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。

L：嗨，Michael, 你上哪儿去呀？

M：I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?

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？
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M：Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.

( e3 V8 T- {8 k0 A0 `5 OL：他是什么？ Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他爱吃土豆？
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- G) B4 A: i& o* D- [# E& ~" _) GM：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.

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？
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M：Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.

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。
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% Y5 B" `; C0 ~9 W. u- [0 V. m; F* ?M：My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.
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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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! h' I1 ^5 k) W- m9 W/ t/ R. ]3 sM：But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.

+ _0 D5 F7 G" D0 S# r7 JL：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。

4 i; l! E& B: I1 h8 W) m# M$ u+ ]5 VM： 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。

1 R4 d9 s4 M9 i7 O" p! LM：That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.
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% l: M7 e4 [9 f9 p0 P4 OL：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？

' @% y( P0 c# EM：No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
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3 o1 i! e1 t" x0 U$ PL：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？

- E" V3 B. I% d9 Z( C: HM：That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.

5 F1 v; B6 U+ ]3 }- [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？
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0 J6 `& D8 Q' W7 T1 Q; kM：Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.

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？
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7 l& u5 S; q1 `2 KM：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？

M：Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent !00 for a dress, and it's ugly.
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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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4 n! X3 G, ^. Z  t$ ?M：Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.

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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