美國之音之流行美語Lesson 113 - get it together / tough

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今天Larry要開車去接李華一起去上課。李華會學(xué)到兩個常用語：get it together和tough 。

(Doorbell Rings)

LL: Hey, Li Hua!? You're not ready for school! We need to go now! It's already 8:30.

LH: (Yawns) Larry? 你怎么這么早就來啦！現(xiàn)在幾點了？

LL: Get it together, Li Hua! It's already 8:30! We need to leave in fifteen minutes, or we'll be late to class!

LH: Get it together? (Groans and yawns) 把什么放一起?。磕阍谡f什么嘛？

LL: I said "get it together"! That means, get organized, focus on what you need to do.

LH: 噢，你是要我趕快準(zhǔn)備好上學(xué)。Get it together就是要人打起精神做該做的事。那除此之外，Larry，get it together還能用在什么場合呢？

LL: "To get it together" , or "get one's act together" can also mean something very general, such as arranging one's life for the better.

LH: 哎喲！get it together既可以指準(zhǔn)備去上學(xué)，又可以指把一個人的生活安排得更好。Larry，這聽起來很復(fù)雜，我都有點糊涂了。

LL: Here's an example: After finishing college, I didn't work hard to plan for the future for several years. But finally I got my act together, and got accepted into graduate school.

LH: 大學(xué)畢業(yè)后悠閑幾年，沒有長遠(yuǎn)打算這在年輕人里也是常事。不過，你們這些生在美國的孩子真幸福。要是在中國，錯過一次機會以后恐怕就難了。

LL: That's right... here in the U.S. people usually have several chances to get it together. One of my friends almost failed his first semester of college. But he got his act together, and now he's a Ph. D. candidate at Yale.

LH: 哇！你這個朋友還真是好樣兒的。大學(xué)第一學(xué)期差點兒不及格，現(xiàn)在居然是耶魯大學(xué)的博士生了。可有的人犯了錯，一開始失敗了就很難再振作起來，做好事情了！

LL: Right, right... enough talking! Get it together, Li Hua. If you're not ready in ten minutes, I'm leaving!

LH: 好啦！好啦！別催我嘛！再給我5分鐘！

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LL: All right, let's go. Now.

LH: 等一等！還不能走啦！我還沒吃早餐呢！

LL: Well, that's tough. You'll just have to wait until after your first class to eat something. Now let's go!

LH: Tough? 你是要我堅強一點，就這么餓著??？

LL: No, that's not what I mean. When I say "that's tough" that means "too bad". Sometimes, you can just say "tough" by itself. Anyway, It's too bad that you can't eat breakfast, but we have to go now.

LH: 噢！tough就是指：沒辦法了，你就忍著點吧。哎，Larry，你真不講道理！

LL: That's right, its not very polite to say "that's tough!" when someone complains or has a problem. Usually when you say "that's tough" it means you don't care about their problem.

LH: 原來你真的一點都不同情我??！That's tough, 是不太禮貌的用法，表示你根本不在乎別人的問題。哎呀，Larry我們可不可以至少去一下麥當(dāng)勞買點吃的！我這樣肚子空空的上課也不能專心。

LL: That's just tough, Li Hua. We don't have time to get you breakfast. You should have gotten up earlier.

LH: 可是... 起的晚又不是我的錯，是我的鬧鐘壞了嘛！

LL: Tough! I don't care why you're late this morning, I just want to get to class on time. Let's go.

LH: 你真是毫無同情心。我既沒有吃早餐，我連今天上課要用的材料都還沒看呢！

LL: Tough. You can look at you notes in the car. I'm leaving right now... you'd better come with me if you want a ride to school.

LH: 好啦！好啦！我來了啦！噢！我真的好餓噢！

LL: Tough, Li Hua. If you'd just get yourself together, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. Let's go!

今天李華學(xué)到兩個常用語，一個是get it together, 也可以說get one's act together, 意思是打起精神，做好該做的事。另一個常用語是tough, 意思是：情況就是這樣，沒辦法了。這是不太禮貌的說法，表示你對別人的困難不在乎。