时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

李华正在开车和Michael 一起去学校。今天李华会学到两个常用语:to be on crack
和to get the hang of something。

L: 哟,我的天啊,我车后面的一个轮胎爆了!Michael, 一个轮胎爆了还能开一段
路,对不对?
M: Li Hua!? Are you on crack? You can't drive with a flat tire, you'll ruin your car, and
probably get in a wreck 1!
L: 哎哟,我也不想弄坏我的车,也不想出车祸。不过,你刚才问我Are you on
crack?这是什么意思啊? Crack 这不是一种毒品吗?on crack 不就是吸毒吗?
M: Yes, "crack" -- as in "crack cocaine 2". "To be on crack" means to be high on cocaine.
Of course, when I say, "Are you on crack?" I really mean -- "Are you crazy"?
L: 等等,这得弄清楚。你的意思是,to be on crack 可以指吸毒,但是你刚才对我
说的不是这个意思。你是说:我要在一个轮胎破了的情况下继续开车,简直是疯
啦!哎,你可得解释清楚了,我从来不吸毒的!
M: Calm down, Li Hua. People use this phrase all the time. I was just alarmed that you
would try to drive your car with a flat tire. You'd have to be on crack to do something
crazy like that.
L: 噢,我懂了,你的意思是:我准是吸了毒才会想干这种傻事 -- 轮胎破了还想
继续开车。Michael, 我们把轮胎换了吧。现在还来得及。
(sound of trunk opening, tools rattling 3, sound of car jack 4, etc.)
L: 说到发疯,我认为George Wilkins 才真是疯了呢。我听说他要到阿富汗一个村
庄去给他的论文做实地调查。
M: He's going to be traveling in Afghanistan! Is he on crack? Can you imagine how
dangerous that place must be right now?
L: 我也觉得真是太危险了。不过他想要当国际水平的人类学家。那他就得做出牺
牲啦!
M: Yeah, well that Ph.D. won't be much good to him if he gets shot. I still think anyone
who chooses to go to Afghanistan right now is on crack.... it's just crazy!
L: 就是,要在阿富汗给打死的话,什么博士学位都没用了。行了,轮胎装好了,
我们快走吧!
(sound of trunk closing)
* *****
L: (Horn honking) 噢,应该让他先走。我开车的技术实在太差了。老是犯这种错
误。
M: Don't worry Li Hua, you're not a terrible driver! You haven't been driving for very
long. You'll get the hang of it, eventually.
L: 你说我最后会什么?Get the hang of it?
M: I said you will "get the hang of it". "To get the hang of something" means to
become proficient 5 at something through practice.
L: 噢,to-get-the-hang-of-it 就是多练习,多实践,一些事情就会做得更好。这不
就是中文里说的"熟能生巧"吗?但愿你说得对,我多开车,技术就会改进喽!
M: I know I'm right! Remember when you first started school, you had trouble with
your writing assignments? I think you've gotten the hang of writing English essays now,
right?
L: 就是哎,我刚来美国的时候不会写学术报告。现在是好多了。
M: You've been living in the U.S. for some time now. You must have gotten the hang of
a lot of new skills?
L: 嗯,我在美国已经三年了,是学到不少东西。
M: And you've gotten the hang of teaching, haven't you? Your students seem to like
you.
L: 对呀,我在教中文方面也比较熟悉了。I've got the hang of teaching Chinese, 对
不对?
M: Absolutely!

今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是:to be on crack, 这可以指"吸毒",但是也可
以指:"你疯啦!"。李华学到的另外一个常用语是:to get a hang of something, 意
思是通过练习,熟能生巧。



n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
  • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
  • No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
n.可卡因,古柯碱(用作局部麻醉剂)
  • That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
  • Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
adj.熟练的,精通的;n.能手,专家
  • She is proficient at swimming.她精通游泳。
  • I think I'm quite proficient in both written and spoken English.我认为我在英语读写方面相当熟练。
学英语单词
-poietic
3-carboethoxypsoralen
acathexias
ACD Systems
actings
actionable
advanc
african corn-lily lxie
ammyonia absorption refrigerator
aniculus ursus
antelope horn
art studio
arteria scapularis dorsalis
ascogenesis
ballyards
body-size
Boland
bruish (n. ireland)
Buwaymah
Clangula hyemalis
close type injector
Code.
concepcion del oro
constant supply power
credit description
Daisyfield
default system for sequential file
devoutly
diffraction velocimeter
dispute against
drier roll
earth pressure theory
exchange compensation allowance
ferraz
fine limit
foolfish
Fusca
Goldwynism
Golyama Syutkya
hatemongers
havelka
highest court
hop on
horizontal transverse wave
iconomania
ill-favored
impeller blower
invasive mole of cervix
Isachenko, Ostrov
Jävre
Kieleckie, Województwo
laid fire laid up
Lardner
legal attachment
logosphere
marko
mean normal diameter pitch
megathermal
mental retardations
multiple sample counter
multiple substitution enciphering system
neurina
nonviabler
north-south station keeping
Omulëvaya, Bukhta
photostylers
plough drill
plunger carrier
Polski Trǔmbesh
private enemy property
quadratic rehash
readvertisement
recording precipitation station
redundacy
remove furniture
replenishing period
rheid folding
river-like
rod grease
sepharose
Sindkheda
single ram intensifier
sounding gauge
speed of fall
spiccest
splenorrhasia
steaming of cloth
subgroup blood
suction moisture equivalent
supersonic-flow anemometer
svengali
tentatory
theatrick
there in body, but not in spirit
trochili
two-sided manifold
validation of contract
volta potential difference
wasilla
wervel
yucatans