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流行美语口语 Lesson 22 - couch potato & nuts

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Michael是个美国学生,在纽约上大学。他的一个要好同学是从中国大陆来的李华。今天Michael刚好在校园里碰到李华。李华会在谈话中学到两个常用语:couch potato和nuts。$ u: h5 B4 j6 _  ?( p
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L:嗨,Michael, 你上哪儿去呀?. L8 q1 c! h/ Y
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M:I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?+ ?- w1 a$ O4 f5 Q
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L:嗯,是不是上次在一次party上你给我介绍的那个带眼镜的人?- y4 f1 A" k: ], l9 p# F
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M:Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.
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% H0 w8 c4 |$ V0 aL:他是什么? Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆?9 i2 @) E3 T  a0 M! O5 _3 B2 M
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M:No, couch potato is an expression used to describe someone who sits in front of the TV all the time eating junk food, such as potato chips./ }# }# A' m7 {. q6 u$ t

6 N: a' L& A- h; k0 p& ]3 RL:噢,原来coach potato是指一个人老坐在电视机前吃零食。这个常用语挺有趣。那couch potato是不是只能指人呀?* L- T+ u/ d9 F) d6 l9 z6 j; m

6 k+ ?+ L4 c" n1 K- K/ v+ LM:Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.
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L:噢,只能指人,指那些懒懒散散,没有动力的人。好,下回我就叫我哥哥couch potato。他老是看电视,一看就看到三更半夜,吃的东西撒在地毯上,沙发上,到处都是。
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0 K& g4 c. N$ G' s8 ~# A. wM:My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.
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L:哟,你爸爸也是这样呀!要我是你妈,我也会生气的。; B3 n1 L9 M. T5 K

  g/ M% H' o5 e7 M1 ]M:But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.; V  R) H; g8 {$ h6 k+ Z3 R

% {. E7 g- W5 i# F& K2 @3 x  {& yL:一个星期在学校念书实在很累了,回家当一回couch potato,我想这还是可以的,只要不是每天这样就行了。
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M: Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.! y$ Q8 h1 h/ \. i' B/ s7 f' U. j

6 y" e. M5 O; @( s% [, a, GL:你们要打网球呀,那太好了,我正在学打网球呐。/ M2 d, _& ^; u' ^; H
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M:That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon." _8 A2 l& k, o6 @

; p( M% K4 G) p( d9 _L:有的人认为你是什么? Nuts?Nuts不是花生,杏仁那样的果仁吗?你跟Jon交朋友跟吃花生有什么关系呀?
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M:No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.4 i, X5 u7 Z0 `/ Q7 c  a
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L:原来nuts在这里是说一个人做的事很怪。大概就象中文里说的:你疯啦!对吗?
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M:That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.
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& [. |) v0 g8 F. h% x/ W3 KL:他看起来不象会对别人无礼,爱跟人争论的人哪!你刚才说drives me nuts 是什么意思啊?+ M/ L7 K' U% y

; k- q- \- [0 m& p5 v! HM:Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.
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; o, d6 ]+ d8 j2 z5 HL:噢,还可以说drive me nuts, 或者是drive someone nuts。嗨,Michael,那天我上移民局去办手续,排队好长,我站了一小时,我真是火死了。我能说:They drove me nuts 吗?
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' f- g- r  q2 V  Y# _$ M  ~M:Of course. You know, my mother used to make me clean my room every night when I was in high school and that drove me nuts./ a% w8 ?' o! {4 U+ m
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L:你念中学的时候你妈妈每天晚上要你打扫房间?那是有点受不了。嗨,Michael,你认识我的朋友张红吗?
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/ D1 U9 Z, G# `3 AM:Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.: `9 I6 o* B: ^: [$ [  q& M) z
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L:对,张红这个人是有点问题,化两百美元买件难看的衣服。不过,Michael,你总是批评别人买的东西。 You sometimes drive me nuts too.+ y: }0 {% Z/ q4 y
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M:Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.. q. M5 T9 M' x( h
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今天李华学了两个常用语,一个是:couch potato,指那些常坐着看电视,吃零食的人;另一个是:nuts,就是说一个人不正常,做的事很怪。今天的[流行美语]就到此结束,再见。5 l% Q5 j; @+ a+ f, c
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