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。
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L：嗨，Michael, 你上哪儿去呀？

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7 H8 l6 y. g) k) h9 O3 M8 e  GL：嗯，是不是上次在一次party上你给我介绍的那个带眼镜的人？

M：Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.
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L：他是什么？ Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆？
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  ?" Y1 p" Q. n7 PM：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：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？
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( Y1 K+ u8 {+ U( R% kM：Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.

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。

M：My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.

) X4 y. Y0 ~- N$ x7 }, zL：哟，你爸爸也是这样呀！要我是你妈，我也会生气的。
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' ~# B$ v& d0 E6 |' rM：But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.

) s! l6 ^. P2 B0 |" m* gL：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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* h. C% S" f) i8 v9 K" gM： Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.
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+ h2 n4 [5 I. S/ v/ k- ?L：你们要打网球呀，那太好了，我正在学打网球呐。

4 f! `/ F  T% E+ y# y" I/ d; bM：That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.

" |& d7 V1 h  U7 m7 |; b- z# e- IL：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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. p1 T4 ]$ M4 k& I& \M：No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
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L：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？

. _9 o5 \+ e$ ]( ZM：That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.

7 v$ @$ ~: j# E  A9 iL：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.

L：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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- d- d! k% F7 m& X) h+ pM：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.

) u/ K4 w  ?7 W. K' F# `7 `6 w9 P0 ]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？

) f8 Q) [* |- J5 t9 h' p/ Y. JM：Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.
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. n+ \  e( e; }" [3 bL：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.

M：Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.

2 z/ Z' Q0 x; ~! {, m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。
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