英语听力精选进阶版 6760

Rob¹: Hello, I'm Rob. And here comes Helen. Wow, she's changed her hair colour! Well, it looks very different. Hi Helen I like your hair.

Helen: Don't say a word!

Rob: Whoa!

Helen: I don't want to talk about it! 别惹我。

Rob: About what? The fact you've dyed² your hair?

Helen: Enough!

Rob: Oh, OK, easy tiger!

Helen: I don't look like a tiger! 我可不是只老虎。

Rob: Well, I never said you did. It's just an expression. Though come to think of it, your hair is kind of stripy orange now, like a tiger!

(Helen starts sobbing)

Rob: OK, OK, you don't really look like a tiger. I said "easy tiger!" which is just a way of saying "calm down".

Helen: 这都是理发师傅的错。他说帮我弄点挑染，红色的，结果你看就这样了。全成橘黄色，跟野生动物一样。

Rob: No, no, you don't look like a jungle animal. Now listen to me. We say "easy tiger" when we want someone to calm down, to not get over-emotional, or not to rush into something.

Helen: Oh. 你说 easy tiger 是让我平静下来，不是说我样子长得和老虎一样。Easy tiger 就是说放松点。

Rob: That's right. It's usually used in informal³ situations, between friends. Here are some other examples.

Girl 1: I've just met the perfect man – he's tall, handsome, kind... I'm going to marry him and have children – we'll live together in a house by the sea, we'll -

Girl 2: Easy tiger! Do you even know his name?

Man: Right, this food is disgusting⁴, we're leaving the restaurant right now!

Woman: Easy tiger! I quite like it here. Let's wait until the main course comes.

Helen: I understand now. 说不定我的发型没那么糟糕。Maybe my hair isn't so bad after all.

Rob: No, just unusual. It doesn't make you look like a tiger... I'd say more of an orangutan than a tiger...

Helen: What! 红毛猩猩!

Rob: Orangutans are very handsome creatures; I mean, they're kind of rich auburn-copper coloured.

Helen: How dare⁵ you!

Rob: Don't bare your teeth like that, it's scary⁶. Please…

(Sound of real tiger growling⁷!)

Rob: Easy tiger, easy!

(Tiger growling and huge roar).

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 dyed   

给…上色，着色( dye的过去式和过去分词 )； 能染上颜色

参考例句：

• She dyed her hair blonde. 她把头发染成了金黄色。
• He'd dyed his hair, which was almost unheard-of in the 1960s. 他染了头发，这在20世纪60年代是罕见的事。

3 informal   

adj.非正式的，不拘礼的，通俗的

参考例句：

• I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。
• The leaders met over informal lunches.领袖们在非正式午餐时进行会晤。

4 disgusting   

adj.令人作呕的，可憎恶的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• What a disgusting smell!多么讨厌的气味！
• The mosquito is the disgusting thing.蚊子是讨厌的东西。

5 dare   

n.敢，挑战；aux.敢；vi.敢；vt.敢于，勇于面对

参考例句：

• He didn't dare to look at her in the face.他不敢正眼看她。
• How dare you?Take your hand off me at once.放肆！马上把你的手挪开。

6 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

7 growling   

n.吠声, 咆哮声 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼

参考例句：

• We heard thunder growling in the distance. 我们听见远处有隆隆雷声。
• The lay about the deck growling together in talk. 他们在甲板上到处游荡，聚集在一起发牢骚。