cram, 这是指中学生或大学生在考试前临时抱佛脚。今天的[流行美语]就学
习到这里,我们下次再见。



v.填塞,塞满,临时抱佛脚,为考试而学习
  • There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
  • The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的,再也挤不进去人了。
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
n.塞满,填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 );填塞;塞满;(为考试而)死记硬背功课
  • Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午,禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
学英语单词
Abeele
ablative coatings
absorption conductor cathode
acoustic grating
albedo particles
amplitude contour
angiocardiograms
apex pin
asarylic acid
ASTM (American Standard of Testing Materials)
audio track circuit
avalanche injection diode
ayah
become a prey to
biacidic base
blood-and-guts
brain-mapping
buccal tablets
c-suite
calibrated radiation source
cam shaft thrust bearing
capital goods in the agricultural sector
carroch
cetrelia sinensis
cluster compound
cocultures
coefficient of evaporation
coracesium (alanya)
count me in
dissipating phlegm and resolving masses
Dry Ridge
ellen
enzyme hydrolysis
eucriotettix oculatus
everglades national parks
forboded
get long
Goldschmidt classification
homuncle
hot landing
in-by
initially
internal photoeffect
King's Park
lent
LESP
lithocyte
lustration
mainshaft synchronizer gear
markee
multiple-purpose communication
Nansen Basin
navicula cryptocephala
non staining
North Canadian R.
nulliparae
oval bush
parallel planing machine
pickup arms
polyarthra trigla
pre-milk stimulator
progressive apoplexy
Puerto Valdés
rear end compaction
red worms
resolution refutation system
ringworm of nails
RMETS
rubus niveus wall.subsp inopertus focke
sales associates
salvage gear
sarabands
saron
segmental brownian motion
selected text
shavuoths
sigma notation
simian virus
strongly connected automation
Särkisalmi
tank duel
tensor shear strain
territorial dominion
theatre sister
titanium(ii) oxide
top cutting edge
transthoracic
trickments
triple reassortant
unicameral
unprincess
unrightful
unsovable labeling procedure
vecinos
veinlets
vickerl's hardness number (vhn)
Warrington hammer
well-to-do
wesleyan methodist churches
wintling
Witheridge
x-knife stereotactic radiosurgery system