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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? # r7 e& A- W8 h ^3 ~) H 7 o# A: U6 x' eM: What's up is really a common greeting." Y t3 K2 x5 e6 n
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L: 噢,what's up就是一般打招呼,不是指我的头上是什么呐?4 S2 z8 v. I: R V8 |
) H/ `6 K. g4 J: HM: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?" 0 \( ?! ?, f. P' M3 b ~ 2 o$ z6 a3 ~; A2 B& }6 @L: 我知道了,what's up就是中文里我们说的:怎么样? $ Z6 E! B e6 ^# ^; X+ v 9 O# f( l5 E1 ~( Z2 hM: Well, it's really only spoken language.6 W6 u) N& ]* Z: @3 x( A+ B/ t5 c
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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?2 h. Z! D. J' C( U( X7 p- Q
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M: Yes, definitely! : D3 N: f9 t1 p) U& f, l, b5 s ( c( [. x# ]2 T' m6 z3 ^L: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢? 1 D0 H$ d9 o3 w4 Z: J' U% ?. O" _# O3 F3 e! F# l, x! h
M: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.0 B) a: D# s! |7 K
9 k& S4 h4 B- E+ L( v* `- jL: 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。 4 y% Z1 `# Q, v9 |9 N. `9 O @ 0 L( m! G& S6 r4 k4 zM: That's good usage. You can really say anything. # R9 {/ r/ Z; b: b4 {, x y' s/ t! K4 V& u
L: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。) h1 y& a V4 |" H; d
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我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 ! c, Y4 P$ l5 n* K! {. C3 L! M$ C # i$ z7 z; E2 q" WM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer.* @6 A- h: s$ U0 z" Z
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L: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! ! O: S k# s. c5 W2 J5 p4 @5 N8 H 7 R* _3 L+ \, I. V% C4 {8 h' o, HM: 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.5 p1 E+ Y: r7 X, I
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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?$ K% b r) i2 C+ T- H1 X
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M: Yeah. , J, O6 L7 K/ x* {# Y: H! q; M+ R
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? 2 I0 d/ ]/ j8 p" x& p ; D* k- P. Y! |M: That's right. s* ~& o9 N0 I, G. B) [0 v
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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?7 c3 @. L) _) t' U$ S) \9 P
( G0 a$ P7 z$ mM: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.. i! g% ]- X; ~5 ~
' I7 K. c+ ~5 BL: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。 # o, _5 b w$ d; T/ F$ a8 c* A1 ^ d# V7 V0 e- o$ I, f
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. 3 V, D# H; E& H4 o5 v G4 |! m# p' K# K R5 o& V
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。 : z/ }9 T6 s+ J 2 _6 s, x( q9 I5 cM: So then why are you bothering to study? 8 t0 n, o) `, I2 O4 k# G% {! t+ q
L: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!9 N# H* Y2 \1 m9 I
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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。" F) \9 Z4 p2 `6 q4 U/ K p; [
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