美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 153 - knock-off / running on empty

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今天李華和Larry在紐約市中央公園附近散步。路邊有許多小販在賣(mài)仿名牌的手提包和圍巾等東西。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：knock-off和running on empty.

LL: Li Hua, don't bother buying any of those. They're just cheap knock-offs.

LH: 可是這個(gè)手提包真漂亮！你看，上面還有名牌古姿的標(biāo)記呢！你說(shuō)這些都是便宜的knock-offs。是不是說(shuō)它們都不是真貨？

LL: Yeah. A "knock-off" is a fake, an imitation of the real thing.

LH: 你瞧。我一猜就猜對(duì)了，knock-off就是指假的，仿冒的東西。這些皮包當(dāng)然不可能是真的啦！一個(gè)真的古姿皮包可是要上百美元呢！我根本就買(mǎi)不起！

LL: Well, if you can't afford the real thing, why would you want to buy a cheap knock-off?

LH: 買(mǎi)不起真貨的人才買(mǎi)假冒品嘛！有的假冒品做的非常好，你不仔細(xì)看還分不出是真是假呢！你看，這個(gè)皮包還是很漂亮，而且也很實(shí)用呢！

LL: Well, it's your decision whether you want to buy a knock-off.

LH: 我很喜歡這個(gè)皮包。不過(guò)我現(xiàn)在還不需要。算了吧！我想還是別買(mǎi)了。

LL: Hey, look that vendor is selling knock-offs of famous paintings. Some of them are pretty good.

LH: 真的耶！這些仿冒的藝術(shù)畫(huà)看起來(lái)和真品一樣，模仿得真像！ 不知道是不是那個(gè)賣(mài)畫(huà)的人自己畫(huà)的。

LL: It's possible. He might be an art student and practices his skill by making knock-offs of famous masterpieces.

LH: 在中國(guó)也有很多學(xué)藝術(shù)專(zhuān)業(yè)的學(xué)生，他們會(huì)臨摹一些名畫(huà)，順便練習(xí)自己的繪畫(huà)技巧。所以你經(jīng)?？梢哉业揭恍┘俚闹袊?guó)名畫(huà)呢。

LL: I know. When I was in China, I bought several and brought them back to my friends as gifts.

LH: 你在中國(guó)買(mǎi)這樣的仿冒品帶回來(lái)送人?。坎贿^(guò)很多美國(guó)人都不太懂中國(guó)的畫(huà)，說(shuō)不定他們還以為你送給他們的是真品呢！

LL: The important thing is not whether the paintings were knock-offs but rather that they made my friends happy.

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LL: Wow, Li Hua. I'm really running on empty. Do you mind if we go back home now?

LH: Running-on-empty? 什么是“running on empty"? 你不舒服，想回家了？

LL: No, "running on empty" means that I'm exhausted and I don't have any energy. I feel like a car whose gas tank is empty.

LH: 噢，你用汽車(chē)沒(méi)有油來(lái)比喻，我就知道了。Running on empty就是很累，一點(diǎn)勁兒都沒(méi)有了?；蛟S我們可以找點(diǎn)東西吃。你可以補(bǔ)充一下體力。

LL: That might help a little, but I really need to go home and get some rest.

LH: 對(duì)了，你前兩天感冒剛好，所以才會(huì)覺(jué)得running on empty。好吧，那我們就買(mǎi)點(diǎn)東西吃。休息一下，然后就回家。

LL: That sounds like a good idea to me. When I'm running on empty, food and sleep are always the best remedies.

LH: 我也是呀！我一累，只要吃飽睡足，馬上就能恢復(fù)體力。我們這兩天都?jí)蛎Φ?。真是該好好休息一下?/p>

LL: It's kind of difficult to enjoy the park when you're running on empty.

LH: 沒(méi)錯(cuò)。人一累，再好玩的事都提不起勁來(lái)。

LL: Hopefully, by tomorrow, I won't be running on empty anymore and we can enjoy a nice walk in the park.

LH: 今天你回家好好睡一覺(jué)，多吃點(diǎn)有營(yíng)養(yǎng)的東西，我保證你明天就會(huì)有精神了。如果你還想來(lái)公園散步，我一定奉陪！走吧！

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。第一個(gè)是knock-off，是指假的，仿冒的東西。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是running on empty，是形容一個(gè)人很累，體力不足。