美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)lesson291-take the fall/tough it out

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Larry跟李華一起開(kāi)高速，去李華親戚家過(guò)周末，由李華開(kāi)車(chē)。今天我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)： take the fall和tough it out.

LH: Larry, 今天路可真不好開(kāi)，我有一種不好的預(yù)感。

LL: What do you mean? Are you talking about your relatives, or are you referring to the possibility of an accident?

LH: 快別說(shuō)“出事”這個(gè)字，多不吉利！不過(guò)，我還真有點(diǎn)兒怕，更何況，這輛車(chē)不在我的名下。

LL: If there's an accident, I may have to take the fall, Lihua.

LH: 什么叫take the fall?

LL: When someone 'takes the fall' for something, they are accepting responsibility for another person's mistake.

LH: 哦，take the fall原來(lái)是替別人承擔(dān)責(zé)任的意思。

LL: Yes. For example, if a company has a bad performance, the CEO may take the fall - basically accepting responsibility and making himself the center of the blame, so that the company can continue.

LH: 這么說(shuō)，如果真出了車(chē)禍，你就要替我承擔(dān)責(zé)任了？

LL: That's right, Li Hua. I'll take the fall for you. This is my car, after all. It's registered in my name. So, I'll HAVE to take the fall!

LH: 我看咱們還是停下來(lái)，由你開(kāi)好了，否則真出了事，要你替我背黑鍋，那多過(guò)意不去！

LL: Hey, don't worry. Let's drive for a little longer, because I want to take a nap. I worked really late yesterday, remember?

LH: 我怎么會(huì)忘！哪天咱們有了孩子，你這個(gè)工作狂要是整天不在家，I will have to take the fall.

LL: Don't worry - you wouldn't have to take the fall for that. I'd be a responsible father and tell them myself, and I would accept full responsibility!

LH: 說(shuō)真的，Larry, 什么樣的情況下你愿意替我背黑鍋呢？

LL: OK, let me think. If you made your father angry, I would take the fall.

LH: 那不算，我爸本來(lái)就不太喜歡你！

LL: I know. So I have nothing to lose if I take the fall for you for this! Hahah!

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LH: 還有一英里就可以下高速了，天好象也要放晴了。

LL: Yeah, it appears to be that way. We should be at your relatives' house in a few minutes.

LH: 哎呀！Whoa (車(chē)打轉(zhuǎn)).... (輪胎剎軋聲，汽車(chē)打火聲) 不好，車(chē)熄火了。

LL: Let me take a look. Oh wow. Total engine failure. Let's see. You know what? We could just tough it out and walk to your relatives' place.

LH: 什么？走去我親戚家？你瘋了吧？還有你說(shuō)的tough it out, 那是什么意思啊？

LL: Tough it out means to complete a task under difficult circumstances. For example, we need to complete our journey to your relatives' house. But because the car is broken down, we have to walk outside in the cold to finish the journey.

LH: 可你還是沒(méi)有說(shuō)明白什么叫tough it out 啊。

LL: It's cold, and it will take longer, and we have to exert more strength to do it. Because of this, it's tough - so we call it 'toughing it out.'

LH: 你要做硬漢，可以自己去tough it out. 我可不愿意。

LL: If you stay in the car, two things can happen: you can get even colder because there is no heat, and something bad could happen to you. It's dangerous to be alone off the highway.

LH: 你是說(shuō)會(huì)有壞人？那我只好跟你一起走了。

LL: I think it's our only choice. If we tough it out together, we can get to your relatives' house in about 15 minutes. We can get some exercise!

LH: 那車(chē)怎么辦？就扔在這兒?jiǎn)幔?

LL: We'll bring our valuables, and I'll use the cell phone to call a tow truck. If we just stand here to tough it out, we risk getting too cold.

LH: OK. Let's tough it out together, Larry!

LL: Yeah! Let me grab our luggage. Just in case. But I'll carry it. I can tough it out.

LH: Larry, 你告訴我，咱倆在一起，你有沒(méi)有在精神上覺(jué)得受不了的時(shí)候？

LL: As a matter of fact, yes. When you went to do research in China for three months, I had to tough it out.

LH: 是啊，那段日子我也覺(jué)得挺難熬的！I had to tough it out too. 現(xiàn)在好了，一切都過(guò)去了。

今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是 take the fall, 意思是替別人承擔(dān)責(zé)任。另一個(gè)是 tough it out，意思是堅(jiān)持到底。