ESL Podcast 621 – Picking a Fight
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
I was sitting at my local bar waiting for my friends to arrive to watch the game. Two guys sitting a few seats away kept giving me strange looks, and one of them said, “What are you looking at?” I looked around to make sure that he was speaking to me, and before I could respond he said, “You want a piece of me? You and what army? Let’s take it outside.”
By this time, I realized that this guy was trying to pick a fight with me and I wasn’t sure what to do. I was hoping that I could make peace with him or at least hold him off until my friends got there.
I said to him, “I’m just sitting over here minding my own business. I’m not trying to get in your face. I don’t have a problem with you. Let’s just chill 1 out and I’ll buy you and your friend a drink.” He didn’t seem to like what I’d said.
“Chill out?” he said. “I don’t need to chill out. Those are fighting words. Let’s take this outside. I want to see you running with your tail between your legs.” He got up and started to walk toward 2 me.
Just then, my friends arrived. When the man saw my six friends walking toward me, he stopped in his tracks. I think he was weighing his odds 3 and doubting his own chances. He turned around and said something to his friend, and then they both got up and walked out the door.
That was a narrow escape. I had never been so happy to see my friends as I was at that moment. Needless 4 to say, the first round was on me.
Script 5 by Dr. Lucy Tse
- With the chill factor,it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数，气温接近零下40度。
- The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。
- Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
- Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
- Needless to say,I agree.无须说，我是同意的。
- It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.你需要一个助手，那是不必说的。