美國之音之流行美語bail / call it quits

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Popular American - #82

流行美語-第八十二課

bail

call it quits

今天Michael和Li Hua在一起做功課。Li Hua會學到兩個常用語：bail和call it quits。

M:   Agghh!  Come on, Li Hua.  We've been studying for five hours.  I'm ready to bail!

L:   是啊，我們做了5個小時的功課，我也想干點兒別的了。可是Michael, 你說你準備做什么？You're ready to bail。bail, 那是一種游戲嗎？

M:   No, silly.  I said "I'm ready to bail".  "To bail" as in "to leave".

L:   噢，To bail在這里是“離開”的意思?？墒敲魈炀鸵荚嚵?，我們還沒復習完呢！

M:   Please, Li Hua.  I already know the material.  I'm ready for tomorrow's test. Let's bail and get something to eat!

L:   好吧，我肚子也餓了，Let's bail and get something to eat! Michael, 你對明天的考試這么有把握，你是不是昨天晚上就開始復習啦？

M:   Not really.  I went to a movie with some friends last night.  After the movie, they wanted to go to a dance club, but I bailed on them and went home to get some sleep.

L:   噢，你昨天晚上和朋友去看電影，然后你的朋友們?nèi)ヌ?，可是you bailed on them, 意思就是你沒和他們一起去，對不對？

M:   That's right.  I bailed on my friends and went home.

L:   噢，那Michael, 除了可以說bail on someone, 還可不可以說bail on something呢？

M:   Of course! For instance, last week I had a dentist appointment, so I had to bail on history class.

L:   對啊，上星期，你因為要去看牙，所以沒有上歷史課，You bailed on history class.

M:  Come on, Li Hua. I'm starving. Let's bail and get something to eat!

(Door open and the two leave...)

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M:   (in restaurant) By the way, Li Hua, I heard that Jack isn't going to be in school next term. Is he really calling it quits?

L:   什么？Jack下學期就不來上學啦？你說他calling it quits, quit 不就是“放棄”的意思嗎？你是說Jack下學期就要退學啦？

M:   Ya, that's right.  "To call it quits" means to quit doing something.  I heard that Jack is calling it quits.

L:   噢，to call it quits意思就是“停止做某件事”，可是，我聽說Jack只不過是想先打半年工，多掙點錢，明年他還會回來繼續(xù)上學，He's not really calling it quits.

M:   That's good to hear.

L:   Michael, 那這個to call it quits還可以用在別的地方嗎？

M:   Sometimes "to call it quits" means to break up a relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend.

L:   噢，原來to call it quits還可以用來表示男女朋友分手，這就讓我想到啦，不久前好萊塢電影明星Ben Afleck和Jennifer Lopez, 他們倆本來都訂婚了，可是后來又推遲了婚禮，大家就覺得很奇怪啊：Are Ben and J-Lo calling it quits?

M:   (sighs) I can't stand those two.  I hope that this time they are calling it quits for real, so I never have to hear about them again.

L:   你倒希望他們倆真分手，這樣你再也不會聽到他們的消息啦。嗨，Michael你也真是的，他們寫他們的，你不看不就得了。你不是老說功課太多嗎？對了，你還說選修的阿拉伯語課太難 - Are you going  to call it quits?

M:   No, I'm not going to call it quits!   I am going to finish it.

L:  哇，從來沒見過你這么大的決心吶！我還記得你學中文的時候有好幾次都想call it quits呢！

M:  Whatever.

今天李華學到了兩個常用語，一個是bail, 表示“離開”。另一個是call it quits, 意思是“停止做某件事”。