美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)on crack / get the hang of soth.

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李華正在開車和Michael一起去學(xué)校。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to be on crack和to get the hang of something。

L: 喲，我的天啊，我車后面的一個(gè)輪胎爆了！Michael, 一個(gè)輪胎爆了還能開一段路，對(duì)不對(duì)？

M: Li Hua!? Are you on crack? You can't drive with a flat tire, you'll ruin your car, and probably get in a wreck!

L: 哎喲，我也不想弄壞我的車，也不想出車禍。不過(guò)，你剛才問(wèn)我Are you on crack？這是什么意思啊? crack這不是一種毒品嗎？on crack不就是吸毒嗎？

M: Yes, "crack" -- as in "crack cocaine". "To be on crack" means to be high on cocaine. Of course, when I say, "Are you on crack?" I really mean -- "Are you crazy"?

L: 等等，這得弄清楚。你的意思是，to be on crack可以指吸毒，但是你剛才對(duì)我說(shuō)的不是這個(gè)意思。你是說(shuō)：我要在一個(gè)輪胎破了的情況下繼續(xù)開車，簡(jiǎn)直是瘋啦！哎，你可得解釋清楚了，我從來(lái)不吸毒的！

M: Calm down, Li Hua. People use this phrase all the time. I was just alarmed that you would try to drive your car with a flat tire. You'd have to be on crack to do something crazy like that.

L: 噢，我懂了，你的意思是：我準(zhǔn)是吸了毒才會(huì)想干這種傻事 -- 輪胎破了還想繼續(xù)開車。Michael, 我們把輪胎換了吧。現(xiàn)在還來(lái)得及。

(sound of trunk opening, tools rattling, sound of car jack, etc.)

L: 說(shuō)到發(fā)瘋，我認(rèn)為George Wilkins才真是瘋了呢。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)他要到阿富汗一個(gè)村莊去給他的論文做實(shí)地調(diào)查。

M: He's going to be traveling in Afghanistan! Is he on crack? Can you imagine how dangerous that place must be right now?

L: 我也覺(jué)得真是太危險(xiǎn)了。不過(guò)他想要當(dāng)國(guó)際水平的人類學(xué)家。那他就得做出犧牲啦！

M: Yeah, well that Ph.D. won't be much good to him if he gets shot. I still think anyone who chooses to go to Afghanistan right now is on crack.... it's just crazy!

L: 就是，要在阿富汗給打死的話，什么博士學(xué)位都沒(méi)用了。行了，輪胎裝好了，我們快走吧！

(sound of trunk closing)

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L: (Horn honking) 噢，應(yīng)該讓他先走。我開車的技術(shù)實(shí)在太差了。老是犯這種錯(cuò)誤。

M: Don't worry Li Hua, you're not a terrible driver! You haven't been driving for very long. You'll get the hang of it, eventually.

L: 你說(shuō)我最后會(huì)什么？Get the hang of it？

M: I said you will "get the hang of it". "To get the hang of something" means to become proficient at something through practice.

L: 噢，to-get-the-hang-of-it就是多練習(xí)，多實(shí)踐，一些事情就會(huì)做得更好。這不就是中文里說(shuō)的“熟能生巧”嗎？但愿你說(shuō)得對(duì)，我多開車，技術(shù)就會(huì)改進(jìn)嘍！

M: I know I'm right! Remember when you first started school, you had trouble with your writing assignments? I think you've gotten the hang of writing English essays now, right?

L: 就是哎，我剛來(lái)美國(guó)的時(shí)候不會(huì)寫學(xué)術(shù)報(bào)告。現(xiàn)在是好多了。

M: You've been living in the U.S. for some time now. You must have gotten the hang of a lot of new skills?

L: 嗯，我在美國(guó)已經(jīng)三年了，是學(xué)到不少東西。

M: And you've gotten the hang of teaching, haven't you? Your students seem to like you.

L: 對(duì)呀，我在教中文方面也比較熟悉了。I've got the hang of teaching Chinese, 對(duì)不對(duì)？

M: Absolutely!

今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是：to be on crack, 這可以指“吸毒”，但是也可以指：“你瘋啦！”。李華學(xué)到的另外一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是：to get a hang of something, 意思是通過(guò)練習(xí)，熟能生巧。