今天李華和 Michael二人一起開車到市中心，他們想要找個(gè)停車的空位。在他們二人對(duì)話中，李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：a big deal和give it a shot.
    M: Man, I hate trying to park my car in this city! There are never any spaces. Hey look! There's one!
    L: ??！我看到了那個(gè)位子。 Um, Michael, 可是我不知道我該不該停 那兒。我的停車技術(shù)很 差，我怕出差錯(cuò)把車給撞了。
    M: Don't worry about it! You have to learn this sooner or later. Give it a shot!
    L: 你說(shuō)什么？Give what? 我該把車干嗎？
    M: I said give it a shot, that means try or give it a try. We say give a shot when we ask someone to try something they are not sure they can do.
    L: 噢，你用的字 shot, S-H-O-T. 就好像開槍射擊的那個(gè) shot，是不 是？
    M: That's right. For instance, when you are taking a test, and you are not sure of the answer to a question, you still have to give it a shot and try to guess the correct answer.
    L: 奧，give it a shot原來(lái)指的是盡量試試，即使你沒(méi)有多大信心。
    M: That's right. Now you try and use this phrase. Go ahead, give it a shot!
    L: Hmm， 如果說(shuō)你想要申請(qǐng)一個(gè)很好的工作，可是又怕自己得不到，你就可以說(shuō)：Give it a shot! 反正你也不會(huì)有什么損失的。
    M: You've got it.
    L: 那還有沒(méi)有其它場(chǎng)合可以用shot這個(gè)字的？
    M: Well, we might also say give it your best shot.
    L: 好，所以我們也可以說(shuō)“give it your best shot”， 意思就是全力以赴去試一下。
    M: That's right. Now you'd better move your car into that space. We shouldn't sit here in the middle of the road. Go ahead and park, give it a shot!
    L: 好，我就試試。
    L: 我的天， Michael，我撞到哪里了？
    M: Don't worry Li Hua, it's not a big deal. The bumper just hit the parking meter.
    L: 你說(shuō)不大什么？不管撞倒哪兒都不得了啊。
    M: No no, I said its not a big deal. That means it's not very serious.
    L: Oh, 那“big deal”是哪兩個(gè)字，怎么拼?
    M: Big, B-I-G; Deal, D-E-A-L. If something is a big deal it is very serious, or very important to someone.
    L: 奧，我明白了，當(dāng)我撞上停車計(jì)時(shí)表，你說(shuō) its not a big deal，你的意思是說(shuō)沒(méi)什么大不了的。我并沒(méi)有造成多大損害。
    M: Yeah, at least I don't think you did. Maybe you scratched the bumper or the parking meter. You didn't really damage the car or meter, so it's not a big deal.
    L: 原來(lái)如此，但愿你說(shuō)的對(duì)。哎，還有，要是不用 not 這個(gè)字可以 嗎？
    M: Sure you can, for instance, it was a big deal for me when I turned 16 and got a drivers license.
    L: 對(duì)。對(duì)美國(guó)青年人來(lái)說(shuō)，拿到駕駛執(zhí)照可真是一件大事。
    M: Looks like you understand how to use this phrase. Why don't you make another sentence?
    L: 好，我就用它造句子： It was a very big deal for Chinese people when Beijing got the chance to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
    M: It sure was! I remember on TV, I saw a lot of people in Beijing partying when that happened.
    L: 哎呀，別多說(shuō)了。我得趕快把車停好。
    M: Yep, if a cop sees you stopping traffic, he might think it is a big deal. Move out of the space and try to park again. Give it another shot!
    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：a big deal 和give it a shot.A big deal是指很重大，或者嚴(yán)重的事。Give it a shot 指的是盡力去試。