美語訓(xùn)練班055
A: 歡迎大家來到這期的美語訓(xùn)練班! 我是楊琳!
B: 我是Kat! 楊琳，趕快告訴大家咱們今天要學(xué)些什么!
A: 好! 今天，咱們要接著去看看電子產(chǎn)品的發(fā)展走勢(shì)，聽聽人們都有怎樣的固有觀念，學(xué)學(xué)怎么面對(duì)棘手的問題，還要告訴大家怎么用美語說"人氣"!
B: 人氣!? 提到這個(gè)我就想到了那個(gè)Mike隋，現(xiàn)在他好火呀!
A: 哈哈，回頭咱們也錄一集，說不定也火了! 不過現(xiàn)在，咱們先趕快來進(jìn)入第一個(gè)單元，Learn a Word!
Learn A Word: bearing
今天我們要學(xué)的詞是bearing. Bearing is spelled b-e-a-r-i-n-g, bearing. Bearing 意思是關(guān)系，意義。我們常用 to have bearing on something 意思就是同某事有關(guān)系，對(duì)某事有影響。The decision had much bearing on the way the company was run. 這個(gè)決定對(duì)公司的管理運(yùn)營(yíng)有很大影響。His private life has no bearing on his competence as a manager. 他的私生活同他作為經(jīng)理的工作能力無關(guān)。美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬最近公開支持同性婚姻，一項(xiàng)民調(diào)發(fā)現(xiàn)，Sixty percent of Americans say Obama's new position on same-sex marriage will have no bearing on how they vote in the November election.百分之六十的美國(guó)人表示，奧巴馬在同性婚姻問題上的新立場(chǎng)并不會(huì)影響他們?cè)?1月總統(tǒng)大選中把票投給誰。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是 bearing, bearing, bearing.
B: 楊琳，look at my new bag! Isn't it awesome?
A: OMG!!! LV???!!!我的天啊，好看是好看，可是你怎么買得起這么貴的包包呢?
B: Well, my salary has no bearing on what I'm gonna buy. That's what credit cards were made for, right?? 女生嘛，就得自己疼自己!
A: 這也對(duì)....可是一個(gè)LV包包都能頂上我一個(gè)月的房租了!!! Kat, I think you are going to have to come to grips with how much you can actually afford to spend on stuff like that...
B: Hmm... I will leave that question to future Kat, ha! But more importantly, you just mentioned a really good phrase: come to grips with, 咱們一起來聽聽這個(gè)短語的用法!
Words and Idioms
現(xiàn)在播送<美國(guó)習(xí)慣用語>第 964講。我是楊琳。
M：我是 Steve Baragona.
昨天我姐姐給我打電話，抱怨他們家的家庭戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。我姐夫自己開了一家進(jìn)出口公司，本想讓子承父業(yè)，可我外甥偏要當(dāng)個(gè)軟件工程師，讓我姐夫備受打擊，過了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，他才慢慢接受現(xiàn)實(shí)。這讓我想到了一句習(xí)慣用語，那就是:
M: Come to grips with. Come is spelled c-o-m-e, and grips; g-r-i-p-s. Come-to-grips-with.
女：Grip 本身是抓，掌握的意思; come to grips with, 意思就是去面對(duì)，著手處理。就像上面的例子里，我外甥不愿意繼承父業(yè)，一心要當(dāng)軟件工程師，我姐夫雖然失望，但最后還是肯于面對(duì)事實(shí)。He has come to grips with my nephew's decision not to take over the family business. 2001年9月11號(hào)的恐怖襲擊是美國(guó)歷史上的一件大事，下面我們來聽聽歷史學(xué)家對(duì)這起事件的看法:
M: "On September 11, 2001, four U.S. planes were overtaken by terrorists. Their dramatic crashes resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. In some ways, Americans have COME TO GRIPS with how that day changed the country forever. But it remains a difficult experience for many to deal with."
這段話意思是說：[2011年9月11日，三架美國(guó)飛機(jī)遭到恐怖份子的劫持。這次襲擊造成近3千人死亡。從某些方面看，美國(guó)人已經(jīng)開始面對(duì)那天發(fā)生的一切徹底改變了國(guó)家這一事實(shí)。但對(duì)很多人來說，這段經(jīng)歷還是很難承受的。 ]
是啊!尤其是對(duì)那些在911恐怖襲擊事件中失去親人的人來說，這段經(jīng)歷一定不堪回首。我記得上高中時(shí)，養(yǎng)了十幾年的貓死了，I had a hard time coming to grips with the loss of my cat. 我難過了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，才能面對(duì)這個(gè)事實(shí)。好了，我們?cè)賮砺犅爠偛拍嵌卧挘?/p>
M: "On September 11, 2001, four U.S. planes were overtaken by terrorists. Their dramatic crashes resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. In some ways, Americans have COME TO GRIPS with how that day changed the country forever. But it remains a difficult experience for many to deal with."
女: 我朋友Amy最近剛離婚。She still hasn't come to grips with the fact that her ex would leave her for a younger woman. 她到現(xiàn)在還無法接受前夫?yàn)榱艘粋€(gè)比她年輕的女人而離她而去的現(xiàn)實(shí)。美國(guó)是個(gè)大熔爐，如何面對(duì)種族歧視是一個(gè)重要問題。下面的這個(gè)例子里講到了一個(gè)叫 George的人，我們來聽聽他的想法發(fā)生了怎么樣的轉(zhuǎn)變：
M: "George had always held a low opinion of immigrants. One day he was driving to work when a truck hit his car and knocked him unconscious. He awoke to find that he'd been rescued by a woman who'd grown up in Mexico. That's when he CAME TO GRIPS WITH his prejudice. It was time to face his dislike of people he didn't really know."
這段話的意思是說：[喬治一直對(duì)移民沒什么好印象。有一天他開車去上班的路上，一輛卡車撞到了他，把他撞昏了過去。醒來時(shí)，他發(fā)現(xiàn)，是一名墨西哥裔的婦女救了他。這件事讓喬治開始正視自己的種族歧視心態(tài)，不能對(duì)不熟悉的人存在任何偏見。]
種族歧視是一個(gè)很嚴(yán)肅的問題。通常情況下，存在偏見的人往往很難改變他們固有的想法，因?yàn)樗麄儠?huì)避免去接觸那些自己本來就看不上的人。好了，我們?cè)賮砺犅爠偛拍嵌卧挘?/p>
M: "George had always held a low opinion of immigrants. One day he was driving to work when a truck hit his car and knocked him unconscious. He awoke to find that he'd been rescued by a woman who'd grown up in Mexico. That's when he CAME TO GRIPS WITH his prejudice. It was time to face his dislike of people he didn't really know."
今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的習(xí)慣用語是come to grips with ，意思是“正視面對(duì)”。好的，這次[美國(guó)習(xí)慣用語]就到此結(jié)束，我是楊琳，我是 Steve Baragona。謝謝各位的收聽。
A: That's exactly my point Kat. 我看你老買這些高級(jí)貨，I think you need to watch your spending habits girl! 你說要是每個(gè)月都月光，到時(shí)候萬一有個(gè)急用的時(shí)候你怎么辦呀?
B: 楊琳，冷靜，冷靜點(diǎn)!! I will be fine! Anyways, you've got this backward. I just need to find a high-paying job to match my spending habits! There's no way I'm willing to give up the love of my life...LV....
A: 哎喲，那我可真無語了....算了，剛才你提到冷靜，下面咱們就來學(xué)學(xué)這個(gè)詞用美語怎么說!
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