[流行美語]又和大家見面了。Michael今天和李華約好了去紐約中國城吃飯。李華剛剛到Michael的住處。他們?cè)趯?duì)話中會(huì)用到 hang out和hard headed這兩個(gè)常用語。
L:嗨,Michael, 走吧!
M:I'm coming. Hey, come on in for a minute and sit down.
L:還要叫我進(jìn)來坐會(huì)兒呀!不行,快走,我餓了,我要去吃中國飯。
M:I'm not ready yet. Just hang out for a minute.
L:嗨,你真是的,還有什么事非要現(xiàn)在干吶!你要我給你掛什么?一張畫?
M:No, no, no!! Just wait for a few minutes.
L:要我等幾分鐘,這跟掛東西有什么關(guān)系呀?
M:No, you don't understand. Hang out means to pass time while you're waiting.
L:噢,hang out是等一會(huì)兒的意思?
M:Yes, but it can also mean to spend time with your friends. For example, you and I hang out a lot.
L:跟朋友一起玩也能說是hang out,對(duì),我們是經(jīng)常在一起活動(dòng)。
M:Ok. So hang out while I go get ready.
L:還要我等呀!行,不過下次不管上那兒去,要是我讓你等一會(huì)兒,你可別感到奇怪喲。
M:Ha, ha. Ok, I 'm ready.
L:那就走吧!你喜歡中國城哪個(gè)飯館吶?
M:Let's go to Good Fortune. Do you mind if some of my other friends hang out with us?
L:好,新世界飯館挺好。你說你還有幾個(gè)朋友也要跟我們一起吃飯呀? 當(dāng)然沒關(guān)系了,我一直認(rèn)為玩的時(shí)候人多一些好。
(Michael和李華開車到了中國城)
L:Michael, 你知道該往哪兒走嗎?我想我們還是問一下路吧,你好象是迷路了。
M:I'm not lost. I think I know where we are.
L:還硬說你沒有迷路呢!Michael, 別這么頑固嘛!問一下路有怎么啦?你真是討厭。
M:Are you calling me hard headed?
L:我是說你頑固,跟你的頭硬不硬沒有關(guān)系。
M:Hard headed does mean stubbon, they have the same meaning. It's an expression people use sometimes.
L: 我說呢,我剛才還真不懂什么頭硬不硬。原來hard headed就是頑固。有人用hard headed這個(gè)說法?我怎么沒聽說過? 不過,你要是問了路我就不會(huì)說你頑固了。美國男人吶,都一樣,都很頑固。他們硬著頭皮,就是不肯問路。
M:I know where we are. We're really close to the restaurant.
L:你還不認(rèn)為你迷路,你知道離新世界飯館很近了。好吧,那我就聽你的吧。 對(duì)了,Michael, 我跟我弟弟說什么他都不聽,非常頑固,我能說是 hard headed嗎?
M:Yeah, I remember meeting him, he is certainly hard headed.
L:對(duì),你見過他。上回在公園里,他非要去跟一個(gè)不認(rèn)識(shí)的女孩搭訕,我們叫他不要去,他不聽,結(jié)果給人瞪了一眼,落個(gè)沒趣。這真可以說是hard headed吧?
M:Sure. But remember, hard headed is only an adjetive to describe people.
L:噢,hard headed 只能形容人呀?我看,用hard headed來形容你是再合適不過了。走了那么多路,飯館在哪里吶?
M:I think it's just down this block.
L:你還認(rèn)為在這條街上。Michael, 你就在這兒等等吧,我去問路。你啊,真是hard headed, 頑固不化。
今天Michael和李華在談話中用了兩個(gè)常用語,一個(gè)是:hang out, 意思是等一等,或跟朋友一起玩;另一個(gè)常用語是:hard headed,意思是:頑固,固執(zhí)。 謝謝大家和我們一起學(xué)習(xí)[流行美語],下次節(jié)目再見。