时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

Larry周末去找李华。今天我们要学两个常用语:the cat is out of the bag和kick the bucket 1.


LL: Hi Li Hua, how's it going?


LH: 挺好的,总算又考完了一门。你怎么样?


LL: I'm doing pretty well. There's something I've been meaning to ask you...


LH: 你先别说,让我猜猜,你要带我出去渡假?


LL: What?How'd you know?! Who let the cat out of the bag?


LH: What? 什么叫"let the cat out of the bag?"


LL: Who told you?


LH: 哈哈,当然是你妹妹Susie.


LL: I can't believe she told you!


LH: Well. I guess she let the cat out of the bag.


LL: Did she ever! I can't believe she let the cat out of the bag!


LH: 你还不了解Susie吗,她肚子里什么事情也藏不住。


LL: I see that now.


LH: 你以后有什么要保密的事,千万不能告诉她。


LL: I guess Susie is not a good candidate 2 for being a spy 3.


LH: 她要当间谍,第一天就把自己先出卖了!


LL: Oh well, so the cat is out of the bag, I want to take you on a vacation.


LH: 好啊!带我去渡假我当然愿意,可总得有点儿理由吧?


LL: Well, that project just finished and my boss offered me a few weeks off to relax since we all worked so many hours on it. Plus I just got a bonus 4 for the work.


LH: 又放假,又发奖金。这可真是双喜临门。


LL: It's pretty good. I'm just glad that now I have some time to relax.


LH: 那你有没有想好去哪里呢?


LL: I was thinking that we could go down to Miami, you know, just relax by the beach. I think it would be a pretty good way to get away from it all for a little bit.


LH: 迈阿密的阳光,我来了!


LL: It's a shame you weren't surprised though, now I know not to tell someone who might let the cat out of the bag next time.


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李华第二天见到Larry. Larry看上去情绪十分低落。


LH: Larry, 你怎么了,脸色这么难看,发生什么事情了吗?


LL: My second grade teacher apparently 5 just kicked the bucket.


LH: 你小学二年级老师kicked the bucket? 她的脚没受伤吧?


LL: No, kicked the bucket means 6 she died.


LH: 哦,原来kick the bucket是去世的意思。对不起,你一定很难过吧?


LL: Well, She always had some health problems. To be honest, I'm surprised she lived to be as old as she did. She was probably in her 60s when I had her.


LH: 不管怎么说,自己以前的老师去世,心里一定还是很不好受。


LL: Yeah, it is a little sad, and a little strange. I hadn't thought of her in years.


LH: 那你是怎么听说她去世的消息呢?


LL: Someone from my hometown posted it on my facebook wall.


LH: 没想到,脸谱网还能起到发讣告的作用。


LL: Yeah, it is kind of weird 7 that someone would use facebook as an obituary 8. Usually people like to write about having kids online. But this is the first time I heard about someone kicking the bucket.


LH: 不说这些不高兴的事了。Larry, 晚上要不一起去看电影?


LL: OK. Anything in particular?


LH: 我随便,听你的。


LL: I guess I'd like to see a comedy or something light.


LH: So you don't think about your teacher having kicked the bucket?


LL: Well I guess, but also just because I feel like seeing a comedy.


LH: 对了,Larry, 要不要听个小秘密?


LL: A secret? Of course.


LH: Jenny和Mark订婚了。


LL: WOW! That's great news!


LH: 别嚷别嚷。他们还没有正式宣布呢。You have to promise you won't let the cat out of the bag!


今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是the cat is out of the bag, 意思是泄露秘密。另一个是kick the bucket意思是去世。

 



n.水桶,一桶之量,吊桶
  • The bottom of the bucket has worn through after all this time.经过这么长时间,这只桶的底部终于磨穿了。
  • Can you fill me a bucket of water,please?请给我打一桶水好吗?
n.候选人;候补者;投考者,申请求职者
  • Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
  • The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。
n.间谍,侦探,侦察;vt.侦察,找出,发现;vi.做密探,侦查
  • I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.我肯定邻居暗中监视我。
  • The spy never told his family about his underground activities.那个间谍从来不把他的地下活动告诉他的家人。
n.奖金,红利
  • The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus.工人们期望年终分红。
  • The staff got a a special bonus payment.员工得到一笔特别发放的奖金。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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。
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
n.讣告,死亡公告;adj.死亡的
  • The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
  • Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后,他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。
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