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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。
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$ b4 @2 a( i5 k5 LL:嗨,Michael, 你上哪儿去呀?; [/ ~4 ?) p) R" M: V$ \

2 k$ m! A1 N8 `6 |! `3 D6 ]4 c0 bM:I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?2 Q* _$ ^4 }# \1 V
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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?" t# ~" l( t8 r2 ~

- g4 ]/ S- n, ^& e/ dM: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?  \3 O1 b+ D  r# F4 t
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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.
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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?6 ?; X5 r6 i+ G3 ?" a+ K

0 [- J8 u. Q% R  KM:Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.
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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。$ O/ t9 V& a1 k# X% l: b5 |

+ I2 m0 t/ z- o3 r& tM:My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.2 n* ?1 N* w. D9 l2 v- h

& `/ c! d- N" g  wL:哟,你爸爸也是这样呀!要我是你妈,我也会生气的。) g' P& B. Z% q
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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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7 B! b, s' m* L' w/ C; [6 \. {L: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。) ^# F8 K8 p7 S+ Q$ \
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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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L:你们要打网球呀,那太好了,我正在学打网球呐。$ M; A) s) M! Q7 W- h7 H! G1 H
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M:That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.
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) i: P7 X3 ~" k( J1 GL: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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, k0 @( F2 b$ s9 sM:No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.2 p8 e! B! S8 d+ e
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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?
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8 v! x8 [6 Q! \0 U7 VM:That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.; R6 J; E0 U) G% N# ^% M- A# n
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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?1 F4 q8 c4 n" n4 l

4 w7 E  ^$ j5 r; m/ M1 V3 Z" DM:Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.! z+ {6 T6 d$ D1 L- c- ?4 p. K8 n% a% {/ M. _

7 E* V, f/ u. X! G: |& k% bL: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?* \2 m3 ~% ?/ Y" z
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M: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.
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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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4 q- f% U7 o0 h7 K" |M:Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly., ]. O9 J8 O  \& ?
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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.
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3 z9 z+ ?; ], u& [M:Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.
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; v0 ?8 _3 ~# a" \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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