美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 120 - stick to sth. / give sth. a shot

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今天Larry和李華要到體育館去和幾個(gè)朋友打籃球。李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：stick to something和give something a shot.

(Ambience sound in gym)

LL: Hey, Li Hua, are you looking forward to today's game?

LH: 嗨，其實(shí)我的籃球打得不怎么樣。我倒想試試其他的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

LL: You'll get better. You've only been playing basketball for a few weeks. You have to stick to something if you want to become good at it.

LH: 對(duì)，我才打了幾個(gè)星期的籃球！可是你怎么說(shuō)要我stick to something. Stick不是黏的意思？這跟打籃球有什么關(guān)系??？

LL: To "stick to something" means that you continue to do it and don't give up.

LH: 噢！我懂了，stick to something就是堅(jiān)持不懈，繼續(xù)做某件事。那不就像我們中文里說(shuō)的“持之以恒”嘛！ 你的意思是，要是我想打好籃球，就得不斷地練習(xí)咯！

LL: That's right. You've stuck to practicing English for a long time, and now your English is much better. Right?

LH: 你說(shuō)的對(duì)，我學(xué)英文倒是盡量的多說(shuō)，不斷地練習(xí)。對(duì)了，Larry, 那stick to something除了運(yùn)動(dòng)，學(xué)語(yǔ)言，我還可以用在哪些地方呢？

LL: Well, a person can stick to a decision, too. If I decide to learn Chinese, and I stick to my decision, that means I don't change my mind or give up.

LH: 噢，如果一個(gè)人堅(jiān)持自己的決定，也可以說(shuō)stick to one's decision。那一個(gè)立場(chǎng)不堅(jiān)定，經(jīng)常flip-flop的人可就不能這么說(shuō)咯！

LL: That's right. Very good use of the term flip-flop, by the way.

LH: 謝謝。不過(guò)有時(shí)候要堅(jiān)持做一件事還真不容易。就好比打籃球，我已經(jīng)不知道我是不是真的喜歡打籃球了。

LL: Remember how hard English was at first? But you stuck to it and now it's much easier, right?

LH: 好象是這樣。你覺(jué)得打籃球也會(huì)像學(xué)英文一樣，只要我堅(jiān)持練習(xí)，就會(huì)越來(lái)越容易嗎？

LL: I do. You'll see. So, have you decided to play in today's game after all?

LH: 好吧，我來(lái)試試看，也許就象你說(shuō)的，多練習(xí)，我就能打好球！

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(Sound of dribbling basketball)

LH: Larry, 那個(gè)籃球架子太遠(yuǎn)了，我肯定投不進(jìn)！

LL: Come on, Li Hua, give it a shot. It's okay if you miss.

LH: Larry，我是在投球耶！你怎么叫我給它一槍？"Give it a shot" 那是什么意思??？

LL: To give something a shot is to go ahead and try something, even if you don't expect to be successful.

LH: 嗨，我還以為give it a shot是開槍呢！原來(lái)，give it a shot就是試一試，不管會(huì)不會(huì)成功。好吧。那我就投嘍！可是我一定投不進(jìn)啦！

(Sound of basketball into the basket)

LL: Hey, look, you made it! That's three more points for our team! See, it never hurts to give something a shot.

LH: 哇！太棒了！我居然投進(jìn)了！對(duì)了，Larry, give it a shot我是不是還能用在其他什么地方？

LL: Just about anything. For instance, I'd like to give sailing a shot, even though I've never sailed a boat before in my life.

LH: 你想學(xué)開船??！我倒想試試開飛機(jī)呢！

LL: Hey, slow down. We all know what your driving is like. I don't think it's a good idea for you to fly a plane.

LH: 嘿！我的開車技術(shù)有什么不好？再說(shuō)，剛才是你告訴我，不管結(jié)果如何，都應(yīng)該去試一試的?。?/p>

LL: Maybe if you stick to driving for a while and get better at it, then you can give flying a shot.

LH: 哎呀，其實(shí)我也是說(shuō)說(shuō)而已啦。我根本就沒(méi)錢去上飛行課。不過(guò)如果有機(jī)會(huì)，我會(huì)去試試的！

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是stick to something.就是堅(jiān)持不懈，繼續(xù)做某件事。第二個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是give it a shot. 這是試一試的意思，哪怕你認(rèn)為不會(huì)成功，但也可以一試。