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2025.02.19 02:22
第三部 第十五課: packed , hype
- 今天 Michael 和李華二個人到紐約一個公園去看煙火，李華會學到兩個新詞：packed 和 hype。
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- 哎，我的老天，這個公園可真擠，但願啊我們能夠找到個地方坐下來。
- Yeah, it's really packed today. I've never seen this many people here.
- 哎，Michael，你剛剛說什麼啊？你是說人好多嗎？
- Yes, I said the park is packed. That means it is crowded, there are a lot of people here.
- 哦～，我懂了，你說的 packed，p-a-c-k-e-d ，就是通常你說打包的 pack 那個字，對不對？
- That's right. Here we say "be packed" to show that a place is full of people, just like a box packed full of stuff.
- 哦～，我想我懂了，那～，像中國人口很多，我是不是可以說 China is packed？
- No, that's not really right: China has a lot of people, but China is also a very big place. We usually use packed to describe a small place full of people.
- 哦～，原來是這樣．疑？那就好像中國在過春節的時候，每班火車都擠得滿滿的，那我就可以說：在春節前那個星期 the trains are packed，對不對？
- That's right. Around Spring Festival, the buses are packed as well, right?
- 沒錯，事實上啊，中國的公共汽車永遠都擠得滿滿的，很難找個位置的，至少啊，在各個大都市都是這樣。
- So, in China what other kinds of places might be packed with people?
- Well，嗯～我記得我去看 「泰坦尼克號」 那部電影時，電影院啊擠的好滿，好像每個人都想看那部電影似的。
- Ewww. I don't really understand why people liked that movie so much. I thought it was boring.
- 喔，管它是啥原因，Michael，反正啊，中國各地的電影院總是很擠就是了啦。
- Hey, the show is starting.
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- 嘿，Michael，你覺得今天的煙火怎麼樣？
- Well I guess they were ok, but I was hoping they would be better.
- 你覺得還可以更好一些啊？可是我覺得已經很好了呀。
- Oh, but there was so much hype about this show! Every newspaper said it was going to be the greatest fireworks display in New York history!
- 哎，Michael，你說太多什麼啦？你說這次煙火怎麼啦？
- I said there was a lot of hype, h-y-p-e. Hype means a lot of excitement or praise about something that you might hear about before you see it.
- 哦～，所以 hype 就是指大家總是把一件事說的比實際情況還要好，對不對？
- Yeah, that's right. For instance, there was a lot of hype about Titanic, but I don't think it was as good as the hype said it would be.
- 嗯－，你說 the hype about Titanic ，所以我們是不是應該說 there is hype about something，是不是啊？
- That's right. For example, I remember hearing a lot of hype about the Forbidden City in Beijing, but I didn't think it was very interesting.
- 你說什麼啊？你居然說北京故宮不好，那可是中國保存歷史古跡的一顆明珠哎。
- I didn't say it wasn't important to Chinese history. I just didn't think it was very fun to visit, at least not as fun as all the hype said it would be.
- 哎喲，算了啦 Michael，我才不管你怎麼想呢。疑？你說報上對今天的煙火作了很多宣傳，到底是怎麼說的呢？
- Well, the newspapers said it was going to be larger and more exciting than anything ever shown in the city before. But really I think that was just hype. This year wasn't much different from last year.
- 唉，Michael，要是你總是聽人宣傳的話，你一定會失望的。
- Yeah, I guess you are right.
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- 今天 Michael 和李華到紐約的一個公園去看煙火， Michael 說這個公園是 packed，也就是「十分擁擠」的意思．另外 Michael 也不是太喜歡這次的煙火表演，因為他說報紙「做了過多的渲染」，也就是 hype 這個詞的含義。
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