李华是一个中国学生，她在纽约上大学，还在大学的中文系当助教。今天她要去和系主任谈话，要求增加助教的工资。李华的美国同学Michael陪她一起去。李华会学到两个常用语：wimp和guts。% V2 A8 y& _% m, Y
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L: Michael，我很紧张。我不敢去和系主任谈话。。。 我看就算了吧， 我不要去要求加工资了。: w; L. X: T5 t! c0 c; [
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M: What? Don't be such a wimp, Li Hua! You have to talk to her, if you want to get a raise.2 j6 ~# T. ~& a$ B% I
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M: I said don't be a wimp. A wimp is a weak person, a coward, or someone who can't take pain. If you don't talk to your boss, then you are a wimp!" M( A* @- v; i, P, R9 ]- ]
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L: 噢，wimp就是软弱的人，胆小鬼，或者是怕痛的人。所以，你说要是我不和系主任谈，我就是胆小鬼。 哎，你这么说我太不公平了。 你才是a wimp。上星期你去捐血，针还没有碰到你， 你就哇哇大 叫，你不是wimp是什么？ ( _2 A! K7 ?* M' g+ A. _ : C6 e5 }8 Z1 W6 BM: I was not! You were a wimp when you crashed your bicycle. You cried because you hurt your arm!/ {$ w. _, I l7 Y6 {2 t
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L: 我那次骑自行车摔倒，受伤可严重了。不管怎么样，女孩子哭并不意味着她是一个软弱的人。 6 b- h: ?& y' e6 n7 q - u' G! w9 r1 V: @4 hM: But you are a wimp! Remember yesterday, you couldn't open a bag of potato chips, because you're so weak!( v1 x$ }( n* P# O" p
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M: All right, all right, stop goofing around. You need to go talk to your boss. If you don't go in there, you'll be a wimp with no money. - \! `: a% U; F. Y7 s$ ` ?- ^" u" o* O9 n- X
L: 对，我要不进去谈就加不了工资，人家肯定会说我没有骨气。看来，我别无选择，我就得进去要求系主任给我们加工资。, E3 E! n7 C( @' O" W& f
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' I* B4 p, L; a# {( v( mM: Well, Li Hua, how did it go? 2 @4 q' A! H* i! Q0 d; ^0 {+ j) L8 i6 W1 ]: x1 g j
L: 一点问题都没有。系主任同意我们应该增加工资。她说她会去争 取足够的资金给我们提高工资到每小时十二点五美元。 & x- ^* ^# j+ B 3 d2 P$ ^ Q3 E- b, AM: Wow! That's not bad Li Hua. It took a lot of guts to go in there like that.1 M" f9 K# s7 u3 z& _: _# U; a
% s1 r- |3 O5 }- l) QL: Guts? 进去谈要许多什么？你说我什么嘛？你可别说我坏话。。。 & T c7 Z5 }* A7 H" L. r5 y |2 T0 q' O
M: No, no, when I say it took a lot of guts, I mean you had to be brave to do that!6 ~, F! W- X P- q; G
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L: 噢，guts就是勇气。Guts 不就是动物的内脏吗？是这个字吗？ & O: }' N: A0 M( j; @ T% n* o% {; [5 Y
M: That's right! You can say someone has a lot of guts. That means he is brave.' A( x E# @8 U, o& ^5 C+ J. P
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L: 嗯， a lot of guts就是有勇气。你刚才说it took a lot of guts to go in there。所以，it takes guts to do something就是要做某件事一定要 有勇气。 / g, Q! d( ] t& h/ S/ H0 l9 z% P8 _8 F# J* b
M: That's right. For instance: It took a lot of guts for you to come to the U.S. by yourself.4 }1 H( u% K i7 ]
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L: 对，我一个人独自到美国来是要有勇气才行的。你上回在我朋友 家唱卡拉OK，这也是要有勇气的呀！$ \$ k3 y! o9 ~% d; Y8 S
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M: You are right. Americans usually don't like to sing in public if they can't sing very well.9 M' W) ]8 G% s9 f! w
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M: So are you! You only had enough guts today because I was here to support you. Usually you are a wimp!8 U+ @6 a8 k$ s2 ^
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L: 对，你陪我一起来给我壮胆，所以我才有勇气找系主任谈话。不 过呢，我至少没有在走回家的路上喘不过气来。 You are a wimp! 0 l" e6 a1 d! |0 M & u" S# g6 p. w: U, }( E# ?7 rM: I guess we both are!9 `! |( P& q. M. u4 h0 F) D
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今天Michael教李华学会用两个常用语，一个是：wimp，意思是软弱，没骨气；另一个是：guts，这是指有勇气。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里，我们下次节目再见。 ) n8 a, t& o' j% v/ C! v& R$ \4 VAudio as following:1 O; z2 @% z. { ]) O
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