时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

Larry和李华去朋友Frank 1家参加新年派对。李华今天要学两个常用语,dead和happening.


LL: Gosh, there is hardly any one here, Li Hua. This party is really dead!


LH: Larry. 这里每个人明明都活得好好的,你为什么说the party is dead呢?


LL: Well, because there aren't very many people here, there isn't much conversation and laughter 2. When a party isn't lively, we say it is DEAD. And this party is dead.


LH: 噢,你是说这个party不热闹,了无生气啊。现在时间还早,也许一会儿就热闹起来了。


LL: I hope so. Speaking of places being 3 dead today, I went into work for a little bit to get some things from my desk. There was no one in the office - it was completely 4 dead.


LH: 那当然了,今天是除夕,没有什么人会去办公室的。


LL: I guess the college campus 5 must be dead now, too.


LH: 不光是今天,期终考试结束后,学生们都回家过年了。The campus has been dead for two weeks.


LL: So, Li Hua, do you mind being on campus when it is dead like it is now?


LH: 确实有点孤单,不过人少也有人少的好处。比方说,图书馆里就特别安静。


LL: Oh, I bet 6 the library is completely dead! I mean, who would be studying over the break?


LH: 我啊!不过你说的没错,校园里确实没有什么人,可是停车特别方便。


LL: I know what you mean about the convenience 7. This year I made sure to do my Christmas shopping at a time when the shopping mall was really dead.


LH: 圣诞购物季节,商店里到处都是人。I cannot imagine a mall being dead during the holidays.


LL: I went early on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Since most people work during those times, it was pretty dead at the mall.


LH: 这倒是个好办法,可以避开购物的人群,不用跟别人挤来挤去的。


LL: That's right, Li Hua. Hey, look, the party isn't so dead any more! Some more people have shown up, and the music has started.


LH: The party isn't dead at all. 你想去跳舞吗?


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LL: Sure, I'd love to dance, Li Hua. Now the party is really happening!


LH: 如果我没猜错得话,Happening是dead的反义词吧?


LL: You are right, Li Hua. It is the opposite of a "dead" party. A happening party is one that is lively and exciting - and where lots of different things are happening.


LH: 是啊,这个party好像一下子就热闹起来了。


LL: Frank has done a good job. It is because of parties like this that I love the holidays. Christmas and New Year's are such happening times of the year.


LH: 就是啊,新年圣诞确实热闹,大家都跟亲朋好友在一起,不过我也很喜欢春天和夏天。


LL: Why do you like spring and summer, Li Hua?


LH: 放春假和暑假我可以到外地去,visit some more happening places.


LL: I can't imagine a more happening place than New York City. I mean here in New York there is always something going on!


LH: 纽约确实很热闹,可是美国还有其他热闹的地方啊。


LL: I suppose that is true. I've heard San Francisco has a very happening art scene.


LH: 我就很想去旧金山看看。还有,我还特别喜欢美国的布鲁斯音乐,所以很想到孟菲斯去。


LL: I don't know, Li Hua. I visited Memphis once, and I didn't think it was a very happening place. But then again, I am not a fan 8 of Blues 9 music.


LH: 猫王的雅园就在孟菲斯。我一直想去看看。我想,他当年在雅园一定开过很多热闹的派对。


LL: Elvis was famous for his wild parties. Look, the party is really happening now.


LH: Come on, Larry. 我们去跳舞吧,这么热闹的party, 我可不想就站在这儿。Let's go have some fun!


LL: Okay, Li Hua! Now this is my idea of a happening time!


今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是dead, 指了无生气。另一个是happening,指非常热闹。

 



adj.坦白的,直率的,真诚的
  • A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
  • She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。
n.笑,笑声
  • I don't know how my story caused so much laughter.我不知我的故事怎么引起如此大笑。
  • The audience gave way to uncontrollable bursts of laughter.听众忍不住发出一阵阵笑声。
n.存在;生存;生命存在,生命,人, 本质;art.在,有,是
  • Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗?
  • What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么?
adv.完全地,十分地,全然
  • She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
  • I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。
n.大学校园,学校校园;大学 
  • They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
  • The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
n.便利,方便,有益,有用的,方便的用具、机械、安排等
  • Come by to pick me up at your convenience.在你方便的时候来接我。
  • Please reply at your earliest convenience.请在您方便时尽早答复。
n.风扇,迷,狂热者;v.煽,煽动,刺激
  • Are you a football fan?你是足球迷吗?
  • Jack is a baseball fan.杰克是个棒球迷。
n.抑郁,沮丧;布鲁斯音乐
  • She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
  • He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。
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activated silica(reactive silica)
adult weight
annual licence
anti-dazzle glass headlight
antirecession program
archaicising
arteriae dorsalis penis
auxiliary ballast high-pressure mercury lamp
average number of vehicles
bonded permanent magnet
bonded product
bustin' out
chlorfenvinphos
chronoscope pushbutton
circumcinctus
comes to the fore
compensation for delay
complex agent
data vaulting
dialectical teaching method
diisopropyltin dichloride
disbasing
dismutases
dopatic
electroshocking
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enspect
erythroblastoses
ETUs
farrin
franco invoice
fusarenone X
galipidine
gang dies
get long
graupels
highway authority
horizontal scanning generator
Hylocomiaceae
indebtedness statement
infix notation
initial lane insert
intouch
land form
legali
lesbionic
lily-trotters
london contemporary dance school
mary martins
mica synthesis
modiolus flavidus
national space science data center
Neisser-Wechsberg's tests
New World monkeys
noami
nondispersive photometer
OFB
ombudsmanry
Onemack
overdubbed
Paolo Veneziano
perfectless
phyllorhine
polyantibiotic
polyester flak glass
prebalancer
PSpice
pukeface
quadraplex
recessional
reduce sth to matchwood
refusniks
rehabilitative care
respiration rates in incubated soil samples
rev up something
ruapekapeka
rushing drainage
scrage
sliding pressure starting
spring busker sheller
steike
Steinmetz's constant
stopped status
subordinations
suety
sufficient acceptance
Taquaritinga
the milk is spilled
theca internal
tool carrier
totating
TR (tape recorder)
triselenides
trudgeon
ultrasonic-welding
under-chord
vermiform appendix
vitta-
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wanapums
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wire needle