美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)couch potato / nuts

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Michael是個(gè)美國(guó)學(xué)生，在紐約上大學(xué)。他的一個(gè)要好同學(xué)是從中國(guó)大陸來(lái)的李華。今天Michael剛好在校園里碰到李華。李華會(huì)在談話(huà)中學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：couch potato和nuts。

L：嗨，Michael, 你上哪兒去呀？

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上你給我介紹的那個(gè)帶眼鏡的人？

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

L：他是什么？ Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他愛(ài)吃土豆？

M：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，原來(lái)coach potato是指一個(gè)人老坐在電視機(jī)前吃零食。這個(gè)常用語(yǔ)挺有趣。那couch potato是不是只能指人呀？

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

L：噢，只能指人，指那些懶懶散散，沒(méi)有動(dòng)力的人。好，下回我就叫我哥哥couch potato。他老是看電視，一看就看到三更半夜，吃的東西撒在地毯上，沙發(fā)上，到處都是。

M：My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.

L：?jiǎn)?，你爸爸也是這樣呀！要我是你媽?zhuān)乙矔?huì)生氣的。

M：But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.

L：一個(gè)星期在學(xué)校念書(shū)實(shí)在很累了，回家當(dāng)一回couch potato， 我想這還是可以的，只要不是每天這樣就行了。

M： Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.

L：你們要打網(wǎng)球呀，那太好了，我正在學(xué)打網(wǎng)球吶。

M：That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.

L：有的人認(rèn)為你是什么？ Nuts？Nuts不是花生，杏仁那樣的果仁嗎？你跟Jon交朋友跟吃花生有什么關(guān)系呀？

M：No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.

L：原來(lái)nuts在這里是說(shuō)一個(gè)人做的事很怪。大概就象中文里說(shuō)的：你瘋啦！對(duì)嗎？

M：That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.

L：他看起來(lái)不象會(huì)對(duì)別人無(wú)禮，愛(ài)跟人爭(zhēng)論的人哪！你剛才說(shuō)drives me nuts 是什么意思啊？

M：Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.

L：噢，還可以說(shuō)drive me nuts，或者是drive someone nuts。嗨，Michael，那天我上移民局去辦手續(xù)，排隊(duì)好長(zhǎng)，我站了一小時(shí)，我真是火死了。我能說(shuō)：They drove me nuts 嗎？

M：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.

L：你念中學(xué)的時(shí)候你媽媽每天晚上要你打掃房間？那是有點(diǎn)受不了。嗨，Michael，你認(rèn)識(shí)我的朋友張紅嗎？

M：Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent $200 for a dress, and it's ugly.

L：對(duì)，張紅這個(gè)人是有點(diǎn)問(wèn)題，化兩百美元買(mǎi)件難看的衣服。不過(guò)，Michael，你總是批評(píng)別人買(mǎi)的東西。 You sometimes drive me nuts too.

M：Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.

今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，一個(gè)是：couch potato，指那些常坐著看電視，吃零食的人；另一個(gè)是：nuts，就是說(shuō)一個(gè)人不正常，做的事很怪。今天的[流行美語(yǔ)]就到此結(jié)束， 再見(jiàn)。