Hello English learners(学习者) and welcome to EnglishPod. My name is Marco. I'm Amira. All( 全部) right. Amira is here today and she is going to tell us about the wonderful lesson she has prepared this time. Well, thank you, Marco.
Well, today we have a very interesting lesson prepared for you. It's about someone cutting in line. Cutting in line, okay(好). Yeah, it happens all the time and we all get very upset(心烦的) about it, but, you know, it happens. Right, right. Well, I imagine that everyone is wondering(想知道) what cutting in line is.
Why don't we just listen to the dialogue one time and then when we come back, Amira and I will gladly explain all the vocabulary(词汇) in this dialogue. Let's listen. I can't believe it took us two hours to get here. The traffic in New York is unbelievable( 难以置信的). Yeah, but just relax, honey(蜜). We're here and we're going on vacation.
In a few hours, we'll be in Hawaii(夏威夷) and you'll be on the golf(高尔夫球) course. I don't know. Look at that line. It must be a mile long. There's no way I'm waiting for another two hours. Honey, don't.
Hey, man, the end of the line is over there. Yeah. No, seriously(严重地), I was here first and you can't cut in line like this. Says who? I do. So sue(控告) me.
All right, that's it. Whoa, I think there's punching. Yeah, I guess this guy(家伙) was just a crazy(疯狂的), I don't know, impatient(不耐烦的) man, huh? Yes, yes. But we don't want to talk about this now. But for now, we will treat(对待) some of the vocabulary(词汇) and very useful phrases in the dialogue.
Great. So, Marco, do you want to start? Yes. Let's take a look(看) at our first word. It would be unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Exactly(确切地). And just how you say it, it's something incredible(难以置信的), something amazing. Yeah, but I would like to point(指向) out that unbelievable( 难以置信的) was used here to describe the man's frustration(挫折). He's not happy about the traffic in New York.
Exactly. Perfect(完成式). Okay, in the next part, the woman, she's trying to calm( 镇静) and relax her husband and she says that they'll be in Hawaii(夏威夷) in a few hours and you'll be on the golf(高尔夫球) course. Right. So, we'll be in Hawaii and you'll be on the golf course. Yes, we'll be in Hawaii and you'll be on the golf course.
So, this is a great way of talking about your physical(物质的) location(位置) in the future. Right. So, for example, Amira, tomorrow, where will you be? Don't worry( 担忧), Marco. I'll be in the office tomorrow. Perfect, right?
That's where I need you to be. Yes. Okay. All right. Well, I have another interesting phrase here for you. Must be a mile long.
A mile long. A mile long. A mile long. Now, that's basically(基本上) not a mile. It's not a kilometer(公里(等于kilometre)) long, but it's another way of saying that this line is really, really long. All right.
It's just an exaggeration(夸张). Now, let's take a look at There's No Way. There's No Way. There's No Way. There's No Way. Perfect.
Let's listen to some other examples on how we use There's No Way in a different situation and then we can come back and talk about it a little bit(一点) more.