听播客学英语 298 撞人

 　　To bump into something means to collide with something, or to knock against something. But in colloquial¹ speech, it also means to meet someone unexpectedly.

　　For instance. Today I went to the supermarket. Unfortunately, as I was parking my car, I bumped into a lamp-post. When I went into the supermarket, I bumped into Harry² Johnson. I hadn’t seen him for years, so we had a long chat beside the cat food. Now a joke.

　　A short-sighted man walked into a supermarket.

　　Guess who he bumped into?

　　EVERYBODY!

1 colloquial   

adj.口语的，会话的

参考例句：

• It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.外语里的口头习语很难懂。
• They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. 他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。