美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 119 - out to get sb. / go to bat for sb.

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Larry和李華剛剛上完美國(guó)歷史課，兩人正在討論上課的內(nèi)容。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ): out to get someone和go to bat for someone.

LL: Hey, Li Hua, did you notice how professor Smith kept asking Mary really hard questions? He really seemed out to get her.

LH: 就是?。∥乙苍诩{悶?zāi)?！Smith教授好象在故意刁難Mary，他問(wèn)她的問(wèn)題恐怕誰(shuí)都答不出來(lái)。真是奇怪。Larry你說(shuō)教授是out to get her，那是什么意思??？

LL: If a person is "out to get" someone else it means that he has a grudge against that person and wants to hurt or embarrass her.

LH: 哼，out to get someone 就是故意讓某人難堪，和他過(guò)不去?？墒荢mith 教授和Mary有什么過(guò)節(jié)，為什么要這樣對(duì)她呢？

LL: I heard that a student complained about Prof. Smith to the department chair. It's possible that she was the one who complained and now he's out to get her for it.

LH: 你懷疑Mary在系主任那里表示對(duì)Smith教授不滿，所以教授現(xiàn)在要整她？哎喲！ 要是被教授盯上，故意和你過(guò)不去，那可慘了！

LL: Yeah, I can imagine that it's stressful. I've never had a professor that was out to get me, but I had a classmate that was out to get me once.

LH: 真的啊？你那個(gè)同學(xué)為什么和你過(guò)不去呢？

LL: Well, I asked out the girl he liked and she went out with me. He was so angry that he was always spreading rumors about me. He even told the girl that I had another girlfriend

LH: 那可不能怪你呀！那個(gè)女孩愿意和你約會(huì)，他就算喜歡那女孩，也不應(yīng)該散布中傷你的謠言嘛！那，那個(gè)女孩她相信那些謠言嗎？

LL: Of course not. She knew he was out to get me. Have you ever known anyone who was out to get you?

LH: 我啊，我也有過(guò)這種不愉快的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。我以前那個(gè)同屋常常會(huì)故意刪掉別人給我的電話留言，特別是一些重要信息內(nèi)。你說(shuō)，這不是故意整我嗎？

LL: Yeah, she really had a grudge against you after you asked her to be quieter when she came home at night.

LH: 就是??！自從我讓她晚上回來(lái)別聲音太大以后，她老是跟我過(guò)不去。這種人真不講理。

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LH: 我真不敢相信Smith教授居然會(huì)當(dāng)著全班面罵Mary笨！

LL: But did you see how that other student went to bat for her? He told the professor that his behavior was unprofessional in front of everyone.

LH: 對(duì)，那個(gè)男同學(xué)真是有男子漢大丈夫的氣概。他站起來(lái)指責(zé)教授?？墒沁@和bat有什么關(guān)系？Bat不是球棒的意思嗎？

LL: That term comes from baseball. If you go to bat for someone else it means you stand up for them and defend them.

LH: 噢！Go to bat for someone就是替某人打抱不平，就像那個(gè)男同學(xué)替Mary出頭，站起來(lái)批評(píng)Smith教授一樣咯！

LL: Exactly. Can you think of a time that someone went to bat for you?

LH: 嗯，有一次我騎著自行車被一個(gè)開(kāi)車的人撞上，那人還怪我，說(shuō)是我的錯(cuò)。不是你跳出來(lái)幫我忙的嗎！你怎么忘了呢？我記得你還叫了警察呢。You really went to bat for me.

LL: Oh, that was nothing. I was just helping you out. I'm sure you would have gone to bat for me, too.

LH: 那當(dāng)然，朋友有難，我一定會(huì)拔刀相助，替你出頭??！哦！還有一次，一個(gè)女同學(xué)在考試的時(shí)候偷看我的考卷，還向教授說(shuō)是我做弊呢。

LL: Yeah, I remember that.

LH: 你為我打抱不平，跑去和教授說(shuō)你看到那個(gè)女孩偷看我的考卷。

LL: Well, that was true. I did see her cheating.

LH: Larry，我真的很感謝你噢！ 你也有男子漢大丈夫的氣概。

LL：Thank you!

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。第一個(gè)是out to get someone。意思是故意和某人過(guò)不去，讓他為難、難堪。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是go to bat for someone, 是替某人打抱不平，為人出頭的意思。