用語:on the dot和get a taste of one's own medici"/>
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Larry 準備參加馬拉松比賽,李華在幫他進行賽前訓練。他們會用到兩個常
用語:on the dot和get a taste of one's own medicine
LH: Larry,加油,就剩500 米了!沖刺沖刺!好……!
Larry :(Out of breath ) How……did …… I do ?
LH:成績不錯,但還是沒進15分鐘。
Larry :(Still a bit out of breath ) Let me see that watch……Hey,
this isn't above 15 minutes …… this is 15 minutes on the dot!
LH: Dot?點點?這個秒表是新的,上面什么都沒有�。�
Larry : No , no. The watch is fine. I'm talking about the time.
Look……it says 15:00. Exactly fifteen minutes ……Fifteen minutes on
the dot.
LH:哦, on the dot 就是“正好”的意思。你是說,你剛才的成績是正好
15分鐘。可是Larry ,我的意思是,你還是沒有沖破15分這個關(guān)口。這樣你下個
月參加比賽時,名次是不會理想的!
Larry : I know , I know …… wait a minute. Next month? I thought
I had way more time to prepare than that!
LH:��?你忘啦?距離比賽還有整整一個月,30 days on the dot!
Larry : Well , at least I'm making progress ……fifteen minutes
is my best time so far. I think I'm done running for today. It's 5pm on
the dot.
LH:好吧,那今天就練到這兒吧。天兒也夠熱的,今天是35 degrees on the
dot ,35度呢!
Larry : Well , when you're running, it feels more like 40 degrees
on the dot!
LH:不過回家前,你還得做30個仰臥起坐。
Larry : You sure are a strict coach……how do you know so much about
training?
LH:(得意地)我高中是田徑隊的,教練特嚴格,我都是跟他學的!嚴師出
高徒嘛!
Larry : Oh really??(pauses for a moment as if hatching a plan )
You know, Li Hua , there's a couple's race as well on race day. I think
you and I should be a team!
LH:雙人跑?我也參加?那可不行,我整整10年沒跑步了!10 years on the
dot !
Larry : Hey, you've been making me run all over this track for the
past week ; I think it's only fair that you got to taste of your own
medicine.
LH:什么,taste of my own medicine?我的藥的味道?
Larry : Actually , you've been working me so hard , but now it's
time for you to go through the same ordeal that you had put me through.
In other words, you're getting a taste of your own medicine.
LH:我明白了,get a taste of my own medicine就是自食苦果。你是說,
這幾天我逼你練得那么辛苦,現(xiàn)在你也要讓我嘗嘗同樣的滋味。
Larry : Right! Let's start early tomorrow ……be here at 7 am on
the dot. I can't wait to give you a taste of your own medicine!
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第二天,Larry 和李華開始了訓練。
Larry : Come on, Lihua, just 500 more meters ! Pick up your speed!
And ……you're done !
LH:(Out of breath )時間怎么樣?
Larry : Eighteen minutes.
LH:�。窟@么慢? 18 minutes on the dot?正好18分么?
Larry : No , not on the dot. More like 18 minutes and 16 seconds
……
LH:我要累死了,不練了不練了!
Larry : Now you know how it feels to taste some of your own medicine!
LH:是啊,現(xiàn)在我體會到你的辛苦了。我真不該對你那么嚴格。
Larry : Good ! Well , I guess I can tell you now ……there's no
couple's race.
LH:根本就沒有什么雙人跑?!
Larry : Yeah , you were pushing me so hard……I just wanted you
to get a taste of your own medicine.
LH:為了讓我自食苦果,你就用這招騙我?!哎呀,糟糕,剛才跑得太快,
你媽媽送我的那條項鏈不知道什么時候掉了。
Larry : My mother's necklace ?? That's been in my family for 100
years on the dot! Why did you wear that on a run ?
LH:哈!你著急了吧!項鏈就在我包里!怎么樣, you just got a taste
of your own medicine,你也知道被騙的滋味不好受了吧!
Larry : Indeed ……
今天李華學了兩個常用語。一個是on the dot,表示“正好,精確地”。另
一個是get a taste of one's own medicine ,意思是“自食苦果”。
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