今天Michael和李華在打臺球。從Michael的談話中,李華學(xué)到兩個常用語: to fork something over和to get over something.
L: (sound of pool balls clicking) 嗨,別進去,別進去呀!啊呀,我怎么又輸了這關(guān)鍵的球呢!這下好了...
M: That's too bad, Li Hua. Looks like you owe me five dollars. Come on, fork it over!
L: 對,我們賭了五塊錢,輸了就給你,有什么了不起??墒裁词?span lang="EN-US">fork it over?
M: To fork something over means to pay or give something, usually money. You lost a 5 dollar bet, so you need to fork over five dollars!
L: 噢,to fork it over原來就是付錢,或者給什么東西。Michael,你再舉個例子,好不好?
M: Before I left
L: 行李太重就被罰了八十塊人民幣!可能是坑你是外國人吧!嗨,你本來就不該買那么多禮品。而且你買的都不是什么好東西,瞧那條石頭雕的龍,真難看!
M: Hey, I forked over 350 yuan for that statue! Don't make fun of it!
L: You forked over 350 yuan for that thing? 出350塊買那條龍呀?老天爺,Michael, 那玩意兒恐怕還不值50塊人民幣呢。
M: Well, anyway, you need to fork over my 5 dollars now, please.
L: 你那么著急要我給你五塊錢干嘛?
M: Go over to the bar and get us some beers. My treat!
L: 要我拿那五塊錢去買啤酒,還算你請客!Macheal, 你真好意思吶!
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L: 我剛才怎么會又輸給你呢,真是難以相信。真倒霉!
M: Please, Li Hua, its a game of pool. Get over it!
L: Get what? 你說什么?Get-over-it?
M: I said "get over it". To get over something means to stop feeling bad about something, to forget about something bad.
L: To get over it就是不要為了某件事老感到難受,要把它忘掉。你的意思是要我忘掉我輸給你五塊錢?
M: Well, you don't need to completely forget about losing -- but just don't let the fact that you lost bother you. Get over it!
L: 對,完全忘掉恐怕是不行,但是別老放在心里。 Michael, 我是跟你開玩笑的啦。不過,to get over it這個說法好像很有用,再給我舉個例子吧。
M: My aunt's husband was killed in the Vietnam war. She never completely got over his death. She sometimes talks about him as if he were still alive.
L: 你姨夫在越南戰(zhàn)爭里被打死已經(jīng)那么久了,你阿姨到現(xiàn)在有時還以為他還活著。我聽了都感到難受,你別舉這么傷心的例子好嗎?
M: Ok, let me see -- when I was eight, I had a puppy. I really loved that dog! But the dog got sick, and never got over the illness.
L: 喲,你八歲時候養(yǎng)的小狗后來病死啦!Michael! 我最心痛這種小動物了,我都快要哭了。
M: Li Hua, please! Don't cry . That was years ago! Besides, it wasn't even your dog.
L: 說的也是,那么多年前的事了,而且也不是我的狗??赡芪液染坪忍嗔?。
M: Hey, you'd better finish that! I forked over five dollars for these beers!
今天李華學(xué)到兩個常用語,一個是:to fork it over, 意思是給什么東西,或付錢。另一個是:to get over it, 意思是忘掉不愉快的事情。