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1、流行美语第189课：我有不祥的预感 -(韦博分享)流行美语第189课：我有不祥的预感 -(韦博分享)Larry和李华在教室里等琼斯教授把改完的考卷发下来。今天李华会学到两个常用语：bad vibe和wake up call。LL: Li Hua, I have a really bad vibe about this test.LH: 你觉得你考的怎么样？Bad vibe? 那是什么意思啊？LL: A vibe is a feeling. Since I don't think I did very well on this test, I have a bad vibe about
2、the grade I am going to get.LH: 噢，vibe就是一种感觉，你觉得你这次考试考得不好，所以有种不祥之兆，也就是你所谓的bad vibe。LL: (Gets test back) Ooh. You see, my bad vibe was right. I got a C.LH: 嗨，C不算太糟啦，这门课很困难，而且琼斯教授批分数一贯都很严。LL: Yeah, I actually had a bad vibe about this course before the class ever started. Some of my friends told me it
3、 was difficult and I'd have to work hard.LH：其实我在上这门课之前也有点担心，因为上过这课的人都说很难，要下很多功夫。LL：So, what did you get?LH: 嗯，我得到了A。这次考试算是不错，不过我很担心下星期要交的那份报告。I have a bad vibe about that paper.LL: Why do you have a bad vibe about the paper?LH: 因为我觉得用英文写报告是最难的。英文不是我的母语，每次写完英文报告，我总觉得好像有很多不通顺的地方。LL: Li Hua, you ca
4、n always ask me or another student to look over your paper before your turn it in. I am sure you'll do fine. About that, I have a good vibe.LH: 真的？Larry，你愿意修改我的报告？你真好，谢谢你。LL: Uh-oh. I have a bad vibe about the look Professor Jones is giving us right now.LH: 对，嘘，琼斯教授在看我们了，别说了，下课后再聊吧。*LL: (After c
5、lass) You know, Li Hua, getting a C on the test in Professor Jones' class was a real wake-up call.LH: 你说拿了C是wake-up call，哎，这个wake-up call不是叫人起床吗？难道你在上课的时候睡觉啊？LL: No, no, a wake-up call is not like an alarm clock that wakes you up from your sleep. What I meant was the grade I got woke me up to th
6、e fact that I have to work harder for this class.LH: 噢，wake-up call在这里不是指闹钟叫人起床，而是指一个警告。所以你是说，这次考试成绩不好提醒你要在这节课上加把劲，要更用功！LL: Yeah! Professor Jones gave me a wake-up call in the form of a bad grade. Now that class is over, I'm going to go home and study. Hey! Li Hua! Look out for that bike!LH: 哎哟！
7、那个骑自行车的人差点儿撞上我。LL: Yeah, that was a wake-up call for us to be more careful about walking across campus.LH: 说的也是，这就提醒了我们，在校园里走路也得小心注意，不然很可能会受伤的。LL: We should be more careful. Say, Li Hua, where are you going now?LH: 嗯，我想利用下午没有课的时间，到体育馆的健身房去锻炼锻炼。LL: Why the sudden interest in physical fitness? You don
8、't usually go to the gym, do you?LH: 嗨，别说了，你也知道我这个人是从不上健身房的。还不是上回健康检查时，医生说我体重有点超重，所以喽，that was a wake-up call.LL: You don't look overweight to me.LH: Larry，你心地真好，还安慰我看起来不胖。其实我倒不是那么在意外表看起来胖不胖，主要还是担心肥胖会影响健康吧！LL: And maybe it was a wake-up call that you and I shouldn't go out to have ice cream so often.LH: 啊？什么？要我放弃吃冰淇淋？我愿意每天上健身房，但是我一定得吃冰淇淋！今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是bad vibe, 就是不好的感觉，不详的预感。另一个常用语是wake-up call，这是指一个提醒或警告。流行美语第189课：我有不祥的预感 -(韦博分享)