美語(yǔ)訓(xùn)練班057

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禮節(jié)美語(yǔ)--- A Really Bad Day II

Harry告訴同事Cindy, 他這一天真是倒了血霉了。早上起晚，上班遲到，忘了取送去干洗的西裝，所以只好穿著T恤和牛仔褲來(lái)公司上班，不僅如此，錢包還被人偷了。Cindy聽后很同情地說(shuō)，

Cindy: Wow, Harry...this might just be the worst day of your life!

H: I know! (beep, beep sound) Well...when it rains it pours! Now my cell phone is out of power! And of course...I left my charger at home.

C: (sniffs) Hey...what's that smell? it's kind of nasty.

H: Yeah, you're right....it does stink. Oh! Look at my shoes! I stepped in dog poo!

C: (chuckle) It's almost funny. Well, you know...when life brings you troubles you can either laugh or cry. Maybe you should go buy a lottery ticket! One of my Chinese friends told me that when you step in doggie poo, you might win the lottery!

正聊著，Harry手機(jī)又沒(méi)電了。When it rains, it pours! 這種說(shuō)法是指不管好事還是壞事，要來(lái)的時(shí)候就會(huì)接二連三，在這里可以理解為禍不單行。這時(shí)，兩人都聞到有臭味，It stinks. 原來(lái)是Harry不小心踩到了狗屎，dog poo. Cindy說(shuō)，她的中國(guó)朋友告訴她，踩到狗屎應(yīng)該去買樂(lè)透lottery，沒(méi)準(zhǔn)能中大獎(jiǎng)。

H: Ha! Even if I wanted to...I don't have any money! I don't even know how I'm getting home tonight.

C: I can lend you some money.

H: Thanks, Cindy...that's very kind of you.

C: Not at all! Did you cancel your credit cards?

H: Not yet.

C: You better get on the phone and do that ASAP...you don't want some thief going on a shopping spree with your cards.

H: No, I certainly don't. Do you think I should report the theft to the police?

別說(shuō)買樂(lè)透，Harry錢包丟了，今天連回家的路費(fèi)都沒(méi)有著落呢。Cindy安慰Harry, 說(shuō)可以借錢給他，還問(wèn)他有沒(méi)有 cancel your credit cards.把信用卡都關(guān)掉，否則的話，小偷可能會(huì)拿著Harry的信用卡，go on a shopping spree 去瘋狂購(gòu)物。Harry說(shuō)自己這就去，還問(wèn)Cindy，自己要不要向警察報(bào)案。Cindy說(shuō)：

C: Well...to be honest, the chances of getting your wallet back are low...but you might want to report it anyway. Maybe the cops will eventually catch the guy.

H: Ok...I'll go do that during my lunch break. Wow...what a day!

C: Keep your chin up, Harry. I know it's been a rough day for you, but someday you'll be able to laugh about this.

H: I hope so. Thanks for being a good friend.

C: Of course! What are friends for? Let me buy you lunch today...ok?

H: Cindy...you're an angel.

Cindy 覺(jué)得，to be honest 老實(shí)說(shuō)，錢包找回來(lái)的可能性很小，但她還是建議Harry去報(bào)案。Cindy還鼓勵(lì)Harry說(shuō)，keep your chin up! 抬起頭來(lái)，別那么沮喪。Harry夸Cindy夠意思。Cindy回答說(shuō)，What are friends for? 直譯為“要朋友干嘛用的?”意思是這是朋友應(yīng)該做的，她最后還說(shuō)，要請(qǐng)Harry吃中飯。

A: 說(shuō)起吃飯，我今天好想吃熱狗啊! 咱們等會(huì)去吃好不好!

B: Wow, I've never realized that you are a total fast food lover, girl!

A: 熱狗多好吃啊，肉又多，我最愛吃肉了，哈哈!

B: Hmm Yanglin, I've got an idea! You should enter a hot dog eating competition and then you can become famous overnight! And I get to be your manager, of course.

A: 哈哈，沒(méi)錯(cuò)沒(méi)錯(cuò)! 在下面的美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)里，咱們就來(lái)看看這個(gè)竄紅的美語(yǔ)說(shuō)法!

How to say it in American English

Donny 在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，他的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教他。今天是吳瓊要問(wèn)的：竄紅。

Donny: Wuqiong，你看什么雜志呢, and who's the girl on the cover?

WQ: 這是最新一期的時(shí)尚周刊。這個(gè)女生現(xiàn)在可紅了。你肯定猜不到，她是我高中時(shí)的好朋友! 拍了一部電影，一下就竄紅了!

Donny: No kidding! Introduce her to me! 對(duì)了，你說(shuō)她“竄紅”，什么意思啊?

WQ: 就是紅得很快，suddenly 她就 famous了!

Donny: I got it. She became famous overnight.

WQ: overnight，我知道，o-v-e-r-n-i-g-h-t, overnight 就是一夜之間。To become famous overnight 就是“一夜成名”!

Donny: That's right. You can also say "she's an instant hit". Instant is spelled i-n-s-t-a-n-t, hit is spelled h-i-t.

WQ: 哦，說(shuō)一個(gè)人火速竄紅還可以用 an instant hit.

Donny: Yeah. In the case of this old friend of yours, you can say "her exceptional performance in the new movie made her an instant hit."

WQ: 對(duì)，我這個(gè)同學(xué)特別會(huì)演戲，電影一出來(lái)，她馬上就竄紅了。

Donny: WQ, I just thought of another way to put it---She catapulted to fame with her first movie!

WQ: cata 什么?怎么拼?

Donny: catapult, c-a-t-a-p-u-l-t, catapult, 有“彈弓”的意思，as a verb, it means to launch.

WQ: 我明白了，catapult 是彈弓，所以 catapult to fame， 就是“一炮而紅”! 我這個(gè)朋友演了一部電影就紅了，所以說(shuō) She catapulted to fame with her first movie.

Donny: That's right! Now, WQ, tell me what you've learned today!

WQ: 第一，to become famous overnight，一夜成名;

第二，to be an instant hit, 火速竄紅;

第三：to catapult to fame， 就是“一炮而紅”!

A: 快查查今年的吃熱狗大賽是什么時(shí)候，I'll be an instant hit! 一炮而紅!

B: 好吧...等會(huì)下班給你查...

A: 一言為定! 好了同學(xué)們，這次節(jié)目時(shí)間就到這里。 如果你對(duì)我們的節(jié)目有什么建議，或者想提什么問(wèn)題，請(qǐng)發(fā)電子郵件到[email protected].

B: And don't forget to tune in next time for American English Mosaic!

A: See you next time!