流行美語 第232課

Larry说好开车来接李华去艺术馆，可是李华等了他好久也不见他来。李华今天会学到两个常用语 spaced和in a jiffy。

(Phone rings)

LH: Hello?

LL: Hi, Li Hua, This is Larry. I am so sorry I am late. I completely¹ spaced that we were going to the museum today.

LH: You spaced going to the museum? 我们要去艺术馆不是航空馆，跟space没有关系!

LL: By "spaced" I meant I completely forgot. Again, I'm really sorry.

LH: 你怎么全忘了呢？我们不是一直说要去看画展吗？

LL: I know, Li Hua. I can't explain how I spaced it. I got busy doing little things at home like laundry² and cleaning the kitchen.

LH: 什么？你在忙着洗衣服和打扫厨房？平时不见你干活，怎么今天这么勤快呢？不过别着急， Larry谁都有忘记的时候，包括我在内。

LL: I can't believe it, Li Hua. You are so well organized. I can't imagine you spacing anything.

LH: 我今年就忘了给我母亲寄生日贺卡。 I completely spaced it!

LL: You spaced sending your own mother a birthday card?!

LH: 是啊，真不好意思。 那几天我忙着改学生的作业，把寄卡的事忘得一干二净。Completely spaced it!

LL: Well, that makes me feel a little better about spacing today's trip to the museum.

LH: Larry, 你忘了没关系，现在还来的及。我们还有时间去看展览。

LL: Really? I thought I had the pamphlet³ for the museum with its closing time, but I seem to have spaced where I put it。

LH: 博物馆的小册子也不知道放在哪里了？你今天怎么了？得了，我上网去查吧！ 让我看看...有了，网站上说他们6点关门。

LL: OK, if I don't space anything else, we should have plenty of time to see the exhibit⁴ and maybe get some dinner afterwards⁵.

LH: Larry, 千万别忘了把门票带上。Don't space bringing the tickets for the exhibit. 没有票我们就惨了。

LL: Don't worry Li Hua, I won't space the tickets. I've got them right in my pocket. I'll be over soon. Bye! (hangs up)

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LL: See, I told you I'd be over in a jiffy!

LH: In a jiffy? 你是说很快就到了，是吗？

LL: Exactly, Li Hua. In a jiffy means⁶ a very short amount of time.

LH: 对了，你平时要花一刻钟才能到我这里，今天怎么十分钟不到就到了呢？ You did make it here in a jiffy.

LL: I tried very hard to get over here in a jiffy, because I felt so bad about spacing our trip to the museum today.

LH: 别再想忘了去参观的事了。我们得马上出发， 不然就没有时间看画展了。 We better get there in a jiffy.

LL: Oh, it won't take long to get there, Li Hua. The museum isn't far. I promise we will be there in a jiffy. Are you ready to go?

LH: 我去拿一下大衣和钱包， 马上就准备好。

LL: While you are getting your coat and purse, I'll check the directions to the museum on the Internet. (computer clicking⁷ sounds)

LH: Okay, 我去拿大衣。你在网上查查去博物馆的路线。

LL: The web⁸ page isn't coming up. Usually web pages come up in a jiffy.

LH: 是啊，平时网页一点就开，今天真奇怪。 Larry，我们没有时间了， 还是赶快上车吧。

LL: Li Hua, I didn't have lunch because I rushed to get over here. Do you mind if I fix myself a sandwich real quick? I can make one in a jiffy.

LH: Oh, Larry， 实在抱歉，我不知道你还没有吃午饭。你赶快去作sandwich吧，我在这里等你。不过要快噢。Please do it in a jiffy!

LL: I will, and I promise I will also eat it in a jiffy, too!

今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是spaced, 意思是忘了。还有一个是in a jiffy意思是马上、立刻。
 

1 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

2 laundry   

n.洗衣店，洗衣房；已洗好的衣物，待洗衣物

参考例句：

• Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
• There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。

3 pamphlet   

n.小册子

参考例句：

• Over a thousand copies of the pamphlet have now been given out.现在已分发了一千多本小册子。
• The scholarly monographs were published as pamphlet.学术专著是以小册子形式出版的。

4 exhibit   

vt.展览，展出，陈列；n.展览品；陈列品

参考例句：

• Next week those goods will exhibit in that shop. 下个星期，这些货物将在那家商店展出。
• The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.9月份，经济继续呈现出衰退的迹象。

5 afterwards   

adv.然后，后来地

参考例句：

• Afterwards he went abroad.之后他到国外去了。
• We saw the film and afterwards walked home together. 我们看了电影后一起走回了家。

6 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

7 clicking   

v.使发出咔哒声，使咔哒（或咔嚓）响( click的现在分词 )；突然明白；配合默契；在计算机荧光屏上用鼠标器)咔嗒一按

参考例句：

• The metal container began to emit a clicking sound. 金属容器开始发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音。
• The machine is clicking away. 机声轧轧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？