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第一部 第十五課: what's up , no brainer
- 你們千萬不要以為這兩個在紐約的大學生老是到外面去玩兒.其實他們學習都很努力,現在他們就要在李華的宿舍裡一起唸書,準備考試.李華今天會學到兩個常用語,一個是: what's up,這是一個用來打招呼的通俗說法.另一個是: no brainer,意思是某件事很容易,不用動腦子就能做成。
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- 嗨, Michael,快進來。
- Hey, Li Hua, what's up?
- 啊?什麼呀?
- What's up? What are you doing?
- What's up?我倒是聽人這麼說過,可是我還沒弄清楚這句話到底是什麼意思,我應該怎麼回答啊?
- What's up is really a common greeting.
- 哦~, what's up 就是一般的打招呼,不是指我的頭上是什麼啊?
- No. It's like saying, "What is happening in your life?"
- 哦~,我知道了, what's up 就是像我們中文裡說的「怎麼樣啊」,疑? Michael 啊,這個 what's up 是怎麼拼的呢?
- What's, is spelled w-h-a-t-'-s, Up, u-p, Well, it's really only spoken language.
- 那~,要是我去看一個我已經有兩個月沒見的朋友,我在見到她的時候我可以說 What's up,對不對?
- Yes, definitely!
- 那~,別人對我說 what's up?那我又該怎麼回答呢?
- You can explain what's going on in your life, or you could say something as simple as: Not much.
- 嗯,那要是你問我, What's up? 我就可以說: Oh, not much, just getting ready for our test. 意思就是說「哦,沒什麼,就是在準備我們的考試」。
- That's good usage. You can really say anything.
- 對喔,你怎麼回答都行.哎,好吧,我們該學習了囉。
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- 啊!我真是希望這次考試趕快過去。
- Ah, You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer.
- 啊?你說我壓力太大,沒有腦子?你知道我腦子很靈的哦!
- 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.
- 好,你承認我比你聰明.不過,我還是得跟你學學英文.你說, no brainer 就是某件事很容易,不需要動腦子就行呀?
- Yeah. Brainer is spelled b-r-a-i-n-e-r, no brainer.
- 我知道了.像我哥哥那天去買車,運氣好,碰到一個公司啊要半價出售.在這種情況下決定買還是不買,不就是 no brainer 嗎?
- That's right.
- 哎,還有啊,那個漂亮女孩兒邀你出去玩,你接受不接受邀請不也是很容易決定的嘛?
- Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.
- 對啊,決定是容易做,不過你到頭來還是不喜歡她喔。
- 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.
- 當然啦,大學要給我獎學金來紐約唸書,做這種決定還要動腦筋嗎?更何況我的學習成績那麼好呢!
- So then why are you bothering to study?
- 啊?你問我為什麼還唸書呀?再聰明的人也得唸書嘛!
- Oh, ok, let's get back to work.
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- 李華今天學到了兩個常用語,一個是: what's up? 這是一個用來「打招呼的通俗說法」;另一個是: no brainer,意思是「某件事很容易,不用動腦子就能做成」。