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學兩個詞:再堅持以下和壓力太大

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今天Larry到Li Hua的宿舍去串門,Li Hua會學到兩個常用語:hang in there和to be stressed out。


LL: Li Hua, you look exhausted. Is everything OK?


LH: 哎喲, Larry, 我得在星期五以前趕出兩篇論文,星期五還有一門課要大考,你說我能不累嗎?I AM exhausted!


LL: Hang in there, Li Hua! After Friday it will be all over, and then you can relax.


LH: Hang in there? 那是什麽意思呀?


LL: Hang in there. Hang in there just means to keep enduring or to persist through a difficult situation.


LH: 噢,hang in there的意思就是,在困難的情況下再忍一忍,或者堅持下去。HHang in there - Hmm...這個說法很有意思。不過hang這個詞本意不是懸掛嗎?


LL: That\'s right, but hang in there can also mean to stay the same or to not give up.


LH: 噢,我明白了,hang in there就是要堅持下去,不要放棄的意思。


LL: Exactly! Remember last semester when you had two tests and a term paper due the same week, you hung in there and even managed to get good grades. When things get tough, you just have to hang in there.


LH: 我當然記得上學期的那個禮拜。一個星期裏,我有兩門課要考試,還要交一篇學期論文。我當時咬緊牙關堅持學習,結果還得了好分數。所以你說,這就是hang in there的意思吧?


LL: You\'re right! Let me give you another example. If someone is having an emergency and calls the 9-1-1 emergency hotline, the operator might say, Hang in there, an ambulance will be there in a few minutes.


LH: 噢,你說要是遇到緊急情況打911電話,接線員可能會說,Hang in there! 也就是說:別著急,堅持一下,救護車馬上就到的意思。


LL: So, just hang in there, Li Hua. You\'ll finish the papers before Friday and get good grades for the test too!


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LH: 嗨,Larry, 我剛考試考完。現在好了, 我可以輕鬆一下了。


LL: Well, I\'m glad to see you so happy now that your test is over and those papers are done. You were really stressed out last week!


LH: 就是啊,我現在好高興。可是,你說我上星期怎麽了?Stressed out?


LL: I said you were stressed out. Stressed out means that you were under so much stress and pressure that you barely made it.


LH: 噢,stressed out意思就是壓力太大,幾乎承受不了。Hmm, 這話一點沒錯,我上個星期還真是有點頂不住了。Larry, 你倒是好像不太容易stressed out.


LL: That\'s because I know that to be stressed out usually makes things worse. I find that I do better on a test when I\'m not stressed out about it.


LH: Hmm, 我也有這種感覺,你越是感到壓力大,越會壞事。在這種情況下,考試都是考不好的。


LL: Last week, you appeared a little bit impatient, but I understand it\'s because you were really stressed out about your papers. So I encouraged you to HANG IN THERE.


LH: 我上星期顯得很煩躁呀!喲,我自己還沒有察覺呢。Larry, 我要是對你顯得不耐煩, 對不起喲!下次再遇到壓力很大的情況,也就是我stressed out的時候,我一定會記住,要堅持下去,要hang in there.


LL: Oh, don\'t worry about it. The last thing I want is for you to stress out about making me upset. By the way, did you call Michael last night?


LH: 對,我打了。他說他還不太習慣那兒的生活,我讓他hang in there! Try not to be stressed out. 他還讓我向你問好呢!


LL: That\'s nice!


今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是hang in there, 表示堅持下去,不放棄。另一個是to be stressed out, 意思是壓力太大。

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