美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)345 Do the trick...

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Larry陪李華去買(mǎi)電腦。今天我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：do the trick和a grain of salt.

LH: Larry, 你覺(jué)得我應(yīng)該買(mǎi)PC還是蘋(píng)果？

LL: Well, I'm not a computer expert, but I think Macs are a lot more user friendly.

LH: 我也老聽(tīng)人說(shuō)蘋(píng)果機(jī)怎么怎么好，可是我從沒(méi)用過(guò)蘋(píng)果，而且PC價(jià)格也比較便宜。

LL: Well, they are both really good computers. I think either one would do the trick.

LH: Do the trick? Larry, 我買(mǎi)電腦是查資料，學(xué)論文用的，可不是為了玩游戲。

LL: Actually Lihua, when you say that something does the trick, that means that it will be successful, or good enough.

LH: 哦，do the trick就是足以達(dá)到預(yù)期效果的意思。你是說(shuō)不論P(yáng)C還是蘋(píng)果，都?jí)蛭矣玫牧恕?/p>

LL: Right! Here's another example. Joe doesn't need to live in a big house. Since he lives by himself, a small apartment will do the trick.

LH: 我明白。這句話意思是，Joe反正是一個(gè)人過(guò)，有個(gè)小公寓就夠了，用不著住大房子。那 Larry, 你說(shuō)我們?nèi)ツ募业曩I(mǎi)電腦呢？

LL: Well we could go to a big computer store, but the Internet will do the trick too. You can order your computer online.

LH: 上網(wǎng)定購(gòu)？不好，不好，要不，咱們上蘋(píng)果專賣(mài)店去轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)，我去玩玩蘋(píng)果機(jī)，你也可以看看是不是買(mǎi)個(gè)iPhone.

LL: That's OK. I don't need a lot of fancy features on my phone. My simple old cell phone still does the trick.

LH: 老實(shí)說(shuō)，你那手機(jī)再不換，就要變成古董了。你上星期不是說(shuō)不好用了嗎？

LL: Actually, just the battery broke. But I went to the store and got a new battery, which did the trick.

LH: 所以你就換了塊電池準(zhǔn)備接著用？我真服了你，省錢(qián)固然沒(méi)錯(cuò)，可也不能太落伍呀！現(xiàn)在的新手機(jī)上什么功能都有，你就不想要？

LL: Who needs all this technology? When I want to be entertained, reading a book always does the trick.

LH: 對(duì)了，蘋(píng)果公司新推出的iPad, 就有讀電子書(shū)的功能，要不你買(mǎi)個(gè)iPad吧！

LL: As far as I'm concerned, Lihua, old-fashioned paper books still do the trick.

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Larry和李華來(lái)到百思買(mǎi)看電腦。

LH: 嗨Larry! 你覺(jué)得這臺(tái)電腦怎么樣？我需要的功能上面都有，價(jià)錢(qián)也還可以，只要2000塊。

LL: Two thousand dollars? That sounds pretty expensive to me. Are you sure it's worth it to buy such an expensive computer?

LH: 當(dāng)然值了，你沒(méi)聽(tīng)剛才那個(gè)店員說(shuō)么，這是他最喜歡的一款電腦，強(qiáng)力推薦。

LL: Well, the salesperson always wants you to buy the most expensive item, so I would take what he says with a grain of salt.

LH: A grain of salt? 加撮鹽？你什么意思?。?/p>

LL: When you slightly doubt something you are told, you can say that you take it with a grain of salt.

LH: 哦，with a grain of salt意思就是有所保留，半信半疑。你是說(shuō)店員總想把貴的商品推銷給顧客，所以他的話不能全信？

LL: Right. Here is another example. Emily always exaggerates about her talents, so when she told me she is fluent in Japanese, I took it with a grain of salt.

LH: 沒(méi)錯(cuò)，Emily總喜歡夸大其詞，所以她的話不能全信。

LL: So Lihua, what are the features that make this computer so good?

LH: 產(chǎn)品介紹上說(shuō)，這款電腦的電池可以連續(xù)用15個(gè)小時(shí)，是市場(chǎng)上其他電腦的兩倍。

LL: You know, companies often make exaggerated claims about their products, so I would take that with a grain of salt.

LH: 可是我朋友Tammy買(mǎi)的就是這個(gè)牌子的電腦，說(shuō)特別好。

LL: But Lihua, Tammy only uses computer to check emails. I would take her opinion on computers with a grain of salt.

LH: 可你也不是高科技專家啊，就看你那只老古董的手機(jī)就知道了。

LL: That's true. I don't know much about technology, so I would take all my advice with a grain of salt.

LH: 別擔(dān)心，你對(duì)手機(jī)、電腦這類高科技產(chǎn)品的建議，我總是反著聽(tīng)的，只要是你說(shuō)不買(mǎi)的東西，買(mǎi)了一定沒(méi)錯(cuò)。

LL: Haha... very funny....

今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是 do the trick, 意思是足以達(dá)到預(yù)期效果。另一個(gè)是 a grain of salt, 意思是有所保留。