VOA流行美語 Unit 379:觀看觀賞&思想開放的

春天來了，Larry和李華計劃到外面轉轉，享受春天的美景。他們會用到兩個常用語：to catch something和open minded。

Larry: What wonderful spring weather! We should get out and enjoy it, Lihua.

LH: 沒錯，咱們踏春去!

Larry: There are a lot of music festivals around town these days. Would you be interested in catching an outdoor show somewhere?

LH: Catch a show? "Catch"不是捕捉的意思嗎? 怎麼可能捕捉一個show呢?

Larry: Not that kind of catch, Lihua. Here, the word "catch" means to go to attend something, like a show.

LH: 哦，catch在這裏不是“捕捉”，而是“參加某項活動”的意思。 To catch a show就是去看一場表演。

Larry: That's right! We could catch a rock concert.

LH: 啊？搖滾演唱會？太吵了! Let's catch a classical music performance instead. 我們去欣賞一場古典音樂。

Larry: Classical music? With music that boring and weather this nice, I'd surely fall asleep!

LH: 聽古典樂你會睡覺？真是沒有藝術細胞! 好了，你還有什麼主意？

Larry: Well, we could always go catch a movie. There's a new action film that just came out.

LH: Catch a movie? 看電影？可那是在室內啊，可惜了這麼好的天氣!

Larry: That's OK. We can just enjoy the lovely weather - as we walk to the movie theater.

LH: 可我不是很想看電影! I know! 我們去運動運動吧，I feel like catching a game of tennis. 去打網球吧!

Larry: Well, you can't "catch" a game of tennis if you are playing it. If you are watching other people play, however, then you can say you are "catching" the game.

LH: 哦，to catch something是強調被動地，不需要費力就可以享受的那種參與。如果自己揮汗如雨地去打網球，就不能用catch, 可如果自己不用動，輕鬆地坐在一邊看網球賽，就可以說catch a game of tennis 了! 這樣吧 Larry, 咱們去博物館看藝術展，怎麼樣？

Larry: Ah, I guess we could go to the museum...

LH: 你好像不太情願啊!

Larry: Well, it's just that I had my mind set on going to that rock concert for awhile now.

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LH: 真不明白，那麼吵鬧的搖滾樂，有什麼好聽的。

Larry: Come on, Lihua. I think you should be more open-minded when it comes to music.

LH: Open-minded? 什麼意思？

Larry: To be open-minded means to be open to new ideas or experiences.

LH: I get it. To be open minded就是寬容，思想開放的意思。這麼說起來，Larry, 你就不是個open-minded，思想開放，勇於嘗試的人。

Larry: No way! I am very open-minded, Lihua. I've done all sorts of crazy things with you that I wouldn't normally do.

LH：比如呢？

Larry: Well, like playing Mahjong with your friends. Even though I had to learn from scratch, I still kept an open mind and tried to have fun.

LH: 哈哈，你打麻將那次還真是出醜呢!

Larry: And I went camping last year with your friends. And even though it was cold and raining the entire time, I was open-minded and tried to enjoy myself.

LH: 好啦，我承認你是個優秀的男朋友!

Larry: Of course I am! And I'm not close-minded.

LH: Close-minded？ 我知道了，一定是open-minded的反義詞，就是思想保守的。對不對？

Larry: That's right. You shouldn't be so close-minded to this rock concert thing.

LH: 那好，我們來個妥協。咱們先去看博物館看藝術展，然後再去聽搖滾樂，怎麼樣？我夠open-minded了吧？

Larry: Great! Let's go!

今天李華學了兩個常用語，一個是to catch something，意思是“觀看觀賞”。另一個是open-minded，意思是“思想開放的，肯接受新鮮事物的”。