英语PK台 第293期:开车别打电话,别发短信!

 　　Dialogue 1

　　Mark:Ah! Jingjing! I'm in a grind 1!
　　马克：啊！京晶！我太痛苦了！
　　Jingjing: What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost!
　　京晶：怎么啦？你看起来像见了鬼一样！
　　Mark: Yeah, I just got in a wreck 2. My parents are gonna bite my head off.
　　马克：是啊，我刚刚出车祸了。我爸妈会骂死我的。
　　Jingjing: Really? Are you okay? How about your car?
　　京晶：真的吗？！你还好吗？你的车还好吗？
　　Mark:I'm fine, but my car is totaled! They gave that car to me last year when I graduated college, it cost thirty grand! I don't know what to do!
　　马克：我很好，但我的车完蛋了！那辆车是去年我大学毕业的时候我爸妈送我的，花了整整3万美元啊！我都不知道该怎么办了！
　　Jingjing: Just stay calm! Accidents happen. I'm sure it wasn't your fault.
　　京晶：保持冷静！事故发生也是免不了的。我敢肯定，那不是你的错。
　　Mark: Actually it was. I really goofed 4 up, Jingjing. I was texting and driving. I wasn't paying attention to the road.
　　马克：但其实是我的错。这次我真的犯错误了，京晶。我一边开车一边发短信来着，没有注意道路。
　　Jingjing: Mark! What's gotten into you? That doesn't seem like something you'd do!
　　京晶：马克！你是怎么想的？这不像是你会做出来的事啊！
　　Mark: I know. I don't know what I was thinking. Jingjing, what am I supposed to do?!
　　马克：我知道，我也不知道我在想什么。京晶，我该怎么办？！
　　Jingjing: Look, you need to be blunt 5 with your parents and tell them what happened. I'm sure they'll forgive you! After all, they're your parents.
　　京晶：我觉得，你还是得跟你的父母说实话吧，告诉他们发生了什么事。我敢肯定，他们会原谅你！毕竟他们是你的父母呀。
　　Mark: Okay, I'm gonna go home now and spill the beans.
　　马克：好吧，我现在就回家告诉他们这个消息。
　　Jingjing: Good luck!
　　京晶：祝你好运！
　　New words for dialogue:
　　in a grind=痛苦折磨，处于困难的境地
　　You look like you've seen a ghost.=你看起来像见了鬼一样（你看起来真的很害怕或紧张;有时指人的脸很苍白）。
　　get in a wreck=出了一场车祸
　　bite someone's head off=把某人的头咬断，指对某人非常生气而大声喝斥
　　totaled=（车）报废了
　　grand=千（通常指金钱）;例如：10 grand=$10，000
　　to goof 3 up=出大错
　　texting and driving=驾驶车辆时发短信（一种常见但非常危险的违反交规的行为）
　　What's gotten into you?=你是怎么想的？如果你问别人“What's gotten into you?”，那么他们很可能做了一些令人震惊或似乎不像他们会做出来的事情。
　　spill the beans=说实话
　　Dialogue 2
　　Jingjing:So? How did it go with your parents? Are they ticked off?
　　京晶：后来怎么样了？你父母什么反应？他们生气了吗？
　　Mark: No. They were more worried than anything. They were just happy I wasn't hurt. The good news is that the insurance will cover the cost of the car.
　　马克：没有，他们主要是很担心。庆幸我没有受伤。好消息是，保险公司将会赔付我汽车的损失。
　　Jingjing: Wow, it sounds like they are letting you off pretty easy. What's the catch?
　　京晶：哇，听起来他们很容易就饶过你了。有什么条件吗？
　　Mark: The catch is that they are making me pay the deductable, and they told me I'm not allowed to send text for a month.
　　马克：条件就是，他们要我自己付抵扣款，并且要求我一个月不能发短信。
　　Jingjing: No text messages? I think I would go bananas! I love sending texts. I bet you can't wait for this month to go by, huh?
　　京晶：不能发短信？我想我会发疯的！我最喜欢发短信了。我敢打赌，你肯定希望这个月快点儿过去，对吧？
　　Mark: That's right, next month I'll be like a dog with two tails. Although, I swear I'll never send another text while driving again.
　　马克：没错，下个月我就又恢复自由啦。不过，我发誓我再也不会一边开车一边发短信了。
　　Jingjing: Look on the bright side, at least you'll save a lot of money this month by not having to send texts. Texting can be expensive.
　　京晶：往好的方面想，至少你这个月不发短信能节省一大笔钱了。发短信可是挺贵的呢。
　　Mark: That's true! I never thought about that. With all this left over money, I think I might go buy some books that I've been wanting to read.
　　马克：这倒是真的！我从来没有想过这个问题。用这些省下来的的钱，我可以去买些我一直想读的书。
　　Jingjing: See, Mark. This whole ordeal 6 has turned out to be a blessing 7 in disguise 8.
　　京晶：你看，马克。这次磨难其实是因祸得福啦。
　　Mark: Hey, how come you always seem to cheer me up? Do you have magical powers or something?
　　马克：嘿嘿，你怎么好像总是能让我高兴起来呢？你是有神奇的力量还是怎么的？
　　Jingjing: No, I'm just awesome 9! That's all…
　　京晶：没有，我就是太天才了！就这样而已……
　　New words for dialogue:
　　in a grind=痛苦折磨，处于困难的境地
　　You look like you've seen a ghost.=你看起来像见了鬼一样（你看起来真的很害怕或紧张;有时指人的脸很苍白）。
　　get in a wreck=出了一场车祸
　　bite someone's head off=把某人的头咬断，指对某人非常生气而大声喝斥
　　totaled=（车）报废了
　　grand=千（通常指金钱）;例如：10 grand=$10，000
　　to goof up=出大错
　　texting and driving=驾驶车辆时发短信（一种常见但非常危险的违反交规的行为）
　　What's gotten into you?=你是怎么想的？如果你问别人“What's gotten into you?”，那么他们很可能做了一些令人震惊或似乎不像他们会做出来的事情。
　　spill the beans=说实话