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。

: s" [: e5 C3 y+ R9 j2 ?3 ^L：嗨，Michael, 你上哪儿去呀？

1 Y  W; Z% {& Z% K- ]M：I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?

: ?; l# L: E- ?  a8 c! ?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？
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7 `& E# l- d6 CM：Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.

L：他是什么？ Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆？
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; B5 l/ ~+ h. F) R9 vM：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.

L：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？

) o9 r+ v) E+ \! X  P/ ~5 ]M：Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.
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1 H( o% K- b% T* |/ I1 @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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: w: o7 w# d, B$ j* j4 oM：My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.
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: z6 `, A8 v: ?4 u8 v$ M1 bL：哟，你爸爸也是这样呀！要我是你妈，我也会生气的。

M：But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.

L：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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0 U6 B- ^  p% X3 C. P5 s) D- KM： Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.

! Z, u; x1 Y7 @  l5 fL：你们要打网球呀，那太好了，我正在学打网球呐。
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M：That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.
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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.
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7 Y, {8 Z  u6 ]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？

8 Z6 a" Z. z" S* B4 U  R( CM：That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.

L：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？
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M：Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.
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* {; o* G- }! C' IL：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？

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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1 p4 R. u  E3 J0 G# S. Q4 u  g, k5 IL：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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/ @* g; [" ?: o4 B( g( g" J$ tM：Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.

$ o3 W6 c4 X. `$ J- K- HL：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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+ g" ~; Y" f6 pM：Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.
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7 h0 m+ w. S, e2 r+ @3 m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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