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A: 又到了学美语的时间了！大家好，欢迎收听美语训练班！我是杨琳！
B: 我是CAT！杨琳,今天我们教什么呢？
A: 今天，咱们要看看被出租车司机忽悠时该怎么办, 要尝试刺激的跳台滑雪，要聊聊买车, 还要告诉大家怎么用美语说“路痴”和“新手”。
B: 新手是"newbie," 这个我们以前教过了吧？
A: 没错，今天咱们教另外一种说法。不过，节目一开始，咱们还是先来学个词儿！
Learn A Word #1355 Off the charts
今天我们要学的词是off the charts. Off is spelled o-f-f; and charts, c-h-a-r-t-s, charts; off the charts. Chart 是表格的意思，off the charts，不在表格上了，意思是超常。The band's popularity among teenagers is off the charts. 这个乐队特别受青少年欢迎。研究发现，医护人员容易患抑郁症，因为他们工作时间不规律，而且 Their stress levels can be off the charts. 他们承受的压力也过大。我们还可以把这三个词用hyphen, 连字符连接起来，作为形容词。比如：The Washington Redskins are having an off-the-charts season。美国首都华盛顿的橄榄球队红人队这个赛季表现特别好。好的，今天我们学习的词是off the charts, off the charts, off the charts.
A: 我家附近新开了一个泰国饭馆，Its food is totally off the charts! 哪天咱们一起去吃！
B：That's great! I love Thai food! As a matter of fact, I just bought some cooking books and now I'm learning to make Thai food by myself.
A: 在家钻研做泰国菜？ 你太贤惠了！
B: 不是，我只是嘴馋嘛！
A: 那什么时候能尝尝你的手艺啊？
B: I'm not there yet. 我还是个新手，做得不好。
A: 诶呀，你太谦虚了。不过说到“新手”，咱们来听今天的流行美语！
Popular American: shoot hoops, rookie
各位听众，现在播送《流行美语》。Larry 和李华要放三天长假，他们正在计划假期的安排。李华会学到两个常用语：shoot hoops 和 rookie.
LL: I can't believe we have a three-day weekend. I haven't had a break from school for so long.
LH: 是啊，要放假了，一定得好好玩玩。
LL: What are you planning on doing over the long summer?
LH: 不知道啊，不过，今天放学后我和 Tracy 要去吃饭，看电影，你要不要一起来?
LL: Sorry Li Hua. I have plans tonight. I'm going to shoot hoops with Jeffrey and Tom.
LH: Shoot hoops? 那是什么?
LL: Shoot hoops is a casual way of saying to play basketball.
LH: 喔~原来to shoot hoops 就是去打篮球。
LL: Yes. In basketball, the main goal is to shoot hoops. If you are only playing basketball with friends or alone, in a casual manner, you can say that you are going to shoot hoops.
LH: 我明白了，打篮球主要目的是投篮得分，所以要去打篮球时就说，I'm going to shoot hoops. 那如果我要去踢足球，可以说，I'm going to kick balls 吗?
LL: No, no, no. No one says they're going to kick balls when they're going to play soccer. This way of saying to play a sport is only used in basketball.
LH: 哦，原来只有篮球可以这样说。对了，Larry, our school is going to shoot hoops with our rival school tomorrow. We have to win! 我这样说行吗？
LL: Well, you generally don't say shoot hoops when you are talking about a basketball game or competition. Shoot hoops is only used for casual basketball playing.
LH: 好吧，不过 Larry, 认识你这么久，我好象从来没见你打过篮球，藏而不露嘛！
LL: No, I'm not that good at basketball. I'm just a rookie.
LH: Rookie? What's a rookie? 我那天有个朋友也说自己是投资的 rookie, 我当时就没搞懂他的意思。
LL: Haha. A rookie is a beginner, a person who is new to a field or profession.
LH: 哦，Rookie 是初学者的意思，你说自己篮球打得不怎么样，刚入门，而我那朋友则是在说自己刚开始做投资。
LL: That's right. A rookie can be used to describe any type of beginner. You can be a rookie doctor, a rookie English speaker, or a rookie violinist.
LH: 嗯，那我懂了。Larry is not only rookie at basketball, but is also rookie at driving. 你不光打篮球刚入门，开车也是新手。
LL: What do you mean by that? I've been driving for years!
LH: 没错，你拿到驾照虽然很久了，可你开车的技术还是跟初学者一样，每次坐你的车我都心惊胆颤的。
