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第十七部 第八课: bells and whistles , savvy
- 李华刚买了一台笔记本电脑。她今天要学两个常用语，bells and whistles 和 savvy。
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- So, you got a new laptop computer, Li Hua? Wow! It has all the bells and whistles, doesn't it?
- Bells and whistles？我怎麼没看见这台电脑上有什麼铃鐺和哨子啊。
- Oh, What I meant was that your lap top has a lot of special features and extras that ordinary lap tops don't have.
- 噢，我知道了，你刚才说的bells and whistles是指电脑上的DVD播放器和超宽屏幕等额外的功能。
- Yeah, that is right. Manufacturers like to put lots of bells and whistles on lap tops to entice people to buy them.
- 没错，我就是衝着这些bells and whistles才买这台电脑的。你看，上面还有无线调製解调器和一个超大储存量的硬盘呢！
- When I bought a lap top computer last year, Li Hua, I did NOT get one with all the bells and whistles, and now I kind of regret it.
- 是啊，这些bells and whistles确实要多花点儿钱，可我觉得还是值得的。
- I suppose I can always add some bells and whistles to my basic lap top. I would like to have a bigger hard drive.
- 我听说加个硬盘并不难，我觉得你真的可以在你的电脑上加点儿bells and whistles.
- Although sometimes it is possible to have too many bells and whistles!
- Bells and whistles还会嫌太多吗？
- Well, I was thinking of the cell phone I bought recently. It definitely came with all the bells and whistles. So many bells and whistles, in fact, I don't even know everything it does!
- 你是说手机啊。我也有同感。现在的手机功能越来越多，很多我都用不着，也不知道该怎麼用。
- But some people really like to have all the bells and whistles. Like my Dad. The last time he went shopping for a new car, it had to have all the bells and whistles.
- 车上能有些什麼bells and whistles？
- He wanted a car with leather seats that heated themselves and had a built in global positioning system.
- 能加热的皮座椅，全球定位系统，看来车上也能有不少的bells and whistles.
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- Larry, 你能帮我把这些软件装到电脑上吗？
- I am happy to help you load your software on your new lap top, Li Hua. You know I'm tech savvy.
- Tech Savvy? 我知道tech是technology科技的意思，那savvy呢？
- Savvy means to understand something very well.
- 所以你说自己tech savvy, 就是说你对电脑和高科技的东西很在行嘍？
- That's right. I've always been interested in computers, and as a result I am fairly tech savvy.
- 那太好了。我可一点儿也不tech savvy. 我就知道怎麼用电脑写论文，发电子邮件，除此之外就一窍不通了。Larry, 除了高科技以外，还有什麼东西可以说savvy吗？
- Oh, sure, Li Hua. We often say that some one who dresses well and has good fashion sense is fashion savvy.
- 噢，fashion savvy就是很跟得上服装的潮流。那我可以说fashion savvy吧。
- Oh, you definitely have fashion savvy, Li Hua. You always dress very stylishly.
- 这肯定是我祖母的遗传。我看过她的照片，穿得可漂亮了。She definitely had fashion savvy.
- A person can also have street savvy.
- Street savvy? 你是说会认路吗？或者是有方向感？
- No, no. A person with street savvy knows how people act in the city and how to be safe in parts of the city that might be a little rough.
- 噢，street savvy是说街头的生存能力，特别是能在那些比较乱的街区不惹麻烦。看来，tech savvy和street savvy我都学不来，有fashion savvy就行了。
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 bells and whistles, 意思是附加的功能或是点缀品。另一个是 savvy, 是指在什麼方面很在行。
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