流行美語第216課
流行美語第216課
李華和Larry今天要和在他們的朋友Jenny一起去釣魚。李華會學到兩個常用語：go ballistic和get a move on。
LH: Jenny怎麼這麼還不來啊。 我們已經等了20分鐘了。 看見她我非和她算賬不可。
LL: Hey, calm down Li Hua. Don't go ballistic on Jenny when she gets here, there might be a good reason for her being late.
LH: 你說不要對Jenny怎麼樣？Ballistic? 我就知道ballistic missile，彈道導彈。
LL: That's different. I said, don't go ballistic. To go ballistic on someone means to get really angry, lose control and start screaming at this person.
LH: 原來你是說不要對Jenny大發脾氣， 我當然不會了。我確實討厭別人遲到，但是我決不會對人大聲嚷嚷，禮貌還是要的。
LL: Oh really? What about that time you went ballistic on one of your students in Chinese class?
LH: 那個學生作弊，我當然得訓斥了他兩句呀！但是，我也沒有對他大發雷霆， I didn't go ballistic on him。 要是你，恐怕就會go ballistic了。
LL: Ok, then, what about the time that guy almost hit you with his car, and you were so angry - you definitely went ballistic on him.
LH: 那個人邊開車邊打電話，差點撞到我和一位老太太。我當然非常生氣了。你可以說，我是發脾氣了，I did go ballistic on him。 不過那是特別情況。我差一點命都沒了。
LL: Didn't you tell me before that you used to go ballistic on your old roommate all the time?
LH: 沒錯，我以前常跟我的同屋發脾氣。 可是你知道，每天我要作功課了，她總是大聲放那種搖滾樂，我跟她說了還不聽。過了一個月，我實在受不了才對她發脾氣的。
LL: Well, I definitely remember I heard you talking to someone in Chinese on the phone the other day, and it sounded to me like you really went ballistic on them.
LH: 你聽到我在電話上跟人發火了？那是我表姐。 不過我並沒有跟她發脾氣呀。你今天是怎麼了， 你老是指責我，不斷地翻老賬。 你要是再沒完沒了，我就對你不客氣了。 I'll be going ballistic on you.
LL: I'm sorry, you're right, I shouldn't tease.
LH: 什麼？你這麼一 本正經的，原來是在逗我呀。 真氣死人了。
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LH: Larry， Jenny還沒有來， 我們還要等多久啊？
LL: I think we've waited long enough. She must have overslept. Oh well, let's get a move on.
LH: 我肯定她睡過頭了。一般她是很準時的。不過Larry，你說get a move on，那是什麼意思啊？
LL: To get a move on means to hurry up, to start going somewhere.
LH: 我明白了。 To get a move on的意思是趕快走。昨天我在上課的路上遇見Jenny， 她說，We had better get a move on，or we'll be late。當時我還不太清楚什麼是get a move on。現在才清楚她是讓我趕快走，不然就要遲到了。
LL: Right, OK, well, let's get a move on then, it's getting late.
LH: 好吧，噢，Larry，對不起，我把防曬油忘在宿舍裏了， 請你等一下。
LL: Don't worry. I have some sunscreen right here. Now come on, it's almost six thirty - we need to get a move on.
LH: 好吧， 那我就用你的防曬油吧。
(Cell phone rings)
LH: 很可能是Jenny打來的電話， 讓我來接吧。
LL: (sighs) Oh great！Tell her to get a move on. If she isn't here in five minutes we have to leave.
LH: 對，我們最多只等5分鐘， 過期不候。Larry, 要是我和我爺爺去看電影，我想催他趕緊走，能對他說get a move on嗎？
LL: No way, that would be rude.
LH: 我也這麼想呢！ 你要是對長輩說get a move on是不太禮貌。對同年齡的人或年紀比你小的可以這麼說，是嗎？
LL: Sure, telling someone your own age or younger to get a move on is fine. I remember once when I was waiting in a traffic jam in New York I went ballistic and started yelling at the other cars to get a move on.
LH: 那你不能在紐約開車，紐約堵車是常事。你每次碰到堵車就大喊大叫？叫了也沒用。 看來你也太沒禮貌了。 剛才居然還批評我。
LL: Hey, there's Jenny, let's get a move on before the fish stop biting.
天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是go ballistic，意思是大發雷霆。另一個常用語是get a move on，意思是趕快走。