情景英语：中级美语对话(第92讲)

92. Only the Good Die Young p.128

　　Diana bumps into her friend， Steve.

　　D： Hi， Steve！ It's awful hot today， isn't it？

　　S： You can say that again！

　　D： Let's go kayaking later.

　　S： Are you kidding？ I can't even swim.

　　D： So what？ You'll be safe with a life jacket and a helmet on.

　　S： What if the kayak capsizes？

　　D： I'll teach you to “Eskimo roll.”

　　S： What's that？

　　D： Well， it's a special technique we use to get the kayak upright when it overturns.

　　S： I don't know… it sounds pretty dangerous.

　　D： Come on. Don't worry. Only the good die young.

　　S： What do you mean by that？

　　D： Just kidding. Let's go. OK？

　　S： Ok. Anyway， if only the good die young， we'll both probably live to be a hundred.

　　The hero died young. 英年早逝

　　encounter 正式词     come across = run into = bump into

　　U.S. is short for ……      be short of 短缺

　　awful = lousy 糟糕的，差劲的       awful hot （口语用法）  awful adj.作 adv.用    What a awful/lousy movie！

　　go V-ing分词    go fishing/swimming/skating      go bowling¹ 打保龄球 不说：play bowling ball

　　注意：  He came with nothing on. 不同于 He came with nothing.

　　capsize = overturn

　　He swims like a rock.  旱鸭子

　　What's your big deal. 你有什么了不起

　　life expectancy 寿命    或：life span

　　sb live to be+数字   活到多少岁