时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

今天Michael 到李华的宿舍串门,李华会学到两个常用语:have a cow 和pack rat 1

M: Hey, Li Hua, what are you doing?
L: 哎哟,我在找我的眼镜,急死人了,找不到眼镜我怎么上课啊?
M: Calm down. Li Hua, don't have a cow. I'm sure you'll find them.
L: 你说什么?Don't have a cow? Cow, 这不是"母牛"的意思吗?哎,我这儿是学生
宿舍,怎么能养母牛呢?
M: No, I said "don't have a cow", it means 2 don't get too excited about something. I'm
sure you'll find your glasses if you are patient enough.
L: 噢,我懂了,你是让我耐心点儿。你叫我Don't have a cow, 意思就是别着急、
别慌,可是,Don't have a cow 字面的意思明明是"别有母牛"。这跟"别惊慌"一点
关系也没有,好奇怪哟!
M: Yeah, it is a little strange, but we still say it.
L: 好吧,就听你的,I won't have a cow, 再想想看,我可能把眼镜放在什么地方了。
M: Well, where did you see them last?
L: 我记得昨晚睡觉前把眼镜放在床边桌子上了。
M: Have you looked under the bed?
L: 有啊,我在床底下找过了,让我再看看。哎呀,你还真说对了,就在床底下呢!
M: See, I told you not to have a cow and I was right.
L: 可是,Michael, 你肯定平时也有惊慌失措的时候。比方说,要是我对你说,我
把你的电脑弄坏了,你肯定会have a cow。
M: Yes, I would have a cow because I can't afford to buy a new one. Hey, Li Hua, You
didn't really break my computer, did you?
L: Don't have a cow! 我是在跟你开玩笑啦!
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M: Li Hua, you really have a lot of stuff 3. Is that the movie ticket from last week? You
even saved that?
L: 噢,这是上星期的电影票。你说我这儿东西多啊,那是因为我喜欢把各样东西
留起来。你看,除了电影票,我还有报纸杂志什么的。谁知道呢,说不定什么时
候会有用呢!
M: You're really a pack rat. Look at all this stuff! No wonder you couldn't find your
glasses.
L: 哎哟,Michael, 虽然我找不到眼镜可能是因为我这儿东西太多,可你也不该骂
人啊?干吗说我是rat? Rat 那不是"老鼠"吗?
M: No, I didn't call you a rat. I said you are a pack rat. A pack rat is someone who saves
everything and has lots of stuff.
L: 噢,原来,pack rat 是指"什么东西都不肯扔的人"。我什么东西都不愿意扔 -- I
guess I am a pack rat.
M: My mom is a pack rat, too. We have so much stuff in our house. She even saved
every drawing 4 I ever made when I was a kid.
L: 原来你妈妈也是个pack rat. 你说连你小时候画的画她都舍不得扔?我倒希望
我妈也是个pack rat, 把我小时候画的画啦或者玩过的玩具也留到今天。
M: So you can have them here and add to your "collection"? You're really a pack rat,
but Li Hua, have you ever thought how difficult it would be for you to move to a new
place?
L: 说的也是,我什么都留着,东西越积越多,要是哪天想搬家,那可就成问题罗。
M: Well, my folks 5 have been in their house for more than 20 years, probably because
my mom is such a pack rat, they have too much stuff to even move.
L: 什么?你爸妈在一个地方住了20 多年,可能就是因为你妈是pack rat,弄得家
里东西太多了?Maybe I shouldn't be a pack rat anymore!

今天李华学到了两个常用语,一个是to have a cow, 意思是"惊慌失措";另一个是
pack rat, 意思是"什么东西都不肯扔的人"。



n.鼠,卑鄙的人,变节者;vi.背叛,捕鼠;vt.弄蓬松,告发
  • The rat is hated by many people.老鼠被很多人憎恶。
  • He stopped up the rat holes.他塞住了那些老鼠洞。
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。
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
n.图画,制图,素描术
  • Drawing is my favorite lesson.画图画是我最喜欢的课程。
  • The children learn singing,dancing,drawing,and the like in the kindergarten.孩子们在幼儿园里学习唱歌、跳舞、画图画等。
n.人们;父母;亲人;家属;人们( folk的名词复数 );亲属;大伙儿;民间音乐
  • Ask yourself what the folks in Peoria will think of it. 想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事。
  • When good folks meet, evil men keep their distance. 好人相逢,恶人远离。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
aeronautical navigational electronics
air craft
Aisimi
alpha-beta transition
annunziato
armyworms
as crazy as a loon
bag dust filter
beam bearing
Benangin
bf, bf.
black-cab
blockwood pavement
boisterously
boss-fern
Bukhoro
capacity for public rights
carthon
chlorophyll corpuscle
cladophoran
colloverthwart
computer interconnects
conversation control
Creusot-Loire Uddelholm process
CRSV
current operating performance income statement
derivational compound
diagnostically
digital-advertising
Eaton Park
ejector lift
excursion rate
fail-soft function
fan-guide
ferrobustamite
first-out
glass object
grapeseed oil
hemqtarrhachis
hickenlooper
high-speed sequential processing
Higi
hop on the bandwagon
hydrokonite (hydroconite)
ilmens
inter-organizational
iron halogenide
Isobutylisovalerate
jamt
jen
Jenolan
job dyeing
keystone-type piston ring
kneeboarding
La Cavada
load time his tory
martinhal
measure twice, cut once
mechanical face seals
method analysis
microsoft commercial internet system
midmarket
murska
nanoprocessor
nonreduced
obtuse-angle
optimal growth path
Percy cautery
profit allowance
put it this way
raw casting
readable news
reversal colo(u)r film
rotary slasher
rural erosion rate
scaraboids
Scots Gaelic
seam fat
seepage apron
seiters
self-propelled floating crane
separetionist
soapworts
splicing
splicing vise
spring hoop
submerged tooth
suburban areas
syllogisms
temporomaxillary
topographical parallel
townlets
Tracheophytas
trailing cavity
travelling roller pin
unextraneous
unit mass resolution
unyielding foundation
utility-company
Varaire
wakeys-wakeys
yoruba dance (w. africa)