美國(guó)之音之流行美語lesson313 space cadet/running around like a chicke

LL: Well not real space cadets, but as a saying "space cadet" means someone who is off in space, or often forgets things that they need to do.

LH: 噢，Space Cadet原來是說心不在焉，愛忘事兒的人。那你絕對(duì)合格！不然怎么會(huì)忘記約好跟我一起看電影呢。

LL: I guess I just got caught up with this project for work. My space cadet coworker forgot to save it earlier, so we are back to square one.

LH: ??？你們的項(xiàng)目白做了，要從頭開始？我以前寫論文也出過忘記存盤的事。I've acted like a space cadet before. 那你們要怎么辦呢？

LL: It hopefully won't be too big of a problem, but because he was a space cadet we will have to work a bit late tonight.

LH: 就算是這樣，你也不能忘了陪我看電影的事兒?。縏his is no excuse for you being a space cadet!

LL: I know. I am sorry.

LH: 沒關(guān)系，誰都有這種時(shí)候，我們教授星期一來上課，居然說把我們的作文落在了地鐵上。Talk about a space cadet!

LL: I'll say! What did he do?

LH: 最后他找到地鐵總站才找到。

LL: Wow, he is lucky that he was able to find them again.

LH: 可他還是很不好意思，所以給我們所有人一律加分。

LL: That sounds like a pretty good trade off to me.

LH: 是不錯(cuò)。看來有個(gè)做"space cadet"的教授，也不一定是壞事。言歸正傳，電影到底還看不看？

LL: Let's shoot for the 8:30 showing. I think I will have the work done by then. Meet you at the theater?

LH: 好，一言為定。

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Larry和李華在電影院大廳里碰頭。

LH: Larry, 你來得正好，電影馬上就要開演了。

LL: Yes, though I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

LH: What? 你為什么要說自己象沒頭公雞一樣跑來呢？

LL: Running around like a chicken with its head cut off means I have been running around frantically all over the place.

LH: 噢，你是說自己忙得跑來跑去，中文里我們說，象沒頭的蒼蠅一樣，英文里說象沒頭的雞，真有意思。你忙什么？

LL: It turned out that there was more to the project than I originally thought, but I really wanted to come see this movie. I had to rush and wound up running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

LH: 那Larry, 你說雞真的會(huì)砍掉腦袋還跑來跑去嗎？

LL: I am not sure Li Hua. But the point is that if they do run around, it is chaotic. Similarly I was running all over the place at my office to try and get this project done.

LH: 這倒讓我想起我同學(xué)Carrie. 她星期天才知道星期一有項(xiàng)目展示，所以一整天都忙得昏天暗地。She was running around like a chicken with her head cut off!

LL: What do you mean, Lihua?

LH: 她一直在自習(xí)室和圖書館之間跑來跑去，手忙腳亂的。

LL: That certainly does sound right. After running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I feel pretty flustered too! How did Carrie's presentation turn out?

LH: 說實(shí)話，我還真不知道，整個(gè)過程，我都在開小差兒。

LL: It sounds like you were a total space cadet. What about you, have you ever had to run around like a chicken with its head cut off because you left something to the last minute?

LH: 我？怎么可能！我做事從來都是井井有條，絕不會(huì)臨時(shí)抱佛腳。

LL: Sure. Well let's get our tickets and watch this movie.

今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是space cadet, 指心不在焉，愛忘事的人。另一個(gè)是running around like a chicken with its head cut off, 意思是忙得象沒頭的蒼蠅一樣。