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M: What's up? What are you doing?4 O/ }- r; ~" i
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L: What's up? 我倒是听人这么说过,可是我还没有弄清楚这句话到 底是什么意思,我应该怎么回答? ( z7 ~8 X( X$ U: N/ h" ?& o& { 3 R" O+ r% k+ W* u, Z. i/ s" NM: What's up is really a common greeting.* @, O8 E) ^* \; c
* p+ ?9 F7 c9 j+ i" `L: 噢,what's up就是一般打招呼,不是指我的头上是什么呐? 5 n2 m( b$ W' I" N; W; n4 A3 O5 i/ V$ y, C& q3 z. ?! H, h
M: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?" * ?8 R4 l, i' h) |: f9 d' Q- ]3 W1 c4 D, I9 E2 U: B; T
L: 我知道了,what's up就是中文里我们说的:怎么样? @2 @* B9 Z* a# m( ?; G 5 {% X) J9 V' VM: Well, it's really only spoken language. ) a* H- f- ]7 @$ T5 q1 G5 f - V9 Q$ ~& }) `L: 要是我去看一个我已经有两个月没见的朋友,我在见到她的时 候我可以说What's up,对吗? # r7 V N2 b' k1 r0 l! M( C! I3 k, L: F s
M: Yes, definitely!4 u9 K* Z# I0 O' ?6 P
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L: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢? / _1 E# q7 i& A5 ^2 m U, X+ h) ]0 G/ M
M: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much. 4 }3 l7 A9 t& J8 H7 {9 t2 ]( ~/ G( Q; l) J- J
L: 要是你问我,What's up? 我就可以说: Oh, not much, just getting ready for our test. 意思就是:噢,没什么,就是在准备我们的考 试。 3 W4 J6 {. t7 N. m5 C & a$ X6 g& I* v. \, p: a- U7 R5 K4 _ JM: That's good usage. You can really say anything.3 q$ _; U l3 ]3 f. Q* [0 C
- r/ n" Q" Q9 a pL: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。 + F9 ~9 l6 g6 W! \* c1 C. M; ^) Z
我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 ) A& @2 R5 X5 o/ E ; d$ I2 I! s' n- B MM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer.' m4 F8 b# p/ Z$ T. R8 L, j
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L: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! ( w) t) h. F' x8 i! R3 m# z" T+ z* C
M: Smarter than me, that's for sure. What I mean is that this test will be really easy. No brainer means something that reqires little or no thought.4 [7 K3 C; `( _+ e8 R
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M: Yeah.2 J& I5 f9 `7 j3 G- Y
- D& j4 s+ b* [6 P4 B) Y: rL: 我知道了。象我哥哥那天去买车,运气好,碰到一个公司半价出 售。 在这种情况下决定买不买,不就是no brainer吗? , ?. O: I+ I% _) M/ { . _' W! t3 u/ aM: That's right. 6 i! p' S4 v0 ]* x0 h( G, J2 h% P" e6 n* s, H: v
L: 那次那个漂亮女孩邀你出去玩,你接受不接受邀请不也是很容易 定的吗?& @+ t) z0 e3 ]' F4 }- c) d7 ]" k
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M: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.8 U' l- J1 i) ~$ q/ W' J; Q
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L: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。9 H5 p* e; p+ {/ r- ~3 T
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L: 当然啦,大学给我奖学金来纽约念书,作这种决定还要动脑筋 啊?更何况我学习成绩那么好。' e$ }8 v* `2 p6 q
3 b2 H! W, Y2 u- q+ \4 o+ pM: So then why are you bothering to study? - Z+ i/ t# v) j, K% U# \3 e! {0 a6 u3 a4 m
L: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!8 W" n' c6 v2 q
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M: On, ok, let's get back to work. 2 c# b5 O4 d: w& O4 T$ R* m & \% f( S# q3 c9 w5 |李华今天学到了两个常用语,一个是:what's up? 这是一个用来打招呼的通俗说法; 另一个是:no brainer,意思是某件事很容易,不用动脑子就能做成。7 s; ^* W" E; U4 K! u