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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& X. j+ G( O6 K5 U' _2 w- ^0 oL：嗨，Michael, 你上哪儿去呀？
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  O$ j+ @* c2 g/ n* SM：I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?
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7 N) u6 ?' X. w1 p+ w6 S: E2 RL：嗯，是不是上次在一次party上你给我介绍的那个带眼镜的人？
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" F7 b* t( M+ F# ^/ Y( S, W, }7 [M：Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.

L：他是什么？ Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆？

; y( I. r7 ^1 Y! U. y  u$ f3 ]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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; d1 A5 M. J2 r9 s. X. JL：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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M：Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.

, M. R) M; j9 E8 F) O# g) Q3 A9 UL：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。

& g, k. K* q: E9 J, M6 bM：My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.
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% n% h3 i; [: J# G8 @/ @7 n  |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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. x) y! \( K) _) S8 z5 e) _# T; cM：But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.
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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。

' U3 s4 l9 J6 @! j/ cM： Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.

L：你们要打网球呀，那太好了，我正在学打网球呐。
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1 \3 X% \$ x' W6 g' L: aM：That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.
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6 g- }8 c1 U, h9 KL：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？

6 p( _$ _- d- ?1 s& HM：No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
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8 o7 U; h3 y/ U" W1 m) i# a, LL：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？

M：That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.
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* i, v) k: m" R1 ~! OL：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？

M：Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.
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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？

; ~6 R3 \. f3 z) A: xM：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.

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？

M：Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.
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% s" D9 ^! j# T% c- ?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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M：Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.
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# V/ J" R$ Y# i% b7 K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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