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流行美语口语 Lesson 33 - wimps & guts

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发表于 2010-7-15 21:45 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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。
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8 U$ ?0 Y: E6 G" [% aL: 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。
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( D- g) a7 l0 m- o, U2 S% zM: What? Don't be such a wimp, Li Hua! You have to talk to her, if you want to get a raise.8 B3 g; O$ O, o8 ^/ {- T
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L: 你刚才说什么? Don't be什么?) C' `- I# w' l" \% V
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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!
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0 w1 a4 r: {. ~+ V) I3 IL: 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?  a0 ~" Q, r7 J0 E# t
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M: I was not! You were a wimp when you crashed your bicycle. You cried because you hurt your arm!1 Z! s; O7 M6 t" t- Q
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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。
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M: But you are a wimp! Remember yesterday, you couldn't open a bag of potato chips, because you're so weak!  V, j, `; N; c; |0 X
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L: 我昨天打不开一包土豆片,我没有力气,这也算是wimp? 我才不是呐!有一次,我们从学校走回你的家,一共三公里, 你至少在当中休息了两次。这才是软弱的表现呢!
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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.
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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。
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0 O* f( y! N" f" eM: Well, Li Hua, how did it go?
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- b, }, j6 S: e. Y$ S' KL: 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。9 g7 }% W7 n5 h9 U- `

! o2 N9 j/ G3 s) F- R0 O$ pM: Wow! That's not bad Li Hua. It took a lot of guts to go in there like that.
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; [/ r$ @; C) |+ |8 @L: Guts? 进去谈要许多什么?你说我什么嘛?你可别说我坏话。。。
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( p4 @& h; k0 ^4 H. u  dM: No, no, when I say it took a lot of guts, I mean you had to be brave to do that!
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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?
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& z: R5 }- a  c4 i8 a9 Y. mM: That's right! You can say someone has a lot of guts. That means he is brave.! p  t) e0 i8 C; g4 m9 I

( \1 }) p! u# g# k6 FL: 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。9 _3 |$ H2 q2 ?0 k$ M$ u$ O

8 C0 Z! a/ J# _4 FM: That's right. For instance: It took a lot of guts for you to come to the U.S. by yourself.
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/ n7 a* R1 e3 r4 \/ Q2 X/ bL: 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!
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M: You are right. Americans usually don't like to sing in public if they can't sing very well.
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8 Y& {) a. U- uL: 好多中国人也不喜欢在大庭广众唱歌呀。这确实是要有勇气的。你那 天是因为喝了酒才敢唱。否则,你就是个wimp!
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8 q) y- ~' @  F7 ?$ u# QM: So are you! You only had enough guts today because I was here to support you. Usually you are a wimp!; z* m- R+ d2 X" ~/ p

4 L/ Y6 n) W. K7 x8 }$ xL: 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!
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M: I guess we both are!! W( Q9 m* x3 X  ~8 L

- Q: W3 S( p* i4 l" L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。
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I won't be a wimp.
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