今天李華和 Michael二人一起開車到市中心，他們想要找個(gè)停車的空位。在他們二人對話中，李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：a big deal和give it a shot.

    M： Man， I hate trying to park my car in this city！ There are never any spaces. Hey look！ There's one！

    L： 啊！我看到了那個(gè)位子。 Um， Michael， 可是我不知道我該不該停那兒。我的停車技術(shù)很差，我怕出差錯(cuò)把車給撞了。

    M： Don't worry about it！ You have to learn this sooner or later. Give it a shot！

    L： 你說什么？Give what？ 我該把車干嗎？

    M： I said give it a shot， that means try or give it a try. We say give a shot when we ask someone to try something they are not sure they can do.

    L： 噢，你用的字 shot， 是不是就像開槍射擊的那個(gè)shot啊

    M： That's right. For instance， when you are taking a test， and you are not sure of the answer to a question， you still have to give it a shot and try to guess the correct answer.

    L： 噢，give it a shot原來指的是盡量試試，即使你沒有多大的信心。

    M： That's right. Now you try and use this phrase. Go ahead， give it a shot！

    L： Hmm，如果說你想要申請一個(gè)很好的工作，可是又怕自己得不到，你就可以說：Give it a shot！ 反正你也不會(huì)有什么損失的。

    M： You've got it.

    L： 那還有沒有其它場合可以用shot這個(gè)字的？

    M： Well， we might also say give it your best shot.

    L： 所以我們也可以說“give it your best shot”， 意思就是全力以赴去試一下。

    M： That's right. Now you'd better move your car into that space. We shouldn't sit here in the middle of the road. Go ahead and park， give it a shot！

    L： 好，我就試試看啰。

    L： 我的天， Michael，我撞到哪里了？

    M： Don't worry Li Hua， it's not a big deal. The bumper just hit the parking meter.

    L： 你說不大什么？不管撞倒哪兒都不得了啊。

    M： No no， I said its not a big deal. That means it's not very serious.

    L： Oh， 那big deal是哪兩個(gè)字，怎么拼？

    M： Big， B-I-G； Deal， D-E-A-L. If something is a big deal it is very serious， or very important to someone.

    L： 我明白了，當(dāng)我撞上停車計(jì)時(shí)表，你說 its not a big deal，你的意思是說沒什么大不了的。我并沒有造成多大損害，對不對？

    M： Yeah， at least I don't think you did. Maybe you scratched the bumper or the parking meter. You didn't really damage the car or meter， so it's not a big deal.

    L： 原來如此，但愿你說的對。還有，要是不用not這個(gè)字可以嗎？

    M： Sure you can， for instance， it was a big deal for me when I turned 16 and got a driver's license.

    L： 對。對美國青年人來說，拿到駕駛執(zhí)照可真是一件大事。

    M： Looks like you understand how to use this phrase. Why don't you make another sentence？

    L： 那我就用它造句子： It was a very big deal for Chinese people when Beijing got the chance to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    M： It sure was！ I remember on TV， I saw a lot of people in Beijing partying when that happened.

    L： 哎呀，別多說了。我得趕快把車停好。

    M： Yep， if a cop sees you stopping traffic， he might think it is a big deal. Move out of the space and try to park again. Give it another shot！

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語：a big deal和give it a shot.A big deal是指很重大，或者嚴(yán)重的事。Give it a shot指的是盡力去試。