Michael和李華這兩個(gè)大學(xué)生今天在紐約的百老匯逛馬路。那里戲院很多。李華看到一個(gè)劇院在演歌舞劇[音樂(lè)之聲]，于是她苦苦哀求Michael陪她去看。Michael在學(xué)中文。他喜歡李華跟他講中文，可以讓他練習(xí)聽(tīng)力。他在今天的對(duì)話(huà)里會(huì)用到"broke"和“l(fā)ame"這兩個(gè)詞。
L：Michael，你看，這個(gè)劇院在演[音樂(lè)之聲]！我一直想看這個(gè)歌舞劇。
M: I know, it's a popular show.
L:誰(shuí)都喜歡[音樂(lè)之聲]。Michael，今天晚上我們沒(méi)有功課，我們?nèi)タ?，好嗎?BR> M: Sorry, Li Hua, I'm broke. Maybe another time.
L: Broke?你受傷啦？
M: No, no, no! I did not break anything. Here broke means to have no money.
L:噢，你沒(méi)有摔斷骨頭，把我嚇一跳。Broke在這里的意思是沒(méi)有錢(qián)。上回我媽媽出了車(chē)禍，花了好多錢(qián)修車(chē)，她就沒(méi)錢(qián)了。這也可以說(shuō)……
M: Yes, your mom was broke!
L:我哥哥付了學(xué)費(fèi)，還買(mǎi)了好多書(shū)，他現(xiàn)在也是沒(méi)錢(qián)了。
M: Your brother is now broke! I know your sister spent all her money to buy a computer, so she is now broke too.
L:你怎么知道我姐姐買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)電腦，把所有的錢(qián)都花完了？
M: You told me yourself, you just forgot!
L:我告訴過(guò)你?我真是忘了?？墒俏也恍拍銢](méi)有錢(qián)，你不是剛開(kāi)始給一個(gè)公司打工，前幾天還發(fā)了工資嗎？
M: Ok, ok, I'm not broke. We can go see the show.
L:我知道你有錢(qián)！太好了，太好了，謝謝你Michael。
(Michael和李華進(jìn)了劇院)。
L:這兩個(gè)座位還挺好的。
M: Yea, pretty good. Li Hua, do you know why I didn't want to come to the show? Because I think musicals are lame.
L: Lame? Lame是什么意思呀？
M: When you say something is lame you mean that it is silly or it is uninteresting.
L:噢，說(shuō)什么東西lame就是說(shuō)沒(méi)有意思，無(wú)聊。還有什么事情你覺(jué)得是無(wú)聊的？
M: Saturday morning classes are lame!
L:你是說(shuō)星期六早上上課是個(gè)餿主意？
M: Yes, having class on a weekend is lame because it's a silly idea.
L:對(duì)，我也同意，周末上課太沒(méi)勁了！誰(shuí)出的這個(gè)主意，是夠傻的。
對(duì)了，Michael,上回你交不出家庭作業(yè)也找了個(gè)很牽強(qiáng)的借口，你當(dāng)時(shí)是怎么對(duì)教授說(shuō)的？
M: I told our professor that my dog ate my homework. Yes, I agree, that was a lame excuse.
L:對(duì)了，你對(duì)教授說(shuō)你的狗把你的家庭作業(yè)給吃了。誰(shuí)都不會(huì)相信你這種話(huà)。那你剛才不想來(lái)看歌舞劇，借口說(shuō)沒(méi)錢(qián)，那也是lame excuse?
M: Yes, it was an inadequate excuse because I do have money.
L:我知道你有錢(qián)，只是為了不想看歌舞劇而找個(gè)借口才說(shuō)沒(méi)錢(qián)的。
M: You can also say……
L:行了，行了，我懂了。別說(shuō)話(huà)了，演出開(kāi)始了。
M: Ok, but don't give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something!
L:下回不管你要干什么，我絕對(duì)不會(huì)用這種牽強(qiáng)的借口。
M: Seriously, after buying these tickets I really am broke!
