美國之音之流行美語on crack / get the hang of soth.

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李華正在開車和Michael一起去學(xué)校。今天李華會學(xué)到兩個常用語：to be on crack和to get the hang of something。

L: 喲，我的天啊，我車后面的一個輪胎爆了！Michael, 一個輪胎爆了還能開一段路，對不對？

M: Li Hua!? Are you on crack? You can't drive with a flat tire, you'll ruin your car, and probably get in a wreck!

L: 哎喲，我也不想弄壞我的車，也不想出車禍。不過，你剛才問我Are you on crack？這是什么意思啊? crack這不是一種毒品嗎？on crack不就是吸毒嗎？

M: Yes, "crack" -- as in "crack cocaine". "To be on crack" means to be high on cocaine. Of course, when I say, "Are you on crack?" I really mean -- "Are you crazy"?

L: 等等，這得弄清楚。你的意思是，to be on crack可以指吸毒，但是你剛才對我說的不是這個意思。你是說：我要在一個輪胎破了的情況下繼續(xù)開車，簡直是瘋啦！哎，你可得解釋清楚了，我從來不吸毒的！

M: Calm down, Li Hua. People use this phrase all the time. I was just alarmed that you would try to drive your car with a flat tire. You'd have to be on crack to do something crazy like that.

L: 噢，我懂了，你的意思是：我準(zhǔn)是吸了毒才會想干這種傻事 -- 輪胎破了還想繼續(xù)開車。Michael, 我們把輪胎換了吧?，F(xiàn)在還來得及。

(sound of trunk opening, tools rattling, sound of car jack, etc.)

L: 說到發(fā)瘋，我認(rèn)為George Wilkins才真是瘋了呢。我聽說他要到阿富汗一個村莊去給他的論文做實地調(diào)查。

M: He's going to be traveling in Afghanistan! Is he on crack? Can you imagine how dangerous that place must be right now?

L: 我也覺得真是太危險了。不過他想要當(dāng)國際水平的人類學(xué)家。那他就得做出犧牲啦！

M: Yeah, well that Ph.D. won't be much good to him if he gets shot. I still think anyone who chooses to go to Afghanistan right now is on crack.... it's just crazy!

L: 就是，要在阿富汗給打死的話，什么博士學(xué)位都沒用了。行了，輪胎裝好了，我們快走吧！

(sound of trunk closing)

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L: (Horn honking) 噢，應(yīng)該讓他先走。我開車的技術(shù)實在太差了。老是犯這種錯誤。

M: Don't worry Li Hua, you're not a terrible driver! You haven't been driving for very long. You'll get the hang of it, eventually.

L: 你說我最后會什么？Get the hang of it？

M: I said you will "get the hang of it". "To get the hang of something" means to become proficient at something through practice.

L: 噢，to-get-the-hang-of-it就是多練習(xí)，多實踐，一些事情就會做得更好。這不就是中文里說的“熟能生巧”嗎？但愿你說得對，我多開車，技術(shù)就會改進(jìn)嘍！

M: I know I'm right! Remember when you first started school, you had trouble with your writing assignments? I think you've gotten the hang of writing English essays now, right?

L: 就是哎，我剛來美國的時候不會寫學(xué)術(shù)報告。現(xiàn)在是好多了。

M: You've been living in the U.S. for some time now. You must have gotten the hang of a lot of new skills?

L: 嗯，我在美國已經(jīng)三年了，是學(xué)到不少東西。

M: And you've gotten the hang of teaching, haven't you? Your students seem to like you.

L: 對呀，我在教中文方面也比較熟悉了。I've got the hang of teaching Chinese, 對不對？

M: Absolutely!

今天李華學(xué)到了兩個常用語。一個是：to be on crack, 這可以指“吸毒”，但是也可以指：“你瘋啦！”。李華學(xué)到的另外一個常用語是：to get a hang of something, 意思是通過練習(xí)，熟能生巧。