流行美语第62课：你已经三振出局了! -(韦博分享).doc

流行美语第62课：你已经三振出局了！ -( 韦博分享) 流行美语第62课：你已经三振出局了！ -( 韦博分享) 今天Michael正在设法买票和李华一起去看世界职业棒球赛的决赛。李华学到了两个习惯用语：to strike out 和to pull something off。 M: Well, Li Hua, I struck out again. It looks like my cousin wont have any world series tickets to sell to us after all. L: 你说什么？Struck out? 这跟买球票有什么关系？ M: I said I struck out again. Struck out means that I failed after trying several times. L: 噢，我想起来了！棒球赛里就有strike out这个说法。如果一个击球手三次击球不中，他就strike out， 也就是“三振出局”。所以，strike out的意思是，一件事做了几次也不成功。 M: Thats right. Looks like youve got a good grasp of the rules of baseball. Why dont you try and use it in a sentence. L: 嗯，让我想想。对了，我一个朋友申请了几个学校的研究院，可是没有一所学校接受她。 (English) So, she completely struck out. M: There you go. You know, even if your friend struck out this year, I hope she tries again. I remember the first year I applied to graduate school, I struck out too. But I learned from my mistakes, and eventually found a good school that accepted me. L: 原来你和我朋友一样也有申请研究院失败的经历，可是吸取教训后你就成功了，希望我朋友也会如此。 M: Yeah, I was rather pleased to get into graduate school. Too bad I still strike out with the girls. None of the good ones want to go out with me. L: 嘿嘿，别担心，Michael, 你要求不要太高，一定会找到你喜欢的女孩的。你总不可能一直在这方面strike out吧! L: 嘿 Michael, 你到底有没有买到棒球决赛的球票啊？ M: No, to tell you the truth, Li Hua, I dont think I can pull it off. There simply are no tickets for sale. L: 你说什么？ Pull it off? 你还在想办法，对不对? M: I said I dont think I can pull it off. To pull something off - Pull. P U L L. Off. O F F, means to succeed at something very difficult, usually unexpectedly. L: 噢，To pull something off就是出人意料地做成一件很困难的事情。哎，Michael, 你再举个例子好不好？ M: Ok, most of our friends didnt think that Beijing would be allowed to host the 2008 Olympics, but in the end Beijing pulled it off! I was really surprised. L: 对，很多人以为中国申办奥运不会成功，但是中国试了几次，终于成功， 也就是pulled it off。Michael, 凭你对中国的了解，你不应该感到惊讶才对嘛。 M: Yeah. I guess so. Anyway, as for the tickets, I dont think I can pull this off. L: 为什么买棒球赛的票那么难啊？ M: The series has already started, the tickets were