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M: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.4 g$ \: E4 W" I7 f7 w3 q
?- ]3 Q/ n* _4 a0 H% c9 DL: 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。 3 w8 }: t8 C$ t! @" ?2 [ * [" O$ ]' e! t. S* x9 T0 f/ C4 iM: That's good usage. You can really say anything.* t+ g3 |2 w2 ~7 X: Y P; k7 V
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L: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。: P1 i$ l) O$ M) F
. j" o& @5 W0 m$ k! x我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。: K' X$ P' Y1 U
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M: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer.: l0 s% X. m4 u' ^
y% a/ r$ P' {. K# J( yL: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! - P. N j, P5 i8 R7 g 3 L: L9 u' D8 S* Z! G: eM: 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.' m8 H: u& v- M( [
, m3 s0 e$ ^/ w4 y) z1 l+ EL: 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? 4 k/ X; e- ^7 z- s, I2 }) N( d% A- P$ g; `" j- G
M: Yeah.1 l/ X6 A. W" g; [. ?0 V* X
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L: 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? * E: g" P" ]& Z1 [0 x 8 C9 Z g: b, u" B0 Z: \M: That's right. # J; }1 T9 ~1 d% @6 V5 m1 R4 y, J. a# q7 X% h! S7 h
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? % p- m( J! e0 j7 } 1 N6 n+ \) V1 Q# ]" ]0 {& L7 yM: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her. 7 a1 L3 z, Z" i7 p+ q ) m+ R5 G0 B+ o$ ]: h, x# IL: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。 3 A2 ]7 ~1 G2 ~2 d9 o! c$ r + i c* ]- C, J6 }7 aM: 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. S) c' `) b0 |7 s* M: `
8 }$ g1 y! d( @0 Y- mL: 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。 6 t; D$ n8 J! U3 G. W1 m' v) k q2 O' F4 Z
M: So then why are you bothering to study? $ b# G4 ~9 C* E% W$ W2 S7 m9 [# U t1 f% N4 S
L: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!; `. b7 k' a" y& B N( X) j& m
% b0 i' o& f" _3 \M: On, ok, let's get back to work. / O; w9 L6 o" Z0 v0 k5 O4 L/ |$ h0 J5 r0 \% b2 \2 K
李华今天学到了两个常用语,一个是:what's up? 这是一个用来打招呼的通俗说法; 另一个是:no brainer,意思是某件事很容易,不用动脑子就能做成。2 R, r* @/ b6 n0 J
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