美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 220 - live large / a hoot

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Larry和李華在談?wù)撍麄兊呐笥袲ave。 Dave的老板剛剛給他加了一大筆工資。李華今天要學(xué)會(huì)兩個(gè)新的習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)，live large和a hoot.

LL: It is a good thing that Bob got such a big raise. He likes to live large!

LH: Live是生活，你說(shuō)live large那是什么意思呀?

LL: By living large, I mean Bob likes to buy expensive things, wear the best clothes, and eat out at fancy restaurants.

LH: 誰(shuí)不喜歡那樣生活奢侈呀？買貴的東西、穿最好的衣服、下高級(jí)飯館？I like to live large too。

LL: Right. And Bob does live large. The minute after he heard about his new raise, Bob went out and bought a brand new Mercedes.

LH: Wow，他可真夠大手大腳的，錢還沒(méi)拿到手就已經(jīng)花出去了。 一輛Mercedes至少要幾萬(wàn)美金吧。不過(guò)，喜歡live large的人還挺多。教我英國(guó)文學(xué)的史密斯教授最近買了一座豪宅，里面有六個(gè)臥室， 四個(gè)洗澡間，還有一個(gè)馬廄。

LL: Wow, maybe someday, I'll be able to live large, too.

LH: 我不知道你， 反正我是沒(méi)有希望了， 靠教中文這點(diǎn)收入連做夢(mèng)也不會(huì)live large.

LL: I don't earn that much at my job either. I will need more than one big raise to be able to live large. I'll need several raises!

LH: 要加薪好多次才能過(guò)上奢適的生活， 那要等到什么時(shí)候啊。 不過(guò)Larry，過(guò)不上那種日子也沒(méi)關(guān)系，我并不羨慕那種生活。

LL: What do you mean? You don't want to live large?

LH: 生活奢適是要付出代價(jià)的， 比如，保養(yǎng)和維修奔馳車要花很多錢。 大房子也要費(fèi)時(shí)間打掃。

LL: Those are good points, but it sure is fun to dream about living large.

LH: 過(guò)不了那種生活光是夢(mèng)想有什么好玩的呀！ Larry，如果你有了錢，可以揮霍地生活， 你想作什么呢？

LL: Well, I would first buy my own private jet.

LH: 買一架私人飛機(jī)？ That would be living large.

LL: And then I would fly my jet to my own private island in the Caribbean.

LH: 你還想開著飛機(jī)到自己在加勒比海買的一個(gè)島上去！你真是在做夢(mèng)！

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LL: I loved your reaction when I told you I wanted to buy my own private island in the Caribbean. It was a hoot!

LH: "A hoot"是貓頭鷹的叫聲。你說(shuō)我剛才的反映是貓頭鷹的叫聲？你這是什么意思呀？

LL: No, that's not what I meant. You looked so amazed I thought it was really funny. Something that is really funny is a hoot.

LH: 我剛才聽你說(shuō)要買一個(gè)私人島嶼是讓我非常驚訝！想像你在加勒比海的私人海灘上悠閑地喝著果汁，那情景很可笑的喲。

LL: Say, you know what else was a real hoot? Did you see that show on the comedy channel last night?

LH: 你是指昨天晚上那喜劇節(jié)目頻道播出的節(jié)目嗎？我當(dāng)然看了。

LL: Yes! Wasn't it the funniest thing you have ever seen? I thought it was such a hoot.

LH: 我也覺(jué)得很有趣。 有個(gè)人模仿總統(tǒng)，模仿的真好笑。 都快把我笑死了。 He was a hoot!

LL: Hey, I hadn't really thought about this before, but doesn't our friend Bob look like the guy who impersonated the president?

LH: 是啊， 模仿總統(tǒng)的人很像我們的朋友Bob 。真有趣 - What a hoot!

LL: Speaking of Bob, did I tell you that he took me out for a drive in his new Mercedes?

LH: Bob開著嶄新的奔馳車帶你去兜風(fēng)了？ 下回我也要讓他帶我去兜風(fēng)。

LL: Well, you wouldn't believe what happened. We were stopped behind a garbage truck at a stoplight when all of the sudden the truck dumped trash into the Mercedes all over me and Bob!

LH: 什么， 垃圾車突然把垃圾倒出來(lái)，把你和Bob弄得全身都是垃圾？Larry，那卡車司機(jī)把你們當(dāng)成了垃圾場(chǎng)了。 這真可笑 - It's really a hoot!

今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是live large，意思是生活揮霍。還有一個(gè)是hoot，意思是可笑、有趣。