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今天李華和Larry 在紐約市中央公園附近散步。路邊有許多小販在賣仿名牌
的手提包和圍巾等東西。今天李華會學到兩個常用語:knock-off 和running on
empty.
LL: Li Hua , don't bother buying any of those. They're just cheap
knock-offs. LH:可是這個手提包真漂亮!你看,上面還有名牌古姿的標記呢!
你說這些都是便宜的knock-offs. 是不是說它們都不是真貨?
LL: Yeah. A "knock-off" is a fake, an imitation of the real thing.
LH:你瞧。我一猜就猜對了,knock-off 就是指假的,仿冒的東西。這些皮包當
然不可能是真的啦!一個真的古姿皮包可是要上百美元呢!我根本就買不起!
LL: Well , if you can't afford the real thing , why would you want
to buy a cheap knock-off?
LH:買不起真貨的人才買假冒品嘛!有的假冒品做的非常好,你不仔細看還
分不出是真是假呢!你看,這個皮包還是很漂亮,而且也很實用呢!
LL: Well , it's your decision whether you want to buy a knock-off.
LH:我很喜歡這個皮包。不過我現在還不需要。算了吧!我想還是別買了。
LL: Hey, look that vendor is selling knock-offs of famous paintings.
Some of them are pretty good. LH:真的耶!這些仿冒的藝術畫看起來和真品
一樣,模仿得真像!不知道是不是那個賣畫的人自己畫的。
LL: It's possible. He might be an art student and practices his skill
by making knock-offs of famous masterpieces. LH :在中國也有很多學藝術
專業的學生,他們會臨摹一些名畫,順便練習自己的繪畫技巧。所以你經常可以
找到一些假的中國名畫呢。
LL: I know. When I was in China, I bought several and brought them
back to my friends as gifts. LH :你在中國買這樣的仿冒品帶回來送人啊?
不過很多美國人都不太懂中國的畫,說不定他們還以為你送給他們的是真品呢!
LL: The important thing is not whether the paintings were knock-offs
but rather that they made my friends happy.
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LL: Wow, Li Hua. I'm really running on empty. Do you mind if we
go back home now?
LH: Running-on-empty ?什么是“running on empty" ?你不舒服,想回
家了?
LL: No , "running on empty" means that I'm exhausted and I don't
have any energy. I feel like a car whose gas tank is empty. LH:噢,你
用汽車沒有油來比喻,我就知道了。Running on empty就是很累,一點勁兒都沒
有了。或許我們可以找點東西吃。你可以補充一下體力。
LL: That might help a little , but I really need to go home and
get some rest. LH :對了,你前兩天感冒剛好,所以才會覺得running on empty.
好吧,那我們就買點東西吃。休息一下,然后就回家。
LL: That sounds like a good idea to me. When I'm running on empty,
food and sleep are always the best remedies. LH :我也是呀!我一累,只
要吃飽睡足,馬上就能恢復體力。我們這兩天都夠忙的。真是該好好休息一下。
LL: It's kind of difficult to enjoy the park when you're running
on empty. LH:沒錯。人一累,再好玩的事都提不起勁來。
LL: Hopefully, by tomorrow, I won't be running on empty anymore
and we can enjoy a nice walk in the park. LH:今天你回家好好睡一覺,多
吃點有營養的東西,我保證你明天就會有精神了。如果你還想來公園散步,我一
定奉陪!走吧!
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