美語訓(xùn)練班 053

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A: 大家好! 歡迎來到這期的美語訓(xùn)練班! 我是楊琳!

B: 我是Kat! 楊琳，今天咱們學(xué)什么呢?

A:今天，咱們要看看寵物心理醫(yī)生靠不靠譜，分析一下打高爾夫的好處，走神放空一下，還要告訴大家怎么用美語說“跑腿”和“放鴿子”。

B: 我保證，我們的節(jié)目絕對不會放大家鴿子!

A: 哈哈，那是當(dāng)然!好了，閑話少說，我們先趕快來進(jìn)入第一個單元，Learn a Word!

Learn A Word # 1494

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是immune. Immune is spelled i-m-m-u-n-e, immune. Immune的意思是免疫的，比如，immune system就是指免疫系統(tǒng)， immune disease 則是免疫系統(tǒng)疾病。Immune還可以指"免除的","不受影響的". Apple's OS X, which has long been considered immune to viruses, was recently hit by a malicious software called Flashback. 蘋果電腦的OS X操作系統(tǒng)一向被認(rèn)為百毒不侵，可是最近，該系統(tǒng)遭到一種名叫Flashback的惡意軟件的襲擊。The IMF says Africa's economy is expanding, but it is not immune to global slowdown. 國際貨幣基金組織說，非洲經(jīng)濟(jì)整體有所發(fā)展，但并不能完全不受全球經(jīng)濟(jì)放緩的影響。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是 immune，immune，immune...

A: 聽見沒有，You have to upgrade your Macbook! Mac is no longer immune to viruses. Kat, kat, kat! 你想什么呢?

B: Oh...Oh what? I'm sorry what?

A: 瞧你這走神的!認(rèn)真點!我正在說給macbook下補丁呢!

B: 對對, I spaced out there for a second! 不過正好，下面的Popular American里面，我們就要來學(xué)學(xué)走神要怎么說!

Popular American

現(xiàn)在播送《流行美語》。Larry和李華明天要考試，今天一起復(fù)習(xí)，但李華一直沒法專心。她今天會學(xué)到兩個常用語：zone out和now you're cooking with gas。

LL: So Reaganomics were the economic policies of U.S. President Ronald Reagan---Li Hua? Are you listening?

LH: (Pause) 嗯?發(fā)生什么事了?

LL: Li Hua! How can you zone out when your final is tomorrow?

LH: Zone out? 你在說什么啊Larry?

LL: To zone out means to lose concentration and to not notice what's happening around you.

LH: 喔，你是說我分心嗎?

LL: Yes. A 'zone' is an area. If you 'zone out', you mentally drift away from the place you are currently at, and go off into empty, dreamy space.

LH: 所以zone是指一個區(qū)域, zone out 就是走神。

LL: Yup. So stop zoning out! We still have a lot of studying to do!

LH: 好吧。那你告訴我，什么是supply-side economics?

LL: Supply-side economics argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce goods and services (supply)--

LH: 比如說降低所得稅。

LL: Hey! Now you're cooking with gas!

LH: Cooking--cooking with what?

LL: Now you're cooking with gas! It means now you understand what I'm talking about.

LH: 啊。Now you're cooking with gas 是指我終于跟上了，了解你在說什么。是啊，我還是懂一點點的。不過now you're cooking with gas和了解一件事情怎么能扯得上關(guān)系呢?

LL: This comes with a little bit of history. In the 1930's cooking became more convenient as the kitchen evolved from the old coal/wood range into the wood/gas combination. So when we say 'now you're cooking with gas', it means you've crossed the barrier and progressed!

LH: 真有意思。原來是1930年代煮飯從依靠炭和木頭進(jìn)化成依靠天然氣，生活方便了許多。所以說now you're cooking with gas就代表我進(jìn)步了。

LL: Yes, that is correct. Wow you're really cooking with gas now! Learning so fast.

LH: 哈哈對呀。我現(xiàn)在精神好多了。還是學(xué)習(xí)英文俚語比較有趣。

LL: But we have to keep going with Economics, or else we're both going to fail the exam tomorrow.

LH: 是啊。But if we keep talking about boring Economics, I'm going to zone out again!

LL: Hmm what should we do then...

LH: 要不這樣!你先教我zone out 和now you're cooking with gas 的用法，讓我變得有精神之后，我們再繼續(xù)看經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，怎么樣?

LL: I guess that could work. Hmm....you seem to be able to use these two phrases already. Do you have any questions?

LH: 當(dāng)然有。如果分心是zone out, 那很專注的時候就是I'm really zoned in, right?

LL: That's interesting. But no one says it that way. A lot of phrases are only used in one direction. Therefore, you can only say zone out, but there is no such thing as zone in.

LH: 啊，原來如此。分心是zone out, 但注意力集中時不能反過來說zone in.

LL: Right. What about "now you're cooking with gas?" Can you give me an example using that phrase?

LH: Even though I was zoning out at the beginning of this review session, I began to cook with gas.

LL: Hmm. The phrase 'now you're cooking with gas' is usually used together as one, so no words are changed. Therefore, we don't say that someone begins to cook with gas.

LH: 好麻煩。所以說，Now you're cooking with gas. 得要整句一字不露地用。通常是一個人對另一個人說，Now you're cooking with gas. 而不是用來形容第三者的。

LL: That's right. Now you're really cooking with gas! Do you think we can go back to Economics?

LH: 啊!我要回家了。今晚是美國偶像American Idol的決賽。拜拜!

LL: Wait! Li Hua!

MC: 各位聽眾，今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到兩個常用語，一個是zone out, 是走神，發(fā)呆的意思;另一個是now you're cooking with gas. 指一個人開始進(jìn)入情況了。這次《流行美語》播送完了，謝謝收聽，下次節(jié)目再見。

A: Kat, 我可要批評你了，How could you zone out in the middle of the show?

B: I'm really sorry! I was thinking about all the things I want to say to my supervisor! 他今天早晨又讓我去幫他買咖啡!我又不是給他跑腿的小時工!

A: 原來是這樣!也許你可以跟他談?wù)?，說不定他根本就沒覺得這是個事兒呢!

B: if he asks me to buy coffee again, I will throw it in his face! Yeah, yeah! I will do that! 不過大家先拿我當(dāng)個模版，咱們來看看跑腿兒用美語怎么說!