VOA流行美語 Unit 189:bad vibe和wake up call

Larry和李華在教室裏等瓊斯教授把改完的考卷發下來。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：bad vibe和wake up call。

LL: Li Hua, I have a really bad vibe about this test.

LH: 你覺得你考的怎麼樣？Bad vibe? 那是什麼意思啊？

LL: A vibe is a feeling. Since I don't think I did very well on this test, I have a bad vibe about the grade I am going to get.

LH: 噢，vibe就是一種感覺，你覺得你這次考試考得不好，所以有種不祥之兆，也就是你所謂的bad vibe。

LL: (Gets test back) Ooh. You see, my bad vibe was right. I got a C.

LH: 嗨，C不算太糟啦，這門課很困難，而且瓊斯教授批分數一貫都很嚴。

LL: Yeah, I actually had a bad vibe about this course before the class ever started. Some of my friends told me it was difficult and I'd have to work hard.

LH：其實我在上這門課之前也有點擔心，因爲上過這課的人都說很難，要下很多功夫。

LL：So, what did you get?

LH: 嗯，我得到了A。這次考試算是不錯，不過我很擔心下星期要交的那份報告。I have a bad vibe about that paper.

LL: Why do you have a bad vibe about the paper?

LH: 因爲我覺得用英文寫報告是最難的。英文不是我的母語，每次寫完英文報告，我總覺得好像有很多不通順的地方。

LL: Li Hua, you can always ask me or another student to look over your paper before your turn it in. I am sure you'll do fine. About that, I have a good vibe.

LH: 真的？Larry，你願意修改我的報告？你真好，謝謝你。

LL: Uh-oh. I have a bad vibe about the look Professor Jones is giving us right now.

LH: 對，噓，瓊斯教授在看我們了，別說了，下課後再聊吧。

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LL: (After class) You know, Li Hua, getting a C on the test in Professor Jones' class was a real wake-up call.

LH: 你說拿了C是wake-up call，哎，這個wake-up call不是叫人起牀嗎？難道你在上課的時候睡覺啊？

LL: No, no, a wake-up call is not like an alarm clock that wakes you up from your sleep. What I meant was the grade I got woke me up to the fact that I have to work harder for this class.

LH: 噢，wake-up call在這裏不是指鬧鐘叫人起牀，而是指一個警告。所以你是說，這次考試成績不好提醒你要在這節課上加把勁，要更用功！

LL: Yeah! Professor Jones gave me a wake-up call in the form of a bad grade. Now that class is over, I'm going to go home and study. Hey! Li Hua! Look out for that bike!

LH: 哎喲！那個騎自行車的人差點兒撞上我。

LL: Yeah, that was a wake-up call for us to be more careful about walking across campus.

LH: 說的也是，這就提醒了我們，在校園裏走路也得小心注意，不然很可能會受傷的。

LL: We should be more careful. Say, Li Hua, where are you going now?

LH: 嗯，我想利用下午沒有課的時間，到體育館的健身房去鍛鍊鍛鍊。

LL: Why the sudden interest in physical fitness? You don't usually go to the gym, do you?

LH: 嗨，別說了，你也知道我這個人是從不上健身房的。還不是上回健康檢查時，醫生說我體重有點超重，所以嘍，that was a wake-up call.

LL: You don't look overweight to me.

LH: Larry，你心地真好，還安慰我看起來不胖。其實我倒不是那麼在意外表看起來胖不胖，主要還是擔心肥胖會影響健康吧！

LL: And maybe it was a wake-up call that you and I shouldn't go out to have ice cream so often.

LH: 啊？什麼？要我放棄吃冰淇淋？我願意每天上健身房，但是我一定得吃冰淇淋！

今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是bad vibe, 就是不好的感覺，不詳的預感。另一個常用語是wake-up call，這是指一個提醒或警告。