美國之音之流行美語out of it / gung ho

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Michael和李華正坐在教室里聊天，等著上課。今天李華會學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：out of it和gung ho。
 
L:   嘿，Michael, 你今天看起來好象不太舒服...你是不是病了？

M:  I'm O.K. I just have a small cold.  I took some strong cold medicine, so I am a little out of it today.

L:   噢，你有點(diǎn)感冒，但是吃了幾顆比較厲害的藥。你說你out of it? 你是說你藥沒啦？

M:   No, I said "I am out of it"   "Out of it" mean's that I am half-awake, not alert, or something like that.

L:   噢，原來是你吃的感冒藥讓你感到昏昏沉沉，暈呼呼的。這就是為什么我不喜歡吃那種感冒藥。
 
M:   Yeah, I know what you mean.  But I had such a terrible headache, I had to take something.  I just hope I'm not too out of it to pay attention in class.

L:  頭痛太厲害倒也是得吃點(diǎn)藥。可是，今天上課的內(nèi)容對考試很重要。你要是昏沉沉的話，可能會漏掉重要的內(nèi)容噢。

M:  Well, you'll let me look at your notes, right?  Anyway, I'm not so out of it that I can't pay attention at all.  (yawns while speaking) I'm just a little sleepy, that's all...

L:   你當(dāng)然可以看我的筆記。不過，要是你只是有點(diǎn)困，不太厲害的話，你還是可以注意聽講的。其實(shí)，Michael, 只要喝一杯熱熱濃濃的咖啡你馬上就會清醒的。

M:  (yawns) Hmm... That's a good idea, Li Hua.  I was so out of it this morning that I forgot to make coffee.

L:   你早上連咖啡也忘了做？你真是夠迷糊的了。我要是早上沒喝咖啡的話，根本就醒不過來。

M:   You mean if you don't have coffee, you'll be out of it for the whole morning?  Wow, Li Hua, you're starting to become more and more American.

L:   我要沒有咖啡，真是一個(gè)早上都沒精神。對，都是你們美國人傳染給我的好習(xí)慣?？熳甙?，我們還有二十分鐘，而且上課前得讓你喝點(diǎn)咖啡才行吶。

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L:   嗨，Michael,  我聽說有的學(xué)生這個(gè)周末要去參加反戰(zhàn)抗議活動，你去嗎？

M:   I'm not sure.  I'm not very gung ho about this anti-war protest.

L:   你對這個(gè)抗議活動不太gung ho,  這是什么意思??？

M:   I said "I'm not very gung ho about this protests". Gung ho means to be very aggressive, enthusiastic or zealous about something. Believe it or not, Li Hua, it's from Chinese. 

L:   Gung ho這個(gè)說法是來自中文？意思是非常熱情，很有闖勁。我怎么從沒聽說過？

M:   You don't know that? Some say that in World War two, a U.S. marine commander taught a special marine unit the Chinese battle cry "gung ho".

L:   那是二戰(zhàn)時(shí)一個(gè)美國海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)的司令教他的士兵用的中國戰(zhàn)斗口號？你真是越說越懸乎了。不過，你為什么對反戰(zhàn)活動不積極呢？你不是討厭這場戰(zhàn)爭嗎？

M:   I am not gung ho about this protests because I don't like the organizers, I think they are too radical.

L:   你是不喜歡組織這次抗議活動的人，你認(rèn)為他們太激進(jìn)了。

M:   Are you going to the protest?  You have been very gung ho about protesting the war.

L:  是啊，我反對戰(zhàn)爭，這方面的活動我都積極參加。可是這個(gè)周末我得寫論文。I am very gung ho about working on my thesis.

M:   Good for you!  I wish I was as gung ho about my studies as you are.  But right now, I am so out of it I don't have energy to do anything.
 
L: 說了那么多話，你還覺得困，那你趕快喝這杯咖啡啦!

李華今天學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語，一個(gè)是：out of it, 意思是“昏昏沉沉，有點(diǎn)暈乎”。另一個(gè)是：gung ho, 意思是“積極熱情”。