英语口语红宝书 14

Nancy：“It was a blowout.” or “It was a shutout.” Victor，Do you remember last Wednesday， we learned¹， “How was the game?”

Victor：yes！I do.

Nancy：ok， you could answer this way: “It was a blowout.” That means² one of the teams beat the other teams by a LOT.

Victor：这是一个非常有意思的词。一个队把另外一个对打的落花流水，可以说it was a blowout.

Nancy：Okay! Another expression is， “It was a shutout，” That means one team had a zero.

Victor：如果一个队把另外一个队打成零分，就是It was a shutout.

Nancy：You can only use “It was a shutout，” when one team has a zero.

Victor：应该注意，只有一个队是零分，才能用shutout.

Nancy：It was a blowout.

Victor：It was a blowout.

Nancy：It was a shutout.

Victor：It was a shutout.

Victor：that’s we’ve got for today!

Victor：yes

Nancy：OK

Victor：Catch you later

Nancy：See you next time!

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。