李华是一个中国学生，她在纽约上大学，还在大学的中文系当助教。今天她要去和系主任谈话，要求增加助教的工资。李华的美国同学Michael陪她一起去。李华会学到两个常用语：wimp和guts。! i+ Q3 ^# ^0 M( `3 ]6 p
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L: Michael，我很紧张。我不敢去和系主任谈话。。。 我看就算了吧， 我不要去要求加工资了。 . d2 [/ @0 r. U6 y n: n! [* } b; c1 l L" M) t9 s0 @! N
M: What? Don't be such a wimp, Li Hua! You have to talk to her, if you want to get a raise. 8 L8 i! \5 }, }6 i( L* G 8 [3 p# ?4 ?7 oL: 你刚才说什么？ Don't be什么？/ u7 i0 G! O, H
% e* g' O; b% o/ M |! z. QM: I said don't be a wimp. A wimp is a weak person, a coward, or someone who can't take pain. If you don't talk to your boss, then you are a wimp!' [9 t+ B2 P% k1 k! h' O9 P+ H
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L: 噢，wimp就是软弱的人，胆小鬼，或者是怕痛的人。所以，你说要是我不和系主任谈，我就是胆小鬼。 哎，你这么说我太不公平了。 你才是a wimp。上星期你去捐血，针还没有碰到你， 你就哇哇大 叫，你不是wimp是什么？; Y' F P) H: r! @
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M: I was not! You were a wimp when you crashed your bicycle. You cried because you hurt your arm!4 h6 ~, w" _/ Y9 ]
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L: 我那次骑自行车摔倒，受伤可严重了。不管怎么样，女孩子哭并不意味着她是一个软弱的人。5 o4 E p) y# d3 R' e. M
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M: But you are a wimp! Remember yesterday, you couldn't open a bag of potato chips, because you're so weak!* D$ I/ x$ W$ x% k, D* L; k
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L: 我昨天打不开一包土豆片，我没有力气，这也算是wimp？ 我才不是呐！有一次，我们从学校走回你的家，一共三公里， 你至少在当中休息了两次。这才是软弱的表现呢！ ' {5 E9 z# g- L( U+ g: h 7 ?1 p. A W9 Q4 W3 b; ^% F1 n7 {6 k; IM: All right, all right, stop goofing around. You need to go talk to your boss. If you don't go in there, you'll be a wimp with no money.; x- S5 O @) w
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M: Well, Li Hua, how did it go?" m+ t- r: W5 @+ y; b
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L: 一点问题都没有。系主任同意我们应该增加工资。她说她会去争 取足够的资金给我们提高工资到每小时十二点五美元。, t8 }5 U2 o$ W% B* F/ U6 M
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M: Wow! That's not bad Li Hua. It took a lot of guts to go in there like that. % c- S f- P1 O% ^# U! b + v" \1 a; x y# Z }L: Guts? 进去谈要许多什么？你说我什么嘛？你可别说我坏话。。。+ H4 v2 o+ U# l7 Y- }) ~6 H
" U: x& ]$ A6 G1 s) C. EM: No, no, when I say it took a lot of guts, I mean you had to be brave to do that!1 m9 {8 N2 Z: Y
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L: 噢，guts就是勇气。Guts 不就是动物的内脏吗？是这个字吗？ 4 f& x! }' @$ Y3 E* e' l! \. l z' V- X) G# i2 t5 QM: That's right! You can say someone has a lot of guts. That means he is brave. 3 l7 o6 u: Z7 F" d+ I. C$ p) v , C, e8 ^; }4 ]( I* e! x: g9 k6 nL: 嗯， a lot of guts就是有勇气。你刚才说it took a lot of guts to go in there。所以，it takes guts to do something就是要做某件事一定要 有勇气。: `( p- S* h4 ]0 z5 a( _6 d
1 l9 u/ B, u7 AM: That's right. For instance: It took a lot of guts for you to come to the U.S. by yourself.! _+ J! M) e; ^. V
+ g5 S, g! d3 o* `L: 对，我一个人独自到美国来是要有勇气才行的。你上回在我朋友 家唱卡拉OK，这也是要有勇气的呀！ - i5 x; u4 ]4 r& U ) e h4 L* `. k) ~ CM: You are right. Americans usually don't like to sing in public if they can't sing very well.: O' a% g- e! k9 H
4 L* o# F' x e2 P3 NL: 好多中国人也不喜欢在大庭广众唱歌呀。这确实是要有勇气的。你那 天是因为喝了酒才敢唱。否则，你就是个wimp!! i# v( ^8 l1 G x+ A3 T: o8 u
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M: So are you! You only had enough guts today because I was here to support you. Usually you are a wimp! 7 y3 M; F8 a# t1 j; p' @ 3 c1 f' j$ v% B% kL: 对，你陪我一起来给我壮胆，所以我才有勇气找系主任谈话。不 过呢，我至少没有在走回家的路上喘不过气来。 You are a wimp! q$ \4 y* V) k' Z# [: I: Q
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M: I guess we both are!& a: [! u, z2 A. S5 t# b. k7 f9 V! u
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今天Michael教李华学会用两个常用语，一个是：wimp，意思是软弱，没骨气；另一个是：guts，这是指有勇气。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里，我们下次节目再见。/ L' l# ?2 w7 K" }! K
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