流行美语 第 46 课

Michael 和李华在复习功课，做完功课后他们准备去看电影。在今天的对话中，李
华会学到两个常用语：no way 和to bet¹。

L: Michael，准备好了吗？我们要去看电影了。Anna 正开车来接我们 呢。
M: Yeah I'm ready...let me get this call though. Hello? Sorry, I can't come to work right
now. I have to pick up a friend from the airport. Yep. Sorry I can't help out. OK.
L: 哎呀，Michael，你怎么能骗你同事说你要去机场接人呢？我觉 得他们可能真
的很需要帮手，你就去吧。我们可以下次再看电影 嘛。
M: What? No way! I'm not going to help him!
L: 你说什么？no way 是什么意思啊？
M: No way means² that there is no way I will do that. It means that I refuse completely³.
L: 噢，我知道了，No, N-O, way, 是W-A-Y, 就是绝对不行的意思，好象中文里
的门儿都没有。你真的不能帮帮他吗？
M: No way! That guy is just lazy. He is always trying to escape from work and find
other people to do his job for him. Nobody trusts him.
L: 可是不管怎么说，我还是觉得同事之间还是应该互相帮忙啊。
M: Really? Well what if Professor Wang called right now and said he needs you to help
him grade Chinese test papers⁴ all afternoon?
L: No way! 我才不干呢，我以前帮过他好几次忙，可他从来都不付 给我工资，
更气人的是他连声谢谢都不肯说。
M: Well anyway, Anna and I have been waiting for a long time to see this movie. There
is no way I'm changing my plans.
L: 我明白了，我看你是喜欢Anna，不想错过和她一起看电影的机会 吧。
M: What? No way!
L: 哎，你怎么又说 no way，这回我又没要求你做任何事情啊。
M: Oh, well sometimes no way also means that's not true or absolutely not. It shows
that you disagree with something that somebody said.
L: 得了，我就是觉得你喜欢Anna。
M: No way!
M: Hmm, Anna still isn't here. I bet the traffic is bad.
L: 啊？你说什么？
M: I said "I bet the traffic is bad". That means I think, or I'm pretty sure that the traffic
is bad. Bet, B-E-T, as in to bet money.
L: 噢，bet 本来的意思是下赌注，例如赌钱，不过在这里是认为或 相信的意思。
M: That's right. When you bet money, you can't always be 100% sure about your bet.
L: 对啊，赌钱的人不可能100% 地预料到下赌注的结果，所以说，如果你说"I bet"，
表示你是在推测。
M: That's right. Anyway, I'm not worried about Anna, I bet she 'll arrive any minute
now.
L: I bet you are right. Anna 从来不迟到。哎，你觉得这部电影会好看 吗？
M: I don't know. It's an action movie, so I bet you won't like it very much.
L: 谁说的，其实我也很喜欢动作片啊，当然除了那些烂片子。
M: I bet you'll say it is stupid no matter how good it really is. You always say action
movies are stupid.
L: Whatever. 我听好多人说这部电影好看，我想今天电影院一定满 座。
M: Hey, look, there's a red car down the street. I bet that's Anna.
L: No way. Anna 的车比这辆车小多了。
M: Looks like I was right. Let's hurry.
L: I bet Anna 她一定很高兴见到你。
M: No way! Stop joking around like that, ok?

今天李华学到了两个常用语，no way 表示不可能；to bet 是确信的意思。

1 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

4 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。