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美国生活中的口头禅

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发表于 2006-7-25 19:32 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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美国人平时生活上所用的一些口头禅,其实字句都很简单,但是如果不加说明,往往还会让人一知半解或似懂非懂。下面所举的例子,即是常常听到的一些美语口头禅。
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' X2 o8 B- N7 o        1. I couldn't care less.
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  这句话的意思是“我不在乎”,“缺乏兴趣”(lack of interest),也就是:I don''t care at all. 或 I don''t give a hoot. 例如: . A6 P3 M7 R; s8 P

6 y$ e7 c- F1 e7 b" U8 c  人家如果问: What do you think of the budget-cut?(你对预算削减有何看法?)
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7 x, B1 ^2 y, B2 m1 I7 T  你回答: I couldn't care less.(我毫不在乎) ; F! a! X2 Z2 |8 V+ z: @* K
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  How do you like Mr. Lee's political point of view?(你喜欢李先生的政见吗?) $ b* A4 n1 h  [! U

7 z6 y' _; ]5 x5 r  I couldn't care less.(我才不在乎呢!)
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  但是有时说话者也有口是心非: 例如: # y5 T4 r" u. V, G1 i
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  I couldn't care less about the promotion or pay raise.(我不在乎升级或加薪)
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  而实际上他是根本在乎升级和加薪的,那么人家也许就会回答说: Yes, you do(care).
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  至于 I couldn't care more. 就是“我很在乎”(I care a lot.)或 I care deeply. 同理: & g, X- l/ X! H5 J2 U
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  I couldn't agree more.=I totally agree.(我完全同意)
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  I couldn't please you more.=I did my best to please you.(我尽量使你高兴) & }5 }8 Z$ {$ e3 c% w* F

! M  a. F& O# }/ m' d& X- D. Z  I couldn't be more right.=I am totally right.
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  但是老外为了自尊,不愿强调自己的错误,所以很少人说:
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/ l) S8 K+ }9 o6 l  I couldn't be more wrong. ' V+ D( c1 J4 f4 T" B+ _' W" Z

: H, M% M4 V' A  注意:一般人都用否定句,但也有老外把肯定句与否定句互用。 5 D% z: n3 z7 d

- |, D3 I6 z0 G$ ~7 h. a' D0 a  E  不过,严格来说,I could care less. = I care to some degree.(care 的程度可能减少)
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7 a3 l  p' y( I: }  I could care more.=I care some.(care的程度也许增加)(主词可用任何人称代名词:he, she, you, we, they 等。但只用 could,不用 can。) $ w. u. m$ q; s( o3 i2 P# O! c+ P4 I
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  2. No bones about it. 1 s5 ~/ t# d% J2 k5 _' _

( z8 c, A# y& B- U- C: E/ X  意思是:真实的,诚恳的(truly, sincerely or exactly),也就是 to make no bones about it.(bone 要加 s, it 是指 something)例如:
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% K0 S9 W, d7 t7 g0 V" Y7 F4 f  His wife is beautiful;no bones about it.(他的太太真是很漂亮) ) p6 r; e9 N9 p9 F1 [3 w
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  Mr. A made no bones about it when he talked about abortion issue.(当 A 先生谈到堕胎问题时,他是诚恳的。) 4 L$ S1 W3 s1 X4 w* y6 ?
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  When I spoke on the topic,he said, "No bones about it."(也就是他同意我的看法)
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3 _8 v; ^/ Q8 K; \; A  No bones about it;the weather is very chilly today.(今天是真的太冷了)
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6 k% \0 m0 o* Y. s2 r( v% _  3. take it on me!
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  意思是:“这是我的,请用吧!”“这是免费的”(help yourself to it; it is free),这多半是指吃的东西或一些不贵重的东西。例如:
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! x: t% U% V0 ?  V" o8 ~4 |& T7 x  Here are some candies from England; take one on me. (这是来自英国的糖果,尝一个吧!) (one = candy) + _- S4 n, x! d" g

5 q1 ?8 g2 w, _% X' W  The restaurant owner said to me, "Take the dessert on me." (餐馆老板对我说:“尝尝我的甜点吧!”)   t! S! A# L8 |" H7 }
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  Please take these pencils on me.(取用一些我的铅笔吧!) (也许铅笔上刻有名字,做为宣传之用而免费。)
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5 d5 k5 i: h- e/ W  b  可见 take 后面的 it,是指 something,而 on 的后面通常不指别人,所以多半也只用在第一人称单数 me。
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  (假如夫妇在一起,也可以说:Take it on us.)
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  4. I am from Missouri.
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  这句话有时后面要加一句:“I need to be shown.”或“You have got to show me.”,意思是 Missouri 州的人很固执 (stubborn),不太信任别人,一定要人家证明一下(prove it to me),所以密苏里州也被称为“The Show Me State”。
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, r7 o, v" S3 m- E2 X4 f  据说这句话所以流行 (尤其在美国中西部) 是因为美国一些名人都住过密苏里州,包括 Harry Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney 等。后来老外不轻易相信别人时,就使用这句话。(也有半开玩笑性质) 例如:
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* s9 ]+ X" d+ {# j* d  He is not easily convinced because he is from Missouri. (他是来自密苏里州,所以不容易说服他。) * u- Y# I$ _4 g8 K# s0 `0 b% o! H
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  Don''t try to fool me; I am from Missouri.(You have got to show me.) (别愚弄我,我是来自密苏里州。)   A" M" M# I' Y; R" V# o: O" `

1 y9 L( f: @9 w) q! G1 o  We are all from Missouri; we need to be shown.
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$ d6 p1 V! }2 B1 w' R  m  As Mr. Smith is a tough guy; he must be from Missouri. (Smith先生是位倔强的人,他一定是来自密苏里州。)
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