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流行美语教程 Lesson 15 - what's up & no brainer

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你们大家可能都已经认识了Michael和李华这两个大学生了。Michael讲英文,李华是个中国学生,能讲英文,但是她还在不断地跟Michael学。大家可千万不要认为这两个在纽约的大学生老是到外面去玩。其实他们学习都很努力,现在他们就要在李华的宿舍里一起念书,准备考试。李华今天会学到两个常用语,一个是:what's up,这是一个用来打招呼的通俗说法。 另一个是: no brainer,意思是某件事很容易, 不用动脑子就能做成。2 `# ]" B' R2 U/ g1 w7 J
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L: 嗨,Michael,快进来。% H/ e* x3 R- a* H. b+ Z! v* `
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M: Hey, Li Hua, what's up?  }0 T8 k7 ]2 l/ H
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L: 什么?/ U+ ]/ Q+ C; X- t8 z
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M: What's up? What are you doing?
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L: What's up? 我倒是听人这么说过,可是我还没有弄清楚这句话到 底是什么意思,我应该怎么回答?
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M: What's up is really a common greeting." H+ _5 O# Q  c) Q+ }& @
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L: 噢,what's up就是一般打招呼,不是指我的头上是什么呐?
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M: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?"
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' p& Q1 T9 u8 N' P: L2 \* IL: 我知道了,what's up就是中文里我们说的:怎么样?
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$ ]& Y* `) Q, @: PM: Well, it's really only spoken language., }, h7 @5 T* ^; A& f. L; [
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L: 要是我去看一个我已经有两个月没见的朋友,我在见到她的时 候我可以说What's up,对吗?0 q; D0 c' H- Z; D$ w( l

" n1 ?. B/ }0 ~0 l- M. AM: Yes, definitely!
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- v( e7 r: f+ n+ B2 d1 nL: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢?3 Y& G' D. T) b* Z( P4 B( n

0 \7 F3 Y% F: Q  z8 \M: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.
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* i* n9 z+ _, o" O- k+ rL: 要是你问我,What's up? 我就可以说: Oh, not much, just getting ready for our test. 意思就是:噢,没什么,就是在准备我们的考 试。
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8 @9 v. O4 y9 iM: That's good usage. You can really say anything.6 {. i* ^/ q* k3 b( C: Z. K6 @# q; k
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L: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。  n& ]2 `' Q2 \8 ^% }1 r
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我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。
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$ Q' x3 r; r* A- W9 H+ q+ x: d9 C8 iM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer., |% ]& V9 r$ {0 N

) P8 u8 Z9 i! H, h+ k- L% ^L: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀!
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M: Smarter than me, that's for sure. What I mean is that this test will be really easy. No brainer means something that reqires little or no thought.
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L: 好,你承认我比你聪明。不过,我还得跟你学英文。你说,no brainer就是某件事很容易,不需要动脑子就行呀?
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L: 我知道了。象我哥哥那天去买车,运气好,碰到一个公司半价出 售。 在这种情况下决定买不买,不就是no brainer吗?3 q$ I. X1 Y' z! y

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* E& D) y8 V4 U1 x9 E0 kL: 那次那个漂亮女孩邀你出去玩,你接受不接受邀请不也是很容易 定的吗?  Y4 T! y) \# T3 ~9 H
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M: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.
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  s4 _1 i8 ]- C3 O7 SL: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。) a9 G6 }" Z5 o

9 X' z! M: E, X1 NM: That's true. When the University gave you a scholarship to come study here in New York, it was a no brainer for you too.0 J9 m7 |/ R& {( `' ~- ^. a$ G

! b% ^' c) U. ~0 Q* J$ Z9 cL: 当然啦,大学给我奖学金来纽约念书,作这种决定还要动脑筋 啊?更何况我学习成绩那么好。' q; O/ T* \* [; z6 ^6 Q% u

* U  O- y+ \6 p5 A, M2 e% U8 _- E' ]6 MM: So then why are you bothering to study?
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+ I8 k) b# x6 r; W& N5 a4 _# b6 ^+ lL: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!
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M: On, ok, let's get back to work.
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