今天Michael正在設(shè)法買票和李華一起去看世界職業(yè)棒球賽的決賽。李華學(xué)到了兩個習(xí)慣用語：to strike out 和to pull something off。
M: Well, Li Hua, I struck out again. It looks like my cousin won't have any world series tickets to sell to us after all.
L：你說什么？Struck out？這跟買球票有什么關(guān)系？
M: I said I struck out again. Struck out means that I failed after trying several times.
L：噢，我想起來了！棒球賽里就有strike out這個說法。如果一個擊球手三次擊球不中，他就strike out，也就是“三振出局”。所以，strike out的意思是，一件事做了幾次也不成功。
M: That's right. Looks like you've got a good grasp of the rules of baseball. Why don't you try and use it in a sentence.
L：嗯，讓我想想。對了，我一個朋友申請了幾個學(xué)校的研究院，可是沒有一所學(xué)校接受她。(English) So, she completely struck out.
M: There you go. You know, even if your friend struck out this year, I hope she tries again. I remember the first year I applied to graduate school, I struck out too. But I learned from my mistakes, and eventually found a good school that accepted me.
L：原來你和我朋友一樣也有申請研究院失敗的經(jīng)歷，可是吸取教訓(xùn)后你就成功了，希望我朋友也會如此。
M: Yeah, I was rather pleased to get into graduate school. Too bad I still strike out with the girls. None of the good ones want to go out with me.
L：嘿嘿，別擔(dān)心，Michael，你要求不要太高，一定會找到你喜歡的女孩的。你總不可能一直在這方面strike out吧！
L：嘿，Michael，你到底有沒有買到棒球決賽的球票?。?BR> M: No, to tell you the truth, Li Hua, I don't think I can pull it off. There simply are no tickets for sale.
L：你說什么？Pull it off？你還在想辦法，對不對？
M: I said I don't think I can pull it off. To pull something off - Pull. P U L L. Off. O F F, means to succeed at something very difficult, usually unexpectedly.
L：噢，To pull something off就是出人意料地做成一件很困難的事情。哎，Michael，你再舉個例子好不好？
M: Ok, most of our friends didn't think that Beijing would be allowed to host the 2008 Olympics, but in the end Beijing pulled it off! I was really surprised.
L：對，很多人以為中國申辦奧運不會成功，但是中國試了幾次，終于成功，也就是pulled it off。Michael，憑你對中國的了解，你不應(yīng)該感到驚訝才對嘛。
M: Yeah. I guess so. Anyway, as for the tickets, I don't think I can pull this off.
L：為什么買棒球賽的票那么難?。?BR> M: The series has already started, the tickets were sold months ago, and the only people selling them on the Internet want at least $600 a ticket for game 7.
L：電腦上買票還要六百美元一張？這也太過份了吧？哎，Michael，反正我對棒球也沒興趣，你就不用給我買票了。
M: You know, Li Hua, I spent the whole afternoon calling people and trying to find tickets. I wish you had said something sooner.
L：對不起，我知道你花了很多時間?？墒?，我沒想到你這么沒能耐，試了半天還是struck out！
Michael和李華想買職業(yè)棒球賽的球票，可是沒有買到。李華學(xué)到了兩個習(xí)慣用語：to strike out和to pull something off。Strike out表示一件事做了幾次都沒有成功。To pull something off表示出人意料地做成了一件很困難的事情。
M: Well, Li Hua, I struck out again. It looks like my cousin won't have any world series tickets to sell to us after all.
L：你說什么？Struck out？這跟買球票有什么關(guān)系？
M: I said I struck out again. Struck out means that I failed after trying several times.
L：噢，我想起來了！棒球賽里就有strike out這個說法。如果一個擊球手三次擊球不中，他就strike out，也就是“三振出局”。所以，strike out的意思是，一件事做了幾次也不成功。
M: That's right. Looks like you've got a good grasp of the rules of baseball. Why don't you try and use it in a sentence.
L：嗯，讓我想想。對了，我一個朋友申請了幾個學(xué)校的研究院，可是沒有一所學(xué)校接受她。(English) So, she completely struck out.
M: There you go. You know, even if your friend struck out this year, I hope she tries again. I remember the first year I applied to graduate school, I struck out too. But I learned from my mistakes, and eventually found a good school that accepted me.
L：原來你和我朋友一樣也有申請研究院失敗的經(jīng)歷，可是吸取教訓(xùn)后你就成功了，希望我朋友也會如此。
M: Yeah, I was rather pleased to get into graduate school. Too bad I still strike out with the girls. None of the good ones want to go out with me.
L：嘿嘿，別擔(dān)心，Michael，你要求不要太高，一定會找到你喜歡的女孩的。你總不可能一直在這方面strike out吧！
L：嘿，Michael，你到底有沒有買到棒球決賽的球票?。?BR> M: No, to tell you the truth, Li Hua, I don't think I can pull it off. There simply are no tickets for sale.
L：你說什么？Pull it off？你還在想辦法，對不對？
M: I said I don't think I can pull it off. To pull something off - Pull. P U L L. Off. O F F, means to succeed at something very difficult, usually unexpectedly.
L：噢，To pull something off就是出人意料地做成一件很困難的事情。哎，Michael，你再舉個例子好不好？
M: Ok, most of our friends didn't think that Beijing would be allowed to host the 2008 Olympics, but in the end Beijing pulled it off! I was really surprised.
L：對，很多人以為中國申辦奧運不會成功，但是中國試了幾次，終于成功，也就是pulled it off。Michael，憑你對中國的了解，你不應(yīng)該感到驚訝才對嘛。
M: Yeah. I guess so. Anyway, as for the tickets, I don't think I can pull this off.
L：為什么買棒球賽的票那么難?。?BR> M: The series has already started, the tickets were sold months ago, and the only people selling them on the Internet want at least $600 a ticket for game 7.
L：電腦上買票還要六百美元一張？這也太過份了吧？哎，Michael，反正我對棒球也沒興趣，你就不用給我買票了。
M: You know, Li Hua, I spent the whole afternoon calling people and trying to find tickets. I wish you had said something sooner.
L：對不起，我知道你花了很多時間?？墒?，我沒想到你這么沒能耐，試了半天還是struck out！
Michael和李華想買職業(yè)棒球賽的球票，可是沒有買到。李華學(xué)到了兩個習(xí)慣用語：to strike out和to pull something off。Strike out表示一件事做了幾次都沒有成功。To pull something off表示出人意料地做成了一件很困難的事情。