美國之音之流行美語a blast / lighten up

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Popular American - #100

流行美語-第一百課

a blast

lighten up

Larry去Florida渡假一個星期。李華現(xiàn)在正開車去飛機場接他。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：a blast 和lighten up。

LH:   嗨， Larry，我在這里！

LL:   Hi, Li Hua, how are you? Thank you for coming to pick me up.

LH:   沒事！Florida怎么樣？ 玩得好嗎？

LL:   Oh man, I had a blast!  My friends in Miami took a few days off, just to hang out with me.  We did nothing but hang out on the beach and go partying every night!

LH:   喲，你那個在Miami的朋友還請了幾天假陪你玩呀！那你肯定玩得很痛快。嗨，Larry， 你剛才說 I had a...什么來啦？

LL:   I said I had a blast. "To have a blast" means to have a great time.  If something was a blast, that means it was a lot of fun.

LH:   Blast 不是“爆炸”的意思嗎？怎么 "to have a blast" 又成了玩得特別高興！哎喲，學英文真不容易！ 得了， Larry, 你玩得痛快，我可是花了整整一個星期幫Jones教授來準備下學期的課呢！

LL:   Yeah, well, I tried to get you to come along.  You would've had a blast too. 

LH:   對，你是請我一起去了，但是我不能去。我得工作，要不然下學期學費哪兒來呢？不過，昨天Rick過生日，我晚上去他的party 了...

LL:   Well, too bad I didn't come back a day sooner... his parties are always a blast.

LH:   對，每次Rick 開party，大家總是玩得很痛快。昨天晚上我早上三點才回家。我走的時候還有好多人在那兒呢！大家都玩瘋了！

LL:   Sounds like you had a blast. What about you?  Li Hua, your birthday's today.  Are you going to celebrate?

LH:   嗯，生日也不是什么大事嘛。我在中國的時候從來不過生日的。

LL:   Aww, whatever.  I think everyone should have a blast on their birthday!

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LH:   唉，時間過得真快，我都已經(jīng)25歲了，四分之一個世紀吶！可我還在這兒念書，還沒有一個正式的工作...

LL:   What?  Lighten up, Li Hua!   You're in your mid-twenties! You have plenty of time to decide what you want to do!

LH:   什么？你叫我lighten up? 你是說我要減輕體重？你在胡說什么嗎？

LL:   Hey!  I'm not talking about weight here.  To lighten up means to relax, to be less serious.

LH:   噢，lighten up就是要放松，不要太認真的意思！哎喲，不行，我可不能lighten up，我得考慮我的前途吶，我畢業(yè)以后干什么 - 是要回國還是呆在這兒...

LL:   Like I said, Li Hua, you seriously need to lighten up.  Stress makes people gain weight.

LH:   行，行，行，我想辦法放松。嗨，Larry，你好象是很輕松，沒什么壓力，那你肚子怎么會這么大呢？

LL:   Watch it, Li Hua!  I'm tired of you making fun of me.  You know I've been working hard to lose weight recently...

LH:   "Lighten up, Larry!"  別跟我生氣，我只是開玩笑嘛！我只不過是想舉個例子。我這么說lighten up，對不對？

LL:   Yeah, you're right. But don't you mention my belly again!

LH:   好了，好了，你家到了! Larry，我今天不想出去玩了，咱們明天再見吧！

LL:   Wait, Li Hua, can you help me with this bag?

LH:   那么兩個小包你都拿不動呀？ 得了得了，我?guī)湍隳眠@個包吧！

(Sound of many people yelling "SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!")

LH:   哎喲，我的天哪！你們給我舉行生日party都沒讓我知道！啊呀，你們真是太好了！怪不得Larry 你非要我?guī)退冒M來呢！

LL:   Looks like you've lightened up already.  See?  I told you you'd have a blast tonight!

LH:   那么多人給我過生日，我當然很高興呀！謝謝，謝謝。Thank you so much!

今天李華從Larry那兒學到兩個常用語。一個是to have a blast, 意思是“玩得很痛快”。李華學到的另一個常用語是lighten up。這是指“放松，別太認真”。