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2024.04.16 16:20
第六部 第七課: bail , call it quits
- 今天 Michael 和李華在一起做功課．李華會學到兩個常用語： bail 和 call it quits。
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- Agghh! Come on, Li Hua. We've been studying for five hours. I'm ready to bail!
- 啊，就是哎，我們做了五個小時的功課了．哦，我也想幹點別的了．疑？可是 Michael, 你說你準備做什麼啊？ You're ready to bail ？ bail， 疑？那是一種遊戲嗎？
- No, silly. I said "I'm ready to bail". "To bail" as in "to leave".
- 哦～，To bail 在這裡是 「離開」 的意思啊．哎，可是明天就要考試了，我們還沒複習完呢！
- Oh, Please, Li Hua. I already know the material. I'm ready for tomorrow's test. Let's bail and get something to eat!
- 嗯－，好吧，我啊肚子也餓了， Let's bail and get something to eat! 哎，Michael, 你對明天的考試這麼有把握，你是不是昨天晚上就開始複習啦？
- Huh, Not really. I went to a movie with some friends last night. After the movie, they wanted to go to a dance club, but I bailed on them and went home to get some sleep.
- 哦～，你昨天晚上和朋友去看電影，然後你的朋友們去跳舞，可是 you bailed on them, 意思就是你沒和他們一起去，對不對？
- That's right. I bailed on my friends and went home.
- 嗯，那 Michael, 除了可以說 bail on someone, 還可不可以說 bail on something 呢？
- Of course! For instance, last week I had a dentist appointment, so I had to bail on history class.
- 對哎，上個星期，你因為要去看牙，所以沒有上歷史課， You bailed on history class.
- Come on, Li Hua. I'm starving. Let's bail and get something to eat!
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- Hey, By the way, Li Hua, I heard that Jack isn't going to be in school next term. Is he really calling it quits?
- 什麼啊？ Jack 下學期就不來上學啦？你說他 calling it quits, quit. 那不就是 「放棄」 的意思嗎？你是說 Jack 下學期就要退學啦？
- Yeah, that's right. "To call it quits" means to quit doing something. I heard that Jack is calling it quits.
- 哦～， to call it quits 意思就是 「停止做某件事」．疑？可是，我聽說 Jack 他只不過是想先打半年工，多掙點錢，明年啊，他還會回來繼續上學，He's not really calling it quits.
- That's good to hear.
- Michael, 那這個 to call it quits 還可以用在別的地方嗎？
- Sometimes "to call it quits" means to break up a relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend.
- 哦～，原來 to call it quits 還可以用來表示男女朋友分手啊．嗯～，這就讓我想到啦，不久前好萊塢明星 Ben Afleck 還有 Jennifer Lopez, 他們倆啊本來都訂婚了，可是後來又推遲了婚禮，大家就覺得很奇怪啊： Are Ben and J-Lo calling it quits?
- (sighs) I can't stand those two. I hope that this time they are calling it quits for real, so I never have to hear about them again.
- 哦，你倒希望他們倆真分手，這樣你再也不會聽到他們消息啦．唉！Michael 你也真是的，他們寫他們的，你不看不就得了．你不是老說功課太多嗎？疑？對了，你啊還說選修的阿拉伯語課太難 - Are you going to call it quits?
- No, I'm not going to call it quits! I am going to finish it.
- 哇，我從來都沒見過你那麼大的決心吶！我啊還記得你學中文的時候，有好幾次都想 call it quits 呢！
- Hmm, Whatever.
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，一個是： bail，表示「離開」．另一個是： call it quits，意思是「停止做某件事」。
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