& U$ I& F4 J" I- v! `! t( SM: Hey, Li Hua, what's up?0 D0 d; j# ^1 \( v$ {* J& y
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L: 什么? o- U5 \; w4 K/ l" t6 Q3 ^ - ]0 r5 O. {/ |' S" aM: What's up? What are you doing? + a+ Q1 N0 b) N) W8 x6 _ P T& e( K+ M" C. n) p
L: 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?' j0 M+ L1 k1 `
+ E) R# n- G) U+ wM: What's up is really a common greeting.1 C4 P# P7 o) V5 d6 m1 N' s
3 r% i) f# V8 Z% ~5 v2 Q% q2 tL: 噢,what's up就是一般打招呼,不是指我的头上是什么呐? / i$ V4 k: M- E# a/ k . X g! O ?) ^6 W# gM: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?" 5 d' I! }$ g7 d1 J, d & B `( @4 d$ W, G9 i6 v4 G. L: |L: 我知道了,what's up就是中文里我们说的:怎么样?! [' z7 J: [4 J- D z# {/ ?
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M: Well, it's really only spoken language. . t9 j0 z; u0 Q7 q9 _7 w- j d + B1 `& p$ n% A7 xL: 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? * Q! d) g* ]; a0 V 8 i, O- Z1 r6 F& hM: Yes, definitely!" h" z# w, h& x
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L: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢?- K- k! d* }6 y2 F' @& o% N! k
( Y+ p+ ^: f) \4 s2 n. PM: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much. 7 J+ H2 q3 U. l& R) J- q' E/ X$ u! B/ A& W# l
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。 * G: s% x3 Q+ d, F: O3 y$ p2 i% b3 |. I; x3 s- w; r" z
M: That's good usage. You can really say anything.7 L. T& [. [& @5 u/ k
3 t3 H. {+ f. v0 ^& TL: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。 + ^6 F/ b. N% }2 i2 m- M1 Y9 o, E' M/ A , i2 x3 X! W0 M: U我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 ' E' x8 Q. F" d/ p; Y; h9 c 1 b7 \0 Q7 Q: ^6 H) K! i$ h. ~4 A' n, dM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer., L# ~0 T: ]9 A" S% L" H& \
5 E: U# y1 s+ K# K GL: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! $ N8 o; Y# l+ ?* `7 F q2 k3 S3 b. U& X k5 J/ [
M: 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.$ Z8 S' _8 b9 _1 L/ m( K' X
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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?! d, t* D; t9 }. R
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M: Yeah. " ?' Z O% j/ W1 }8 |1 W: E, E1 x: g' }. \
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? 1 o5 _6 G+ g- M+ f* U' n6 ?3 [ 5 y2 n7 ~; G( f: C6 ?M: That's right.2 L Q W; J$ Q6 ?) m+ I2 R5 H
; }# B+ Z1 G/ S/ ?! `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 i8 ^0 z4 U* g7 F; Y& y$ i) a( u
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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. / c0 I; h/ V, z* a& Q& W3 S' a* D( o, t6 }8 M W
L: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。& P) ?8 `) K5 \8 B! I
y, g/ q5 ?% U! X# @8 T3 DM: 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. 5 a" T4 Y0 y* K4 T# R ~! S/ b) c$ ~2 l: }) H" H4 ^
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。. m/ \2 h F2 w" l" c2 k
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M: So then why are you bothering to study?! r0 X) D4 s( r5 _+ j, E
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L: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!8 h- R" }9 q" @+ l
. m: Y6 g0 t1 H; h6 h8 GM: On, ok, let's get back to work. : V9 q+ S& J: _2 i$ J& w/ [% E$ ^1 D7 c! [4 f" d
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。 7 l/ t9 s7 ]; A8 g/ |. \0 w7 [+ ^
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