L:買(mǎi)了這兩張票，你真的沒(méi)錢(qián)啦？得，下回我請(qǐng)客。
Michael和李華在今天的對(duì)話(huà)里用了broke這個(gè)詞，broke在這里的意思是沒(méi)有錢(qián)了。他們還用了一個(gè)詞：lame,意思是無(wú)聊，沒(méi)有意思，或者是不合適的。
L：Michael，你看，這個(gè)劇院在演[音樂(lè)之聲]！我一直想看這個(gè)歌舞劇。
M: I know, it's a popular show.
L:誰(shuí)都喜歡[音樂(lè)之聲]。Michael，今天晚上我們沒(méi)有功課，我們?nèi)タ?，好嗎?BR> M: Sorry, Li Hua, I'm broke. Maybe another time.
L: Broke?你受傷啦？
M: No, no, no! I did not break anything. Here broke means to have no money.
L:噢，你沒(méi)有摔斷骨頭，把我嚇一跳。Broke在這里的意思是沒(méi)有錢(qián)。上回我媽媽出了車(chē)禍，花了好多錢(qián)修車(chē)，她就沒(méi)錢(qián)了。這也可以說(shuō)……
M: Yes, your mom was broke!
L:我哥哥付了學(xué)費(fèi)，還買(mǎi)了好多書(shū)，他現(xiàn)在也是沒(méi)錢(qián)了。
M: Your brother is now broke! I know your sister spent all her money to buy a computer, so she is now broke too.
L:你怎么知道我姐姐買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)電腦，把所有的錢(qián)都花完了？
M: You told me yourself, you just forgot!
L:我告訴過(guò)你?我真是忘了?？墒俏也恍拍銢](méi)有錢(qián)，你不是剛開(kāi)始給一個(gè)公司打工，前幾天還發(fā)了工資嗎？
M: Ok, ok, I'm not broke. We can go see the show.
L:我知道你有錢(qián)！太好了，太好了，謝謝你Michael。
(Michael和李華進(jìn)了劇院)。
L:這兩個(gè)座位還挺好的。
M: Yea, pretty good. Li Hua, do you know why I didn't want to come to the show? Because I think musicals are lame.
L: Lame? Lame是什么意思呀？
M: When you say something is lame you mean that it is silly or it is uninteresting.
L:噢，說(shuō)什么東西lame就是說(shuō)沒(méi)有意思，無(wú)聊。還有什么事情你覺(jué)得是無(wú)聊的？
M: Saturday morning classes are lame!
L:你是說(shuō)星期六早上上課是個(gè)餿主意？
M: Yes, having class on a weekend is lame because it's a silly idea.
L:對(duì)，我也同意，周末上課太沒(méi)勁了！誰(shuí)出的這個(gè)主意，是夠傻的。
對(duì)了，Michael,上回你交不出家庭作業(yè)也找了個(gè)很牽強(qiáng)的借口，你當(dāng)時(shí)是怎么對(duì)教授說(shuō)的？
M: I told our professor that my dog ate my homework. Yes, I agree, that was a lame excuse.
L:對(duì)了，你對(duì)教授說(shuō)你的狗把你的家庭作業(yè)給吃了。誰(shuí)都不會(huì)相信你這種話(huà)。那你剛才不想來(lái)看歌舞劇，借口說(shuō)沒(méi)錢(qián)，那也是lame excuse?
M: Yes, it was an inadequate excuse because I do have money.
L:我知道你有錢(qián)，只是為了不想看歌舞劇而找個(gè)借口才說(shuō)沒(méi)錢(qián)的。
M: You can also say……
L:行了，行了，我懂了。別說(shuō)話(huà)了，演出開(kāi)始了。
M: Ok, but don't give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something!
L:下回不管你要干什么，我絕對(duì)不會(huì)用這種牽強(qiáng)的借口。
M: Seriously, after buying these tickets I really am broke!
L:買(mǎi)了這兩張票，你真的沒(méi)錢(qián)啦？得，下回我請(qǐng)客。
Michael和李華在今天的對(duì)話(huà)里用了broke這個(gè)詞，broke在這里的意思是沒(méi)有錢(qián)了。他們還用了一個(gè)詞：lame,意思是無(wú)聊，沒(méi)有意思，或者是不合適的。