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L: 你刚才说什么？ Don't be什么？" v m# w H! K( A
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M: 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! - |! U, H: K# O7 d$ s; ^ o6 y3 d% ]( L
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？ $ `& d. n1 R G8 {) ^$ g& D0 u ' w' A. j8 t' Q9 eM: I was not! You were a wimp when you crashed your bicycle. You cried because you hurt your arm! " L* w9 Q; ^+ ~ & c/ o- W P! b1 _" [2 cL: 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。 : y. s% ? \ u1 M" X, y- S! p' p: B5 o0 `# d- U
M: But you are a wimp! Remember yesterday, you couldn't open a bag of potato chips, because you're so weak! 2 x% ?9 a+ L# J; f2 f, e6 ^6 x/ p4 S l6 k+ h+ u
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！ + F# P6 c9 l, I' M$ }1 x6 B- J% E; a( ^; l: w8 D( z" b% [" ]
M: 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. ) D |# U6 }2 q0 f% u! g- V0 _7 x( E+ V6 P4 }! M
L: 对，我要不进去谈就加不了工资，人家肯定会说我没有骨气。看来，我别无选择，我就得进去要求系主任给我们加工资。! i) S! E7 ?/ ]7 k
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M: Well, Li Hua, how did it go?$ y8 V' k( q" \+ z3 G' n
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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。+ T* J9 h' }0 c8 Z3 I4 G
6 m5 S3 \( S3 p9 }& }M: Wow! That's not bad Li Hua. It took a lot of guts to go in there like that. : h2 R1 W- r& y( F, S . d/ O. I7 I8 `/ O2 W# L; N6 t: SL: Guts? 进去谈要许多什么？你说我什么嘛？你可别说我坏话。。。3 y L% G% P5 K0 L9 s4 u
4 d! }4 a* r: w9 T: z8 }M: No, no, when I say it took a lot of guts, I mean you had to be brave to do that!3 e/ j. ? ?) u2 }
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M: That's right! You can say someone has a lot of guts. That means he is brave.5 ]# ~% D% _! I2 d4 k
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L: 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。1 f4 f2 O' Q3 }$ O9 l5 q
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M: You are right. Americans usually don't like to sing in public if they can't sing very well.1 Q8 a4 K. @' j; j' I; }
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L: 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! 5 e. ~5 O; r( V; { k5 B ; S5 s0 d. ?1 nM: So are you! You only had enough guts today because I was here to support you. Usually you are a wimp! ! ?8 a+ i: z8 ?4 z. E " F. D9 {0 P6 [: j" B, C+ f* LL: 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!2 `6 @5 M: I: I( T9 ?+ `+ G
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M: I guess we both are! & R) X' ~/ T+ _7 \2 b " a( _6 Q; O8 O* `3 a- [7 I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。) |( H+ e |4 c0 ~' }
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