美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 146 - smack-dab / ring a bell

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李華和Larry正在超級(jí)市場(chǎng)買(mǎi)菜。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：smack-dab和ring a bell.

(Ambience sound in supermarket)

LH: Larry, 你在笑什么??？

LL: Didn't you see that lady walk smack-dab into the fruit display? She knocked all of the oranges over. What a mess!

LH: 哎喲，那位太太把那水果攤撞翻了。真是的，你看，地上到處都是桔子。她是怎么回事呀？你說(shuō)她什么來(lái)著？

LL: I said that she walk smack-dab into the fruit display. Smack-dab means exactly or right. That means she walked right into the fruit display.

LH: 噢，smack-dab是很精確，很準(zhǔn)確的意思。你剛才是說(shuō)，她一直對(duì)著那個(gè)水果攤走過(guò)去，結(jié)果把水果攤撞倒了。幸好她只是撞翻了一些水果，而不是撞到什么有危險(xiǎn)性的東西。

LL: Yeah, luckily the fruit display doesn't have any sharp edges. Once my friend walked smack-dab into a glass door and broke her nose.

LH: 我的天啊！你的朋友撞上一扇玻璃門(mén)，還把鼻子都撞傷了？難道他沒(méi)看到那扇門(mén)嗎？怎么可能撞上去呢？

LL: Well, the door was really clean and it was in the evening, so she just didn't see the glass there.

LH: 那倒是可能的，玻璃門(mén)擦得很干凈，而且又是晚上。你那朋友當(dāng)時(shí)一定覺(jué)得很尷尬吧？

LL: Oh, she was humiliated.

LH: 要是我的話(huà)，我也會(huì)很不好意思的。

LL： Hey, Li Hua, what's that on your sweater?

LH：怎么啦？我毛衣上有什么？

LL: Well, I just noticed that you have a brown spot smack-dab in the middle of your sweater.

LH: 什么？我毛衣上有一塊咖啡色的臟東西？哎呀！肯定是我早上吃巧克力時(shí)滴在衣服上的。你說(shuō)的對(duì)，這還恰恰在我毛衣的正中間。

LL: Oh, it's not that bad. You can change into another sweater when you get home.

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LL: Hey, Li Hua, does the name "Laura Wilson" ring any bells for you?

LH：Laura Wilson？不是那個(gè)上星期我們?cè)诰W(wǎng)球場(chǎng)上碰到的那個(gè)金發(fā)女孩嘛？她為什么要為我打鈴呀？她和打鈴有什么關(guān)系？

LL：Oh, no! If someone asks you if something "rings a bell," then he is asking if you remember it. I just got a phone message from Laura Wilson and I can't remember who she is.

LH: Larry， 你年紀(jì)輕輕，怎么那么健忘！Laura Wilson上星期在網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)上還跟我們說(shuō)她準(zhǔn)備去當(dāng)職業(yè)網(wǎng)球手。

LL: Oh, now I remember who she is. Once you mentioned her plan to be a professional tennis player, then her name rang a bell with me.

LH: Larry, to ring a bell這個(gè)說(shuō)法很有意思。你剛才問(wèn)我，Laura的名字有沒(méi)有ring a bell，就是在問(wèn)我記不記得Laura。那也就是說(shuō)，要是我記得的話(huà)，那我腦子里就會(huì)個(gè)鈴聲。

LL: It's a very vivid expression and easy to remember. Right?

LH: 對(duì)，我們和她說(shuō)好下個(gè)周末一起打網(wǎng)球，你還記得嗎？Does that ring a bell?

LL: Yeah, that rings a bell. What time were we supposed to meet her?

LH: 我記得我們約好了下午4點(diǎn)種在網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)碰面的。

LL: That rings a bell, too. I had better write that down so that I don't forget again.

LH: Larry, 這個(gè)星期五是2月11號(hào)，怎么樣，那是什么日子啊？Does that ring a bell?

LL: It rings a bell, but I'm not sure why. Could you refresh my memory?

LH: Larry! 我真不敢相信你居然忘記了！

LL: I'm just kidding, Li Hua. Of course, I remember that Friday is your birthday.

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是smack-dab，意思就是不偏不歪、恰恰正好的意思。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是ring a bell，也就是記得的意思。