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。

/ I2 ~: i4 B: k" \L：嗨，Michael, 你上哪儿去呀？

4 @- Y) H7 v% T3 a: d* t/ cM：I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?
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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？

" f* R+ i. q! a" N4 ]. C& ]4 KM：Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.

: U1 g0 g4 \% J- G9 o7 \% ?5 QL：他是什么？ Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆？

9 \% P+ D0 C2 E3 z+ K2 i! wM：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.
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% M% [% C  G2 [2 W# eL：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？
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+ \- I3 a: u1 `) {; mM：Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.
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; i0 P7 V' n. U0 x% p& BL：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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M：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。

: A* N3 Q0 _2 @% `( z' \M：But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.
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% P' q! w7 o3 E  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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  ?) W: |% ~1 CM： Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.
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% T4 a* j' ~( t% ]' i$ |L：你们要打网球呀，那太好了，我正在学打网球呐。
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/ J& Y. n" ?3 p8 n: h' nM：That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.

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？

M：No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.

& w% ^' g& N' _! ]5 I* K! w+ I  Z! g5 f! AL：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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: h7 c& y- C' `) NM：That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.

5 [; G+ G: _+ Y' yL：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？

4 Z0 \3 V7 v( Q; e- k* V- gM：Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.

L：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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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.
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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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M：Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.
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& z5 P( }2 Y- R* c  ^( C' ]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.
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M：Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.

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。
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