! I. P" ?; {# K5 x! H$ ?9 FL: 嗨,Michael,快进来。 + M; \/ h" |$ R4 b* c 3 t+ x1 B0 J/ |M: Hey, Li Hua, what's up?" M/ ^2 q5 @/ o
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% F: u1 k, n* ^: A3 O* HM: What's up? What are you doing?; c& e- Z; ^$ ?7 t
1 @& s3 g& @5 [, A' }% BL: What's up? 我倒是听人这么说过,可是我还没有弄清楚这句话到 底是什么意思,我应该怎么回答? 5 u3 A7 L. E1 G/ H8 _) n' z+ E T 5 H' a% C; a ], e& P+ ~M: What's up is really a common greeting.5 W2 S; N! Q% u0 q: U/ L' p; ^
3 a1 E. \. U5 p8 a$ g) b9 OL: 噢,what's up就是一般打招呼,不是指我的头上是什么呐? & p, O; A- h( E$ F% K) q ; ?1 f. I/ I/ }M: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?"2 U; e4 C/ N4 g& Z* ]
c: m; j0 Z6 `1 y! W) f, gM: Well, it's really only spoken language.$ n1 S+ P( o- \/ \+ Q4 _0 Z
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L: 要是我去看一个我已经有两个月没见的朋友,我在见到她的时 候我可以说What's up,对吗?) B5 }. k/ p( z& M4 `' [# c p* B
7 F8 Y1 w% V. ^9 b$ i9 K$ j+ aM: Yes, definitely! 3 O4 e: c' F. n: k# c 8 G6 g5 K2 T. l1 m6 P" SL: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢? * W) Q% G4 N! \, L( |- t + i2 d7 `: x6 {' k. Z8 BM: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.7 E: R) v0 ^4 n" m% S
3 `( h; E& y4 b6 e2 k7 P1 cL: 要是你问我,What's up? 我就可以说: Oh, not much, just getting ready for our test. 意思就是:噢,没什么,就是在准备我们的考 试。. A9 G- P& T7 z0 c. C- H% t
; j6 m1 U, w0 Q2 A) `M: That's good usage. You can really say anything. # O6 ^( U( f: e% t% b( j 9 g( f$ {9 e0 d& Z" qL: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。2 m( j+ G8 N' W+ v) G7 p$ \6 H
) m% r7 O% V/ \$ Z) P我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 3 p4 l, ]+ K6 ] 0 Y, P0 N5 L. c' Z! cM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer. - ?$ _& l% z1 f; L5 I7 B8 j4 x3 Y& u! F: Y# y! q* W5 L; j3 _2 m
L: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! 0 _# d9 p& \$ u* ^0 i' Q 0 B' p2 L/ l9 ?. \, h S8 b9 ]0 ?' kM: Smarter than me, that's for sure. What I mean is that this test will be really easy. No brainer means something that reqires little or no thought. , T7 n6 `" }) x, T' w, h4 |# ~3 z2 d
L: 好,你承认我比你聪明。不过,我还得跟你学英文。你说,no brainer就是某件事很容易,不需要动脑子就行呀? 2 j- ?9 j" T* z# q% v. l/ H( J" L2 {4 w4 z% ^4 U5 Z
M: Yeah. 8 ]: k. {& D3 ]0 d( B; U% } 4 A1 n! V( p/ Z2 c/ C' Z) bL: 我知道了。象我哥哥那天去买车,运气好,碰到一个公司半价出 售。 在这种情况下决定买不买,不就是no brainer吗?1 D5 J' u0 `9 a0 w. c
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L: 那次那个漂亮女孩邀你出去玩,你接受不接受邀请不也是很容易 定的吗?6 ~ i( {3 t& z4 N1 ~+ y
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M: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.5 X( y- o+ k; N' A* d0 W" _9 U
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L: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。' L% P; u1 d; Q8 W$ B; y5 z5 }
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M: That's true. When the University gave you a scholarship to come study here in New York, it was a no brainer for you too. . d& a3 e9 h5 }& B: d# b$ R" y4 k7 |( @; J
L: 当然啦,大学给我奖学金来纽约念书,作这种决定还要动脑筋 啊?更何况我学习成绩那么好。 4 _5 L& x' ]3 a3 I6 I# O. a1 p 4 j3 f& I O# I5 T0 S" ]* g. WM: So then why are you bothering to study?' c/ B: l- X' g
3 O9 H! o t, v0 M. nL: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛! 5 ?( ~* g& e/ b1 B- T & A [! Q1 }; P# r6 eM: On, ok, let's get back to work.# A" U' F, h, C' o