VOA流行美语第114课 说来说去都是借口实用英语考试
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李华和Larry在学生中心的咖啡馆里休息。今天李华会学到两个常用语:cop out和to get worked up.
LL: Hey Li Hua. Some friends and I are planning to go camping and hiking next month. Do you want to come along?
LH: 嗯...去露营啊?嗯,下个月我可能会很忙耶!噢!对!那个周末我已经答应帮我邻居照顾他的狗。
LL: What? I didn t even tell you when we re going! Sounds like a cop-out to me!
LH: 对,你还没有告诉我是哪个周末。不过,A cop? cop不是警察吗?我不去露营和警察有什么关系?
LL: No, no, I don t mean "cop" as in "police officer". A cop out, is a weak excuse for not doing something.
LH: 噢,原来cop out是想推脱做某件事,但是理由又很牵强。哎呀,好啦!我招了,我是不喜欢露营!要走那么多路,又会被虫咬,还得睡睡袋,而且我还听说美国有很多熊呢!
LL: Bears? Don t tell me you won t go just because you re afraid of bears. That s an even stupider cop out.
LH: 好啦好啦!跟熊没有关系,我就是懒惰!不喜欢露营嘛!