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第七部 第十五课: to push one's luck , crackpot
- Larry 和李华正在课间休息的时候聊天，李华会学到两个常用语： to push one's luck 和 crackpot。
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- Larry，我已经好久都没有為我的论文做研究了．今天啊我想不去上 Wilkins 教授的课，我要去图书馆。
- I don』t know, Li Hua. You'll really be pushing your luck if you miss class again.
- Pushing-my-luck? 哎～？Pushing 是「推」的意思，那 luck 是「运气」，哎，我听不懂耶！ pushing my luck 这是甚麼意思呀。
- I said you will be pushing your luck. "To push your luck" means to take a chance when you've already done something risky.
- 哦～，pushing-your-luck 就是已经做了冒风险的事，可是啊！还想再进一步碰碰运气，是这个意思吗？
- That's right. The first two times, the professor didn't give you any trouble. But every time you miss a class, you are taking an even bigger risk. You (are) pushing your luck.
- 对喔，我那两次啊没去上课，教授没说甚麼．要是我今天再不去上课，哎，万一教授不高兴，我不就麻烦了吗？疑？Larry，你不也是这样吗？你那台车啊，煞车都坏了，你还到处开，不也是碰运气，希望它不会出事吗？
- That's right. One day, I was almost in a car wreck, so I decided to stop pushing my luck and have the brakes fixed. I was so stupid.
- 啊～，我还不知道你差一点出车祸啊！哎呀，你看看，你啊非要 push your luck，非要到差一点出车祸的时候才去修车．真危险！哎， Larry，那这麼说， to push one's luck 只能指冒风险，碰运气吗？
- Generally yes. But sometimes, if someone keeps asking you for favors, you might tell them "don't push your luck!"
- 哎～，我最近就碰到这麼一个人，我帮了她一点忙，她就没完没了，要求啊是一个接一个．那下回我是不是可以对她说：Don't push your luck! 哎，对了，Larry，我啊还真想要你帮个忙哎，我能不能再借你的电脑用啊？这不算是 push my luck 吧？
- No, of course not. You're welcome to use my computer.
- 谢谢，Larry，你啊总是那麼大方．哎，那今天下午我能借你的车吗？
- Yeah, OK... I guess...
- 那我能不能把你的电脑搬回家用一个礼拜呢？
- You're pushing your luck, Li Hua!
- 哈哈... ，跟你开玩笑的嘛！
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- 哎哟，老天爷啊， Wilkins 教授真是怪哎．他上课的时候花了最后二十分鐘给我们说他每天吃多少维他命，為甚麼要吃这些维他命。
- What? (laughs) Don't worry about it, Li Hua. Everyone knows Professor Wilkins is a crackpot.
- 他是甚麼啊？你是说他吸毒吗？
- No, of course not... I said that he's a crackpot. A crackpot is a crazy person. Or maybe just someone who holds very strong, crazy opinions and ideas.
- 哦～， crackpot 就是一个很怪的人，有一些啊稀奇古怪想法的人．哎，Larry，有名的人是不是也是很怪的啊？
- Let me think... you know, most real crackpots don't become famous. But in his time, a lot of people thought that Christopher Columbus was a crackpot.
- 没错，真正怪的人一般是不会成名的．可是呢哥伦布的情况就不一样了．当时的人们觉得他很怪、有神经病，因為啊他说航行可以围绕着地球转，可是事实证明他是对的，所以啊他是聪明，不能够算是 crackpot。
- I wonder if I or other students should talk to Professor Wilkins, and ask him to not talk about off-topic subjects in class. Would we be pushing our luck?
- 你和其他学生去跟 Wilkins 教授说别在上课时讲那些离题的内容啊？嗯～，我想他不会在意的啦！
- What if we just told him to stop talking about his crackpot ideas in class.
- 你说甚麼啊？叫他别在课堂上说那些神神道道的想法啊！Now that would be pushing your luck!
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- 今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是： to push one's luck，意思是「已经做了有点儿风险的事，还想进一步碰碰运气」．李华学到的另一个常用语是： crackpot，这是指那种「想法很奇怪的人」。
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