时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

Larry正在帮李华填税表。今天我们要学两个常用语:playing with fire和do it for me.


LH: Jeez, Larry. 美国报税怎么这么麻烦。要我说,定个25%什么的,所有人的收入都按这个税率交,那多简单。


LL: But Lihua, if it were so simple, all those accountants 1 wouldn't have jobs. Wouldn't that be terrible?


LH: 我可管不了那么多。对了,Larry, 你说,如果我把猫算做抚养对象来抵税的话,税务局会不会发现?


LL: Mr. Cuddles is very smart for a cat, but I don't think he counts as a child. Even though you might not get caught, it would still be playing with fire.


LH: Playing with fire? 玩火,我报税不老实,跟玩火有关系吗?


LL: Actually, Li Hua, when you say someone is playing with fire, it means 2 that she is doing something risky 3.


LH: 哦,我明白了。 Playing with fire不是说真去玩火,而是指做某些危险的事情。


LL: Bingo. For example, say I noticed that you've been putting on weight lately. I could suggest you try to lose some weight, but if I know anything about women, that would definitely 4 be playing with fire.


LH: 算你聪明。劝女孩子减肥,那你可是引火烧身。不过,Larry, 报税实在太无聊了。不如别报了,咱们去看电影吧。


LL: But Lihua, the deadline is coming up soon! If we wait until the last minute to send it in, we'll really be playing with fire.


LH: 这倒也是。如果报税过了最后期限,那可是自找麻烦。有了,不如我们花点钱,在网上找家报税公司,让他们去做吧!


LL: I don't know, Lihua. Lots of those Web 5 sites don't seem trustworthy. If you gave them a lot of your personal information, you would really be playing with fire.


LH: 有道理。如果个人信息在网上被骇客偷走,那才真是玩火呢。看来,还是要求你帮忙。


LL: No problem. That's what I'm here for.


LH: 你说,如果把我的婚姻状况填成已婚,能不能少交点税?


LL: Lihua, you are definitely playing with fire.


******


三个小时过后。


LH: 啊... 终于填完了。我现在最大的愿望就是搬到Cayman Island去,每天都是明媚的阳光和温暖的沙滩,而且不用交税。


LL: Yeah, but what about Mr. Cuddles? I think he would be really hot, and he would get lots of sand in his fur.


LH: 那不行。我们家Cuddles可不能受半点委屈。要不,我把他寄养在你家吧?


LL: I don't think so, Lihua. Cats don't do it for me.


LH: Cats don't do what for you, Larry? 我们家Mr. Cuddles能做不少把戏呢!不信你试试看!


LL: Actually, when you say that something doesn't do it for you, it means you don't really like it.


LH: 哦,我知道了,说一件事情do not do it for me, 就是说不合我的口味,我不喜欢。


LL: Exactly! Or for example, do you know how lots of men think Angelina Jolie is really beautiful?


LH: Larry, 你最好小心!如果你是哪个女明星的粉丝的话,最好不要说出来,否则的话....


LL: Actually, what I was going to say is that although lots of men think Angelina Jolie is really beautiful, she doesn't really do it for me.


LH: 哦,原来Angelina Jolie不是你喜欢的类型。She is not your type.


LL: You got it. But now that we're finished with your taxes, let's go out and have some fun. Do you want to go out to a restaurant for dinner?


LH: 好啊。还去上个月去过的那家墨西哥餐馆怎么样?我太喜欢吃墨西哥菜了!


LL: Yeah...it wasn't too bad, but to be honest, it didn't really do it for me. Let's go somewhere that we both really love.


LH: It didn't do it for you? 你竟然觉得一般?好吧,今天听你的,谁让你帮我报税呢!


LL: Hmm ... Say, you know what restaurant really did it for me? The Italian restaurant downtown we went to last week.


LH: 慢着慢着,那次吃完意大利菜,你不是闹肚子来着吗?I think going there might be playing with fire. 你再去不是“玩火”吗?


LL: Yeah, it made me sick later, but the food was so delicious it was worth it.


今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是playing with fire, 意思是做危险的事情,玩火。另一个是do it for me意思是合乎我的口味和爱好。

 



n.会计人员,会计师( accountant的名词复数 )
  • a firm of accountants 会计事务所
  • the Institute of Chartered Accountants (英国皇家)特许会计师协会
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.有风险的,冒险的
  • It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险,但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
  • He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
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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beiderman
biophysics of membrane transport
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boning room
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clinical genetics
cold waste
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crushable structure
customer centricity
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desktop videoconferencing
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durable good
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exner comprehensive system
extra heavy duty
genus omphalotuss
geometric mean inequality
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hold sb in high esteem
holeier
homogentisic acids
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kizdere
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kragen
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latitudinal cleavage
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Office Francais de Recherche Sous-Marine
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rotating particle
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silicon meter
skeezas
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softening plant
SP-54
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to yearn after...
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wind someone round one's fingers
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