美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 121 - to be beat / to O.D.

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今天Larry和李華花了大半天時(shí)間在購(gòu)物中心里，采購(gòu)圣誕禮物。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to be beat和to O.D. on something.

LL: The mall was so crowded! I'm totally beat from fighting the crowds all day long.

LH: 就是啊！我從來(lái)沒(méi)有看過(guò)這么多人一塊兒逛街。哎，Larry，你剛才說(shuō)I'm beat，是不是說(shuō)我們擠在人群里的時(shí)候，有人打你啊？

LL: No, nobody hit me. The expression "I'm beat" means, "I'm exhausted."

LH: 噢，原來(lái)I'm beat，不是打的意思，而是累壞了。其實(shí)，我也好累。你想想我們?cè)谶@兒花了6個(gè)小時(shí)耶，怎么可能不累。

LL: It would only have taken two hours at most if we didn't have to spend so much time waiting in line to pay for things. I bet the sales people are really beat by the end of the day.

LH: 你說(shuō)的沒(méi)錯(cuò)，光是付錢(qián)，我們就花了很多時(shí)間排隊(duì)。我看那些售貨員一天下來(lái)肯定累壞了。

LL: Well, I'm glad I don't work in a store. I'm so beat that I think I'm going to go to bed very early tonight. What about you?

LH: 我也累死了，今晚可能也得早點(diǎn)睡。嘿！Larry, 如果我逛街逛累了，是不是能說(shuō)shopping beat me?

LL: No, you can only say, "I'm beat from shopping."

LH: 噢，這么說(shuō)，下星期我要準(zhǔn)備期末考試，我應(yīng)該說(shuō)：Next week, I'll be beat from studying for my final exams.

LL: Please, don't mention exams. I'm beat just thinking about studying for them.

LH: 哎，Larry，你也別這么想嘛！準(zhǔn)備的時(shí)候是很累，可是考試考的得好，不也是很高興的事嘛！

LL: That's true. I hope my family members appreciate the effort I put into finding their Christmas presents.

LH: 你花了那么大功夫買(mǎi)來(lái)的禮物，你家人一定會(huì)喜歡的。唉！我們倆都累了，還是回家吧。明天見(jiàn)咯！

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LH: 嘿, Larry, 你好一點(diǎn)了嗎？還是你仍然覺(jué)得累呢？

LL: I'm afraid I'm not feeling much better. I caught a cold and then I O.D.ed on cold medicine. Now, I feel really tired and spacey.

LH: 什么，你感冒啦？你還說(shuō)你O.D.了一些感冒藥。那是什么意思？嚴(yán)不嚴(yán)重啊？

LL: "To O.D. on something" is short for "to overdose on something."

LH: O.D.就是服藥過(guò)量啊？那不是很危險(xiǎn)嗎？你是不是該去醫(yī)院檢查一下啊？

LL: No, don't worry. Usually, O.D.ing on medicine or drugs is very serious, but I probably took a little bit too much cold medicine, not enough to hurt me.

LH: Oh, 那就好！你剛才真把我嚇一跳。其實(shí)我也不太舒服。我看了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)的書(shū)，現(xiàn)在頭好疼呢！

LL: Hey, please don't mention exams and studying. I don't even want to think about exams now that I have a cold!

LH: 好啦！我不再提念書(shū)和考試了嘛！Larry, 也許你應(yīng)該少吃些感冒藥，多多睡覺(jué)。這樣或許會(huì)感覺(jué)好一些。

LL: I think O.D.ing on some more sleep is a good advice, it's probably the only way I'm going to get through exams with a cold.

LH: 那好，如果你想多睡覺(jué)多休息，我可要多叫點(diǎn)比薩來(lái)吃，我快餓壞了！

LL: I wouldn't mind having some pizza, too. Order enough for both of us.

LH: Larry, 如果你還能感覺(jué)肚子餓，那你肯定沒(méi)有病的太嚴(yán)重啦！

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，第一個(gè)是to be beat，意思是因?yàn)樽瞿臣露蹓牧?，就是to be beat from something。第二個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是to O.D. on something，意思是對(duì)某個(gè)東西服用過(guò)量。