听力每日练习 listen 1090 Its Been Ages

 
2--What does this mean? To find out, Let's listen to an actual conversation.
 
1--How are you, I haven't seen you for a few years!
 
2--I'm doing great! It's been ages since we've talked, hasn't it?
 
1--It's been a long time, that's for sure.
 
2--In American English, "It's been ages" is another way of saying, "it's been a long time" or "a long time has passed" since you've seen each other.
 
1--You may remember the words "ages" being used to talk about different periods of history, like the ice age, stone age, or bronze age.
 
2--Saying "it's been ages" uses exaggeration by saying that it's been many of those long stretches of time since something has happened.
 
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注解：
 
1.colleague同事
2.conversation对话 
3.exaggeration夸张

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译文：

1--如果你看见一位很久不见的朋友或者同事，你可以用美语说：“我们好多年没有一起聊聊了”。
2--这是什么意思呢？从下面这段真实的对话中，找找看吧。
1--你怎么样啊，好多年没有看见你了！
2--我挺不错的！我们好多年没有一起聊聊了（It's been ages since we've talked），是么?
1--我知道是很长时间啦。
2--在美语中，“It's been ages”（很多年）是“it's been a long time”（很长时间）和“a long time has passed”(过了很长时间)的另外一种表达方式。
1--大家应该都知道“ages”可以用来表示各个不同的历史时代，比如冰川时代（the ice age），石器时代（stone age），铜器时代（bronze age）。
2--“it's been ages”意识是自从某事以后过去很长时间，这是一种夸张的表达方式。