【大纪元4月26日讯】
Larry和李华刚下课。李华告诉Larry一个非常好的消息。李华今天要学会两个常用语get out of here和burned out。
LM: Larry! 我有个好消息，说了你一定不相信，我买的彩票中奖了!
LL: Really? Get out of here!
LH: 我中了彩票，你不为我高兴，还让我出去？Get out of here? 我们又不在屋子里，出去上哪儿去呀？
LL: No, listen，when someone tells you some good or exciting news, and you are really surprised, you can say get-out-of-here. It shows that you can barely believe the good news.
LH: 原来get out of here在这里是表示惊讶和难以相信的意思。按字面来解释不就是出去吗。
LL: You are right. So anyway, how much money did you win?
LH: 你说我的彩票呀？ 我中奖得了一千美元。
LL: A thousand dollars? Get out of here! You are sooooo lucky! Hey, I’ve got some good news too. Do you remember that summer internship at the museum I applied for?
LH: 你申请暑假到那博物馆去实习，当然记得呀！怎么啦？他们接受你去实习啦？
LL: That’s right! And not only that, but they are going to pay me a good salary too!
LH: 让你去实习，还给你很好的薪水？Get out of here! 我简直不能相信。这比中奖还棒。
LL: Heh, well, I don’t know about that… Oh, by the way, you won’t believe who I saw in the coffee shop near my apartment this morning, Jet Li!
LH: 什么？你在公寓附近的咖啡店里看见李连杰了？Get out of here!
LL: He’s a really nice guy. Look, he gave me an autograph.
LH: Whoa, get out of here! 李连杰还给你亲笔签名！你真幸运。
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LL: Well, Li Hua, what are you going to do with your lottery winnings?
LH: 我要把大部分存起来， 不过我想请几个朋友去听音乐会。你要不要去？
LL: Umm, well… I really appreciate the offer, but I’m kind of burnt out right now. I need to stay home and rest.
LH: 你说你因为burnt out， 所以要在家里休息？什么是burnt out?
LL: I said that I am burnt out. To be burnt out means to become exhausted because of stress or too much activity.
LH: 噢， burnt out是指因为压力太大， 活动太多而疲惫不堪。 我看你就是活动太多，放假以后你天天都去参加聚会，所以才累成这样。
LL: That’s right, during the school year I was burnt out from studying and working, and now that school is out, I’m burnt out from partying!
LH: 我知道你的意思。记得去年我本来要上四门课，同时还要当助教。没到两个星期，我就已经累坏了。
LL: Good thing you dropped one of those classes. It’s hard to be a good teacher when you are burnt out from studying yourself!
LH: 对，幸亏我放弃了一门课。 自己学习都应付不过来怎么才能当好老师呢！ Larry, 你不能跟我们去听音乐会， 真是可惜。 你知道还有谁喜欢滚石乐队吗？
LL: The Rolling Stones? Get out of here! You have tickets to the Rolling Stones concert? OK, never mind what I said earlier, I’m going with you!
LH: 我就知道你再累也不会错过滚石乐队的。 不过，Larry，有的人说滚石乐队已经演出了四十年，现在已经太疲乏了- burnt out。
LL: I don’t agree. I don’t think they will ever burnt out.
今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是get out of here, 意思是难以相信，还有一个是burnt out，意思是累坏了，精疲力尽。
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