% U8 b! e* ]5 O% w0 a3 `8 fM: Hey, Li Hua, what's up? " N: g$ ~1 }- H( y9 S5 ^- b8 L Y6 y . c, P5 j$ P8 W5 E Z+ E+ CL: 什么？% g: u3 Z- a) Z7 W
# t. c) z* _" Z* UM: What's up? What are you doing? 0 E( K3 U5 f( Z8 T$ B9 N$ P- q% ` $ x$ V/ ]$ |. b5 P* E' JL: 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？% O, Y; [! B$ K2 U. o
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M: What's up is really a common greeting. ) W! \" @7 }- S/ C: w c0 W/ `- O- P# [& F
L: 噢，what's up就是一般打招呼，不是指我的头上是什么呐？ M- G- ^" f* S7 \ b/ D7 p1 F4 `( s1 U
M: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?"+ _7 W1 M! A6 P! `$ R: _* `
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L: 我知道了，what's up就是中文里我们说的：怎么样？( k, o/ u7 Y8 w- r3 V
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M: Well, it's really only spoken language. , }8 E( Z4 C6 _) X/ _) l$ B' C" t/ i6 b' l8 S3 T' k7 W
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? . B# S7 {% S/ I9 W* }+ \" R d/ s8 ?
M: Yes, definitely! ' w G/ j5 y! r# a0 P; {; ~2 ?8 h. S4 l$ f4 \5 ^+ c
L: 那别人对我说what's up？, 我又该怎么回答呢？1 u+ p" e- R) y# M0 ]. N
; w0 I' O) n2 X* T3 kM: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.. N3 h! l) O9 r# H4 O2 i3 ~
% j4 W" v$ W D# S9 Y+ A6 XL: 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。! f" B$ w- h! }# x; O+ @, [; a
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M: That's good usage. You can really say anything. 2 x7 a% n# T1 J" ^& ]* \$ Y4 N1 ^/ @8 ^- ` ~2 m/ }& X4 E
L: 对，你怎么回答都行。 好吧，我们该学习了。' O! M. l }0 S2 Y
/ h# i% @! x2 y& {; q8 Y我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 4 Y5 Z% s: R" X+ l1 [0 q ; s4 U5 M" A, y5 k0 |. r/ Z# I, VM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer. ) X$ ?$ v# H$ x8 z/ O9 o3 c3 |0 @/ L" F* N
L: 你是说我压力太大，没有脑子？ 你知道我脑子很灵的呀！! C) G$ J8 A( |, d
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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.6 {2 Y. V' }# C* R7 t
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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？- f5 I- e) ~. O2 \
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M: Yeah.5 B$ [; H/ E3 u) P# _* Q" z2 L
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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？ ' b" Q2 P) K+ X' u X" A, H 4 _' {$ p5 Z K/ Y7 \! M: c, l) SM: That's right.# d+ s6 B& C+ C s$ |
4 A. S3 N$ Q z! p6 G0 fM: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.' E, b2 O3 J! t
6 D6 @# U2 P6 L+ N! LL: 对，决定是容易做，但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。 M! F) G# Q/ v
, [, U* }; ?+ 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.. u& M+ }- {# c- h- |, L5 ~( h
; v& j9 E; f, p/ a- K4 ~- _% ^/ v1 QL: 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 ?, t* O$ J0 \2 g' h" J4 E1 a
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M: So then why are you bothering to study?$ D2 W6 L$ ~+ @# E0 \& V
e r$ m V$ i7 w8 mL: 这还用问？ 再聪明的人也得念书嘛！ % ?5 q5 G: A G4 D1 | ! {: f9 D6 f+ p# X% EM: On, ok, let's get back to work.' X* B+ D' g1 M. t- q* A
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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。* x& j, Z' S% K/ r
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