时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

Larry说好开车来接李华去艺术馆,可是李华等了他好久也不见他来。李华今天会学到两个常用语 spaced和in a jiffy。


(Phone rings)


LH: Hello?


LL: Hi, Li Hua, This is Larry. I am so sorry I am late. I completely 1 spaced that we were going to the museum today.


LH: You spaced going to the museum? 我们要去艺术馆不是航空馆,跟space没有关系!


LL: By "spaced" I meant I completely forgot. Again, I'm really sorry.


LH: 你怎么全忘了呢?我们不是一直说要去看画展吗?


LL: I know, Li Hua. I can't explain how I spaced it. I got busy doing little things at home like laundry 2 and cleaning the kitchen.


LH: 什么?你在忙着洗衣服和打扫厨房?平时不见你干活,怎么今天这么勤快呢?不过别着急, Larry谁都有忘记的时候,包括我在内。


LL: I can't believe it, Li Hua. You are so well organized. I can't imagine you spacing anything.


LH: 我今年就忘了给我母亲寄生日贺卡。 I completely spaced it!


LL: You spaced sending your own mother a birthday card?!


LH: 是啊,真不好意思。 那几天我忙着改学生的作业,把寄卡的事忘得一干二净。Completely spaced it!


LL: Well, that makes me feel a little better about spacing today's trip to the museum.


LH: Larry, 你忘了没关系,现在还来的及。我们还有时间去看展览。


LL: Really? I thought I had the pamphlet 3 for the museum with its closing time, but I seem to have spaced where I put it。


LH: 博物馆的小册子也不知道放在哪里了?你今天怎么了?得了,我上网去查吧! 让我看看...有了,网站上说他们6点关门。


LL: OK, if I don't space anything else, we should have plenty of time to see the exhibit 4 and maybe get some dinner afterwards 5.


LH: Larry, 千万别忘了把门票带上。Don't space bringing the tickets for the exhibit. 没有票我们就惨了。


LL: Don't worry Li Hua, I won't space the tickets. I've got them right in my pocket. I'll be over soon. Bye! (hangs up)


******


LL: See, I told you I'd be over in a jiffy!


LH: In a jiffy? 你是说很快就到了,是吗?


LL: Exactly, Li Hua. In a jiffy means 6 a very short amount of time.


LH: 对了,你平时要花一刻钟才能到我这里,今天怎么十分钟不到就到了呢? You did make it here in a jiffy.


LL: I tried very hard to get over here in a jiffy, because I felt so bad about spacing our trip to the museum today.


LH: 别再想忘了去参观的事了。我们得马上出发, 不然就没有时间看画展了。 We better get there in a jiffy.


LL: Oh, it won't take long to get there, Li Hua. The museum isn't far. I promise we will be there in a jiffy. Are you ready to go?


LH: 我去拿一下大衣和钱包, 马上就准备好。


LL: While you are getting your coat and purse, I'll check the directions to the museum on the Internet. (computer clicking 7 sounds)


LH: Okay, 我去拿大衣。你在网上查查去博物馆的路线。


LL: The web 8 page isn't coming up. Usually web pages come up in a jiffy.


LH: 是啊,平时网页一点就开,今天真奇怪。 Larry,我们没有时间了, 还是赶快上车吧。


LL: Li Hua, I didn't have lunch because I rushed to get over here. Do you mind if I fix myself a sandwich real quick? I can make one in a jiffy.


LH: Oh, Larry, 实在抱歉,我不知道你还没有吃午饭。你赶快去作sandwich吧,我在这里等你。不过要快噢。Please do it in a jiffy!


LL: I will, and I promise I will also eat it in a jiffy, too!


今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是spaced, 意思是忘了。还有一个是in a jiffy意思是马上、立刻。

 



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.洗衣店,洗衣房;已洗好的衣物,待洗衣物
  • Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
  • There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。
n.小册子
  • Over a thousand copies of the pamphlet have now been given out.现在已分发了一千多本小册子。
  • The scholarly monographs were published as pamphlet.学术专著是以小册子形式出版的。
vt.展览,展出,陈列;n.展览品;陈列品
  • Next week those goods will exhibit in that shop. 下个星期,这些货物将在那家商店展出。
  • The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.9月份,经济继续呈现出衰退的迹象。
adv.然后,后来地
  • Afterwards he went abroad.之后他到国外去了。
  • We saw the film and afterwards walked home together. 我们看了电影后一起走回了家。
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。
v.使发出咔哒声,使咔哒(或咔嚓)响( click的现在分词 );突然明白;配合默契;在计算机荧光屏上用鼠标器)咔嗒一按
  • The metal container began to emit a clicking sound. 金属容器开始发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音。
  • The machine is clicking away. 机声轧轧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.网,蛛丝,蹼,织物,圈套,卷筒纸;vi.生蹼,形成网;vt.织蜘蛛网于,使落入圈套
  • The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
  • You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网?
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