! q1 {* F6 R" M NM: Hey, Li Hua, what's up?# h; w7 {( j) [2 A, M
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M: What's up? What are you doing? 2 o, u, B0 D; t& c6 G3 f3 }/ h 5 V* Y1 P; B/ bL: 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?/ x6 b6 @7 c% A* _0 p* A2 m. {
^+ n, e' V( H; WM: What's up is really a common greeting.5 p/ A0 P$ v2 I, J; L }" z. `$ F
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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?2 e( \. x+ V* |
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M: No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?"4 z) z3 i" h( ]
; `5 t# H: q5 T( V4 ~$ KL: 我知道了,what's up就是中文里我们说的:怎么样? 8 i) f: E4 C/ u& {! F# V9 e $ t; S4 s+ D5 H; ZM: Well, it's really only spoken language. - o) m) `- x+ C( u7 A' q6 y! J & P# T1 k" L; U% vL: 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? $ _# P# M$ @ l' X0 v8 s1 n8 |% G2 ]. m N3 ^3 t
M: Yes, definitely!8 _6 w- R. u& j! x$ x
$ f2 m5 ^& R& @1 p" Y: | LL: 那别人对我说what's up?, 我又该怎么回答呢?+ A( f n; m1 I. E$ Z% [
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M: You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.4 @, C. C7 E, i* O& o
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L: 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。7 Y( ^0 d; l/ t' l% m, u& y1 t+ ]( ~
: p# U4 {! B3 I3 rM: That's good usage. You can really say anything. 3 T6 }, J/ p. c* ]* z 5 K6 l/ d9 D9 y2 n. w& z% V* o1 ~L: 对,你怎么回答都行。 好吧,我们该学习了。; `9 o5 ]4 s% i
( n% Y9 \1 Q6 C我真是希望这次考试赶快过去。 : P) u3 }1 @3 n S ) J4 s/ X$ z0 z2 k* rM: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer. - k* w' L) {2 r+ I) y" \% Q+ }+ B1 j% \/ z5 u
L: 你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀! 3 L2 T# i. @5 s1 @% {8 ~$ x' B : R! G @: s/ ?2 K/ ^- lM: 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.6 \7 ?/ n# O# u4 y' v; i, F
# N% o) x; x9 q9 |. C% oL: 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?0 V A' B6 [0 B& @! H0 E
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M: Yeah. ; e" |4 K+ U2 A- j/ {5 o- l9 x* G ; Q- W0 V) z& q/ LL: 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?2 B+ i3 E1 s6 C) k2 d
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M: That's right., h' x8 o: i: K4 D$ W4 F. x
* g& K6 M2 I* R3 J+ F6 pL: 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? / D& b9 e/ Q1 s& D0 A* F6 V 1 D% U& ?, G7 Z9 OM: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her. 8 e8 F9 y+ O: l( X$ f5 Z% _. r5 ]! {* c' g* x
L: 对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。2 a+ |. @, ~8 ]" f$ s$ h
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M: 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. 2 X [) V: O2 E1 v; ^% ? / h. Y/ i I) u% y0 F ZL: 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。4 p/ R2 Y$ d" s5 W
, G" q( v7 K9 }5 L/ UM: So then why are you bothering to study? * M7 X0 l* b2 R+ s5 i& F ' g! P( t" _) \L: 这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!) m4 }+ F! E6 m. i/ g4 t5 D
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$ N U; g0 C1 c- ~李华今天学到了两个常用语,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。 / E- l. G- P9 u+ k1 ~ % B% {: N- u4 a$ x @1 Z- @# xAudio as following: : ^+ G' b, |1 y$ c. y) b