聽力每日練習 listen 1087 Burn The Midnight Oil

 
2--Everybody knows Americans burn a lot of oil, but is there a special oil that they burn in the middle of the night?
 
1--I have big exam tomorrow.
 
2--Are you prepared?
 
1--No, not at all! I have to burn the midnight oil, I need to do well on this exam.
 
2--Americans are not burning a special oil reserved for the middle of the night, they are just staying up very late.
 
1--This actually makes sense if you think of a candle, or a lantern, and you have a lot of work to do, that may take you all night.
 
2--This is a phrase everybody will understand, and you can use this phrase when you have a lot of work to do, and not that much time to do it in.
 
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注解：
 
1.confusing令人困惑  
2.special專門的   
3.reserved矜持的

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譯文：
 
1--有時候，美語有些糊里糊涂的，很費解，就比如：burn the midnight oil（挑燈夜戰(zhàn)）。
2--大家都知道美國人要燒掉很多油，但是這里是有一種專門在晚上燒的油么？
1--我明天有場重要的考試。
2--你準備了么？
1--沒有，沒怎么準備。我今天不得不挑燈夜戰(zhàn)（burn the midnight oil），我需要取得一個不錯的成績。
2--美國人不是晚上才去燒什么特別的油，他們只是要熬夜到很晚。
1--如果你想想蠟燭、提燈，就能夠明白短語的意思了。有很多工作要做，這也許會花費整晚的時間。
2--這是一個眾人皆知的短語。當你有很多事情要做或者沒有太多時間做某事的時候，你就可以使用這個短語。