流行美語 第225課

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 barely¹ 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 internship² at the museum I applied³ 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 lottery⁴ 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 exhausted⁵ 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。

1 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

2 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

5 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。