! q4 R9 G: w6 G- [% C! O7 uM: Yes, definitely! 5 R, R9 U3 E+ q. k9 A 5 k: I4 j" j4 t0 s6 bL: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢? 6 m# n P1 D7 }! b7 A5 O% L R5 @8 p4 l( N) K5 T w
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L: 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。) T: g) g3 ~1 k: S: O9 N, @
) \! A7 s* J) b! P3 NM: That's good usage. You can really say anything. " j0 G0 ^% [4 C( T" x, Q6 E; u- Q* G1 L, D
L: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。 + h3 c3 N9 F2 X0 @! ? ( d5 y' I0 u3 c( R" x! u/ C" X6 J& c# T我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 8 o& B M$ j& d& g 6 g* J8 y0 T1 ?M: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer. 4 G4 }' g+ Q7 g1 L1 q ' t, O! P) o8 }/ X, `% v) v9 D$ \L: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! ! o+ `* P& n- [1 K6 x" J " S4 w m: L& h- }/ mM: 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.8 F! ]# @" ]) B# j9 P
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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?! Y. ` Q1 o) I* I6 B1 i% E# F" Q! O
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# K7 P7 p9 W, C" P) ^M: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her. 1 m; i5 h* m3 I1 Q5 h4 e6 Y7 O 9 `- P' D( ^! c/ Q: }0 hL: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。+ b- ^* F$ E5 D! a
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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. 1 [* P& {, F$ w2 |( j0 i4 ^ % c' H+ |5 S( |1 L% N; {) WL: 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。9 E5 t4 G! `% d3 i9 Q
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M: On, ok, let's get back to work. 7 S- t4 y: E5 G! X& T- B2 a9 B& O 6 s. x6 J4 [" o& y" Q- u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。/ t) r" `# p# j6 I2 y+ S* |' u0 h
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