美國之音之流行美語dude / chick

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Popular American - #92

流行美語-第九十二課

dude

chick

今天Larry和Li Hua在一個朋友家的花園里參加party。Li Hua會學到兩個常用語：dude和chick。

LH:  Hey Larry!  參加party的人都挺高興的，可是Jack剛才在那邊兒好像和人吵架，什么事呀？

LL:  Oh, Jack and some other dude were having a really intense argument.  We were afraid they might get into a fight, so we had to separate them.

LH:  就是啊，他們吵得挺兇的，好像要動手打起來似的！可是，Larry, 你管另外那個人叫什么？ Dude? 那是什么意思?。?/p>

LL:   Dude is another word for guy, or man.  I just said Jack and "some other dude" were arguing. 

LH:  Oh,  dude 是指男人，我還以為是那個人的名字呢！你剛才是說“Jack和那個人爭論得非常激烈”。哎，Larry，那你叫別人dude有沒有什么不好的意思嗎？

LL:  What?  No, of course not.  Dude just means guy.  However, it is very informal, so you'd sound silly if you called someone important a "dude", or used it in a formal situation. 

LH:   噢，dude這個稱呼沒有貶意，只是一般用在很隨便的場合。哎喲，幸虧你告訴我，要是在正式的場合我把某位大人物稱為dude, 那可不就出洋相了嗎！

LL:  And usually, only younger people use the word "dude", and it usually refers to fairly young men.

LH:  噢，dude 一般是年輕人用的詞，而且dude也是指年輕人。 對了，我想起來了，有一次我在商店里就聽到兩個年輕人用dude這個詞。我那時還不懂dude是什么意思。 哎，dude不就相當于中文里說的“那個家伙”嗎？

LL:  That's right!  See that dude over there? That's my pal Frank.  I'll ask him for a beer. Dude, toss me one of those beers. Thanks!

LH:  哎喲，你真好意思，自己不去拿啤酒，讓你那個dude扔過來，幸虧你接得準！

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LH:  Oh no, Larry我看見我的同屋朝這邊走過來了。要是她看見我，她又要纏著我沒完沒了了。

LL:  What?  That tall girl with glasses?  Is that the chick you're always telling me about?

LH:  對，就是那個戴眼鏡的高個兒女孩。你叫她什么？ Chick?  Larry, 我雖然不喜歡那個女孩，可是我也不想用難聽的詞來罵她噢！

LL:  Huh!?  I didn't say any bad words.  I said "that chick".  Chick means "young woman".  It's not a bad word, although some people find it a little offensive.

LH:  噢，原來chick這個詞是指“年輕女孩兒”呀！哎喲，這要是直接翻譯成中文，可不是什么好詞兒。你說在英文里，chick不是罵人的話，可是你又說有的人聽了會不大高興，這是怎么回事?。?/p>

LL:  Well, some women find it demeaning - I guess they think that baby chickens are cute but sort of brainless.  You can use this word around your friends, but not in formal situations or with strangers.

LH:  噢，我懂了 - chick這個詞本意是“小雞”，小雞雖然可愛，可是好像沒有腦子，傻傻的，所以有的女孩就不愿意別人叫她chick。這么說，可以在熟朋友之間用chick這個詞，不過，不要在正式場合，或者叫一個陌生人chick。哎，Larry, 我們還是趕快走吧，我可不想讓我的同屋纏著我不放。

LL:  Hey, there she goes.  You're in luck, Li Hua.  Your roommate's gone... she just left with two other chicks and that dude who was arguing with Jack.

LH:  她和另外兩個女孩兒一起走啦，還有那個跟Jack吵架的dude！哇，真是謝天謝地。這下我們可以痛痛快快地玩了！

今天李華從Larry那兒學到兩個常用語。一個是dude, 是口語里男孩之間的稱呼，就相當于中文里所說的“家伙”。另外一個是chick, 在口語里指年輕女孩兒。