大家到现在都认识 Michael这个美国学生了，他不断在学中文，他很喜欢听他的中国同学李华讲中文。李华呢，在和Michael接触中也学了不少英文。现在他们俩刚上完课，正从课堂里走出来。今天李华会学到两个常用语： lucky break和mellow。
L: 今天教授把考卷发回给我们了，Michael，你考得好吗？
M: I did much better than I expected. It was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
L: 你考得比你预期的好，那太好了。不过，你说什么又是lucky，又是break的？Lucky不是好运气吗？Break是休息，对不对？
M: Lucky break together means something good that happens that you were not expecting.
L: 噢，lucky和break这两个词放在一起，它的意思就是没有预料到的好运气。Michael，你刚才那句话是怎么说来着？
M: I said: it was a lucky break that I knew most of the answers.
L: 我懂了。你是说，你没有想到运气会那么好，大多数考题的答案你刚好都知道。
M: Yeah, that's right. If you understand, give me an example.
L: 哼，我当然懂了，你还要考考我呐？ 那天我开车开的飞快， 警察让我把车停下来。可是他只给了我一个警告，而没有给我罚单，我可没想到会有这种好运气。这可以说是一个lucky break吧？
M: That was a lucky break. I think it was because the police officer found you attractive.
L: 警察因为看我漂亮才不给我开票？你别开玩笑了！不过，那次可运气，否则至少要罚我五十美元。让我想想还有什么例子可以用lucky break这个说法的。
M: Well, the paper that's due in two days, I.....
L: 对了，教授要我们在两天后交报告，Michael，你还没有开始动手吧！幸好教授推迟了限期，让我们下星期一交。这对你来说真是个lucky break吧？
M: Let's go to lunch to celebrate our good luck.
L: 好呀， 去吃午饭，庆祝我们的好运气。
