美國之音之流行美語clunker / Don't sweat it!

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Popular American - #103

流行美語-第一百零三課

clunker

Don't sweat it!

今天Li Hua的電腦壞了， 她正在用Larry 的電腦寫學術(shù)報告。Li Hua會學到兩個常用語：clunker和 Don't sweat it!

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LH:    Larry, 謝謝你讓我用你的電腦。我的電腦最近老出毛病，真氣人！

LL:    Heheh, don't mention it. You know, you ought to get a new computer to replace that old clunker of yours.

LH:    你說我應該買一臺新電腦來取代什么？Clunker?  我在說我的電腦啊，怎么是"clunker"呢？

LL:    No, no... when I said it is a "clunker" - I meant that it's an old, worn-out machine.

LH:   噢，原來clunker是指“又老又舊的機器”，用這個詞來形容我那臺電腦再合適不過了。那Larry,  "clunker" 這個詞只能夠用來形容電腦嗎？
 
LL: Not at all... a clunker can be any kind of worn-out machine that doesn't work very well.  "Clunk" is the sound that an old car's engine makes... like this (makes clunking noise)

LH: Larry, 你學得倒挺象的嘛！Clunk這個詞真的聽上去就像一輛破車的引擎發(fā)出來的聲音。你知道嗎？ 我那輛舊車就是這種聲音。Larry, 你說clunker可以用來指任何舊的、不中用的機器，是不是??？

LL: Right! Heheh, Li Hua, no offense, but your car is a real clunker, too. 

LH: 我才不介意呢，你是在說我的車，又不是說我。我那車本來就是又老又破。

LL:   Well, some people in America are sensitive about their cars.  People might feel a little ashamed if someone says the car they drive is a clunker.

LH: 是呀， 不少美國人對他們開的車很敏感的，要是有人說他們開的車太舊了，他們會覺得不好意思。不過，Larry, 我的車只要能把我?guī)У轿蚁肴サ牡胤骄托辛?。等我畢業(yè)后找了份好工作，我再賣掉這個clunker, 換輛好車嘍!

LL: Yeah, me too.  I can't wait to replace my old clunker car, clunker bicycle, and this clunker computer. 

LH: 哎喲，你可真著急 - 不僅想要換新車，連自行車、電腦你也想換新的呀！可是，跟我的電腦相比，你的電腦算不上是clunker - 你看，至少我還能用它寫文章吶！

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LH:    Oh no! 真對不起，Larry, 我不小心把你的鼠標器掉到地上了，可千萬別摔壞了。

LL: Oh well.  Don't sweat it,  Li Hua,  it was an old mouse.  I needed to replace it anyway.

LH: 噢，你連這個鼠標器也想換新的啊！等等，你還說Don't sweat it，你是讓我別出汗?

LL: I'm not talking about sweat!  When I say "don't sweat it", that mean's "don't worry about it".

LH: 噢，Don't sweat it意思就是“別擔心”。你是說即使我把你的鼠標器給摔壞了也沒什么大不了的。Larry, 好像真的給摔壞了，那可怎么辦啊!

LL: Don't sweat it, Li Hua.  The computer store is just a five-minute drive from here.  We can go and get a new mouse.

LH: 噢，謝天謝地！我還真忘了你這兒附近就有個電腦商店嘛！Larry, 是我弄壞的，我要賠你，但愿不是太貴。

LL: Expensive?  Nah, don't sweat it.  A cheap mouse like this only costs around ten dollars.  Anyway, I'll pay for it... like I said, I needed  a new one anyway.

LH: 像這樣的鼠標器大約才10美元一個啊。真是便宜。不過，是我弄壞的，還是我來買吧！那咱們趕緊走吧，我還得趕回來趕報告呢！

LL: Don't sweat it, it's only four thirty.  You have plenty of time.

LH: 雖然才四點半，可我還是得抓緊時間吶！Larry, 你等我一下，我把寫好的部分存在這張disk上。我可不想我辛辛苦苦寫好的東西被你那old clunker computer給搞丟了。

今天李華從Larry那兒學到了兩個常用語。一個是clunker, 意思是“由于太舊而不太好用的東西”。李華學到的另一個常用語是 - Don't sweat it,  意思是“別擔心”，“別著急”。