迷你对话学地道口语第879期:侥幸脱险,死里逃生

 　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: So nice to see you again, my dear.

　　亲爱的，见到你真高兴。

　　B: Yes, me too. But why are you so pale?

　　是的，我也是。你脸色为什么这么苍白呀？

　　A: I just had a close call in my car.

　　我刚才开车差点出事。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　close call

　　1. 解词释义

　　Close call的意思是“侥幸脱险”“死里逃生”“千钧一发”等意思。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. That was a close call. The train nearly hit the car.

　　好险，火车差一点就撞上那部车子。

　　e.g. That was a close call. I'm lucky she didn't see me. She would have really hit the roof.

　　真危险啊。好在她没看见我。不然，她非火冒三丈不可。

　　e.g. It was a close call in northern Texas where a pair of children nearly walked into a lightening¹ bolt².

　　在北德克萨斯州上演了千钧一发一幕，两个小孩几乎被闪电击中。

　　e.g. I had a close call on the way to the office this morning. A car almost hit me!

　　我在早晨来上班的路上差点出事，一辆车差点就撞到我了！

1 lightening   

n.发光v.使（某物）更明亮( lighten的现在分词 )；变得更光明

参考例句：

• The lightening splintered a tree. 闪电把一棵树劈开了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following. 我看到闪电撕开云层，听到随之而来的雷声。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）

2 bolt   

n.螺栓；插销；vt.闩，栓住；vi.冲出去，逃跑

参考例句：

• It is a bad habit to bolt your food.狼吞虎咽地吃东西是个不良习惯。
• That door refuses to bolt.那扇门关不牢。