李华是一个中国学生，她在纽约上大学，还在大学的中文系当助教。今天她要去和系主任谈话，要求增加助教的工资。李华的美国同学Michael陪她一起去。李华会学到两个常用语：wimp和guts。: Y) Z g" ]3 p+ N- ~& K
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L: Michael，我很紧张。我不敢去和系主任谈话。。。 我看就算了吧， 我不要去要求加工资了。 9 r- ]* C: w4 q% i6 { . h# L, a5 h0 V8 F; c) E' v$ UM: What? Don't be such a wimp, Li Hua! You have to talk to her, if you want to get a raise.% v0 E9 `" m, G6 {
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L: 你刚才说什么？ Don't be什么？% k! e2 B) U6 n) l' p; E; k( L
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M: I said don't be a wimp. A wimp is a weak person, a coward, or someone who can't take pain. If you don't talk to your boss, then you are a wimp!1 r( U2 ]- y+ `
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L: 噢，wimp就是软弱的人，胆小鬼，或者是怕痛的人。所以，你说要是我不和系主任谈，我就是胆小鬼。 哎，你这么说我太不公平了。 你才是a wimp。上星期你去捐血，针还没有碰到你， 你就哇哇大 叫，你不是wimp是什么？" w6 M! F( a2 a- I( I$ I
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M: I was not! You were a wimp when you crashed your bicycle. You cried because you hurt your arm!( X8 Y3 Y* K( \ e- p/ A8 y& D q' l
' Y3 h+ |/ o, ` g+ T$ ML: 我那次骑自行车摔倒，受伤可严重了。不管怎么样，女孩子哭并不意味着她是一个软弱的人。8 V6 W" Y% H3 N5 }
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M: But you are a wimp! Remember yesterday, you couldn't open a bag of potato chips, because you're so weak! ' L1 n% u! r, O5 J2 l& N 9 q" h% L3 ~* E; ]L: 我昨天打不开一包土豆片，我没有力气，这也算是wimp？ 我才不是呐！有一次，我们从学校走回你的家，一共三公里， 你至少在当中休息了两次。这才是软弱的表现呢！8 j2 h- S, h, Z
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M: All right, all right, stop goofing around. You need to go talk to your boss. If you don't go in there, you'll be a wimp with no money.0 z% a1 O) H7 Q- z
# `# t7 T* @3 b7 UL: 对，我要不进去谈就加不了工资，人家肯定会说我没有骨气。看来，我别无选择，我就得进去要求系主任给我们加工资。 3 L) R& |# Y( @) c0 l : Q0 ]6 O P4 e& L, M5 h(李华和系主任谈完话以后)' f, y0 [/ I6 }) t. o9 z# N X
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M: Well, Li Hua, how did it go?7 J" a. C& Q: L4 V1 _
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L: 一点问题都没有。系主任同意我们应该增加工资。她说她会去争 取足够的资金给我们提高工资到每小时十二点五美元。6 k" J- R* K% x" ~
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M: Wow! That's not bad Li Hua. It took a lot of guts to go in there like that. 3 T1 f+ `+ }8 R8 T, U8 }" r' ]4 X/ q- W: x
L: Guts? 进去谈要许多什么？你说我什么嘛？你可别说我坏话。。。 4 f! ~" T1 b$ G0 @) M! J. ?0 W! B* Z 3 d1 t/ m3 Y! A& a3 KM: No, no, when I say it took a lot of guts, I mean you had to be brave to do that!2 e( n/ x# T% _3 X; Y2 @. c
" D7 z! B" t+ kL: 噢，guts就是勇气。Guts 不就是动物的内脏吗？是这个字吗？0 ?6 I" ?8 n; n& m
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M: That's right! You can say someone has a lot of guts. That means he is brave./ W: [! R6 `5 D, u
9 y+ C3 V! L4 _% rL: 嗯， a lot of guts就是有勇气。你刚才说it took a lot of guts to go in there。所以，it takes guts to do something就是要做某件事一定要 有勇气。* L4 D1 V) ]1 e
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M: That's right. For instance: It took a lot of guts for you to come to the U.S. by yourself. ! A5 y; `' X4 l" F: ] 0 ?2 K* z0 s6 |& fL: 对，我一个人独自到美国来是要有勇气才行的。你上回在我朋友 家唱卡拉OK，这也是要有勇气的呀！ ) @. N# F; N: f2 y7 `9 h 3 k }0 {/ F p* \% U* p7 ]M: You are right. Americans usually don't like to sing in public if they can't sing very well. % t2 g& Y. a5 K. [' U 0 g; K& ^" K) QL: 好多中国人也不喜欢在大庭广众唱歌呀。这确实是要有勇气的。你那 天是因为喝了酒才敢唱。否则，你就是个wimp! + E" j4 \& {: c: p; P2 G% k # l; u7 q5 g2 G/ J6 } eM: So are you! You only had enough guts today because I was here to support you. Usually you are a wimp!) T5 g4 F' c" N: N6 D ?
+ I* q: I5 e% f0 x( F: ^! B, XL: 对，你陪我一起来给我壮胆，所以我才有勇气找系主任谈话。不 过呢，我至少没有在走回家的路上喘不过气来。 You are a wimp! 0 f/ c2 A0 a0 I% \ w $ w7 B6 v& N# R: hM: I guess we both are! 2 J9 v5 a/ {' C0 u2 J; Q+ E6 Z' _/ `
今天Michael教李华学会用两个常用语，一个是：wimp，意思是软弱，没骨气；另一个是：guts，这是指有勇气。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里，我们下次节目再见。 4 Q7 k$ z0 N) y+ y3 S$ IAudio as following:& e7 p0 R e1 N4 ]! ^) |3 R# D* D5 P
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