美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 111 - go off on sb. / what's the deal

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李華剛下課，走出課堂就碰上Larry。李華在和Larry 談話中會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to go off on someone 和what's the deal.

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LH: Hey, Larry. 你剛下課??？對(duì)了，我剛好要問(wèn)你，今天你有沒有見到Dave？

LL: Dave? No, I haven't seen him anywhere since professor Jones went off on him yesterday morning.

LH: Jones教授對(duì)Dave怎么啦？你說(shuō)他went off on Dave? 那是什么意思呢？

LL: To go off on someone means to suddenly get very angry at someone. "To go off " can mean "to explode"- for instance, something like a bomb or a gun can go off.

LH: 噢，to go off on someone就是突然對(duì)某人大發(fā)脾氣，就好像炸彈爆炸，槍支開火那樣。那Jones教授為什么突然對(duì)Dave大發(fā)脾氣呢？

LL: Dave asked Professor Jones if he could turn in a paper a few days late, and Professor Jones just went off on him.

LH: Dave 怎么經(jīng)常要求晚幾天交報(bào)告吶？唉，也難怪Jones教授要go off on him對(duì)他發(fā)脾氣了。Larry，你再給我舉幾個(gè)go off on someone的例子吧！

LL: Hmm, let me think. I remember when I was in Beijing I tried to pay a taxi driver, and he went off on me for several minutes. I had no idea why he was so angry. It turned out, what I gave him was a counterfeit note.

LH: 你給出租車司機(jī)假鈔票，那他當(dāng)然要對(duì)你大發(fā)脾氣咯！

LL: Li Hua, have you ever gone off on someone here in the U.S.?

LH: 我啊，我英文還不是很好，輕易不敢和人吵架。我只有對(duì)我過(guò)去那個(gè)同屋發(fā)了好幾次脾氣，因?yàn)樗龑?shí)在太臟，而且還想偷偷搬出去，就是為了想賴掉一個(gè)月的房租呢！

LL: She tried to cheat you out of a month's rent? If my roommate did that, I wouldn't just go off on him, I'd take him to court!

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LL: So anyway, what's the deal with Professor Jones lately? He always seems to be in a bad mood.

LH: What's the deal? 你在說(shuō)什么??？deal不是交易的意思嗎？你是問(wèn)我，Jones教授在和什么人作交易？

LL: No, no, Li Hua. When I ask "what's the deal", I mean "what is the situation?" I was asking why he is in a bad mood.

LH: 噢，我知道了，what's the deal就是我們中文里常說(shuō)的“怎么回事”。你剛才是問(wèn)我，Jones教授心情不好到底是怎么回事。我聽說(shuō)，他對(duì)今年沒能升上正教授的職位好像挺失望的。

LL: Really? What's the deal with that? He's been in this department for years!

LH: 就是啊! Jones教授在我們系上教書也有好多年了，不給他提升，究竟是怎么回事，誰(shuí)也不知道。

LL: That seems to be unfair. Well, Li Hua, what's the deal tomorrow night? Is everyone still planning to go together to that concert?

LH: 明天晚上是這樣，我和另外三個(gè)同學(xué)會(huì)去聽演唱會(huì)，可是我的車出問(wèn)題了，現(xiàn)在還在修車廠呢。Larry，我們能搭你的車去嗎？

LL: Well, here's the deal: I've got class until six thirty tomorrow, and the concert is at eight. It's probably best if you meet me here at school, since I might not have enough time to pick you all up.

LH: 哼，你明天6點(diǎn)半才下課，而演唱會(huì)8點(diǎn)就開始。對(duì)，要你去接我們恐怕是來(lái)不及。那就照你說(shuō)的吧，我們到學(xué)校來(lái)等你！噢，對(duì)了, Ed明天不想去，他和Jill剛分手，不想和Jill見面。

LL: Really? What's the deal with those two? I thought they were really happy together, but I heard that Jill went off on Ed the other night.

LH: 他們倆到底是怎么回事？誰(shuí)知道！大家都以為他們?cè)谝黄鸷芨吲d。Jill 那天晚上對(duì)Ed大發(fā)脾氣是因?yàn)镋d沒跟她商量就決定明年到國(guó)外去念書。

LL: Oh well. That's too bad. Anyway, the deal tomorrow is you and your friends will meet me here at school, and we'll all leave together. OK?

LH: 沒問(wèn)題，那就明天晚上在校園見了！

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是：to go off on someone, 意思是突然對(duì)某人大發(fā)脾氣。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是: the deal with something, 這是指情況如何，怎么回事。