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流行美语口语 Lesson 22 - couch potato & nuts

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Michael是个美国学生,在纽约上大学。他的一个要好同学是从中国大陆来的李华。今天Michael刚好在校园里碰到李华。李华会在谈话中学到两个常用语:couch potato和nuts。) T9 v; I- O" ~

( O  A% H" O0 w6 zL:嗨,Michael, 你上哪儿去呀?6 M5 _/ |1 y$ e( Q3 J

5 v2 w- A6 x& p8 `! m: d9 KM:I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?3 J, G- u% z% Z" L; }
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L:嗯,是不是上次在一次party上你给我介绍的那个带眼镜的人?( I5 k" v, N( u1 F1 ?9 D+ c9 }

: Q5 n7 `5 J8 A, j+ U0 i9 |M:Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.! _1 D1 J5 X" S, ]! g$ D1 J

+ z5 v9 {( B) I( w; U- O1 S) L  NL:他是什么? Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆?
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M:No, couch potato is an expression used to describe someone who sits in front of the TV all the time eating junk food, such as potato chips.+ L. a" ]9 c% ^5 F2 C4 A! ]/ L3 b

! Y( k! r, o. ]0 EL:噢,原来coach potato是指一个人老坐在电视机前吃零食。这个常用语挺有趣。那couch potato是不是只能指人呀?. W& r5 ?5 L4 C: U
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M:Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.! f5 v: v/ {3 H" v4 G% r. A( E
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L:噢,只能指人,指那些懒懒散散,没有动力的人。好,下回我就叫我哥哥couch potato。他老是看电视,一看就看到三更半夜,吃的东西撒在地毯上,沙发上,到处都是。
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  M6 i" W- B, l( ^# s5 \M:My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.% Z# `2 ~$ B0 K: x: M- Y
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L:哟,你爸爸也是这样呀!要我是你妈,我也会生气的。
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M:But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.
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# k2 T5 K0 R6 u+ }* j8 F2 LL:一个星期在学校念书实在很累了,回家当一回couch potato,我想这还是可以的,只要不是每天这样就行了。
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M: Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.
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8 F6 Y3 ~% S' d" LL:你们要打网球呀,那太好了,我正在学打网球呐。+ m* Q- l' l* U0 b

( ~; F& ^) e% J( V4 E8 N2 U, _  g: D; ~: AM:That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.* m. t6 `' w1 H0 j

5 C, A0 {6 c! S! D3 k& p5 zL:有的人认为你是什么? Nuts?Nuts不是花生,杏仁那样的果仁吗?你跟Jon交朋友跟吃花生有什么关系呀?
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M:No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
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2 c$ h- q$ d% v% Z& [" f" r+ pL:原来nuts在这里是说一个人做的事很怪。大概就象中文里说的:你疯啦!对吗?
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, i! w3 B) E  Y! O/ y4 i& }M:That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.% P+ r- F0 g# a2 }) M
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L:他看起来不象会对别人无礼,爱跟人争论的人哪!你刚才说drives me nuts 是什么意思啊?
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M:Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.
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% y; U2 S2 q% oL:噢,还可以说drive me nuts, 或者是drive someone nuts。嗨,Michael,那天我上移民局去办手续,排队好长,我站了一小时,我真是火死了。我能说:They drove me nuts 吗?
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( E& r. v6 K2 G7 v( r$ eM:Of course. You know, my mother used to make me clean my room every night when I was in high school and that drove me nuts.* q3 Z6 }9 P4 V7 E+ m# ]
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L:你念中学的时候你妈妈每天晚上要你打扫房间?那是有点受不了。嗨,Michael,你认识我的朋友张红吗?
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6 ~. B4 p) j8 V  PM:Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.
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L:对,张红这个人是有点问题,化两百美元买件难看的衣服。不过,Michael,你总是批评别人买的东西。 You sometimes drive me nuts too.7 \6 Z# S5 Z8 O1 ?  ^2 E
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M:Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.
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. g- Q- T$ c* G  J% C& r今天李华学了两个常用语,一个是:couch potato,指那些常坐着看电视,吃零食的人;另一个是:nuts,就是说一个人不正常,做的事很怪。今天的[流行美语]就到此结束,再见。5 R1 x$ N& q. N
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