【网上讲堂】流行语美语怎么说
001 山寨Jessia 在北京学中文，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是于苗要问的：山寨
YM: Jessica, 你看我这块儿手表怎么样？
Jessica：LV 的! Nice! Did you win the lottery?
YM:中彩票？我哪有那么好的运气！这表是山寨的！
Jessica: Ah? What do you mean?
YM: 山寨，就是， 啊……not a real LV，a fake one……
Jessica: Oh, I see! The watch is a knockoff! k-n-o-c-k-o-f-f, knockoff.
YM: 哦~~~原来山寨版的假名牌儿就是 knockoff.
Jessica: Right. 朋友都告诉我 Xiushui Market is the place to go for designer knockoffs.
YM: 没错，好多人都特爱去秀水买假名牌！对了，我带上这假LV，觉得自己特有明星范儿，别人也说我是山寨版的章子怡，那我就是 knockoff Zhang Ziyi 喽?
Jessica: (Hahaha...) No, in that case, you say you're a Zhang Ziyi lookalike!
YM: lookalike, look后面跟alike，就是山寨明星脸! 哦，Jessica, 我早就想告诉你， You're a Lady GaGa lookalike.
Jessica:Thanks! I'm flattered!
YM: 对了，待会儿我要去看话剧，叫作《阿凡提.达》。
Jessica: 阿凡达? Avatar, the movie?
YM: 不是，这个话剧要模仿Avatar，搞笑的，是山寨版的阿凡达。
Jessica: Oh! You mean a spoof. That means you will imitate the movie's style, but in a humorous or sarcastic way.
YM: 原来这种有点恶搞的山寨版艺术作品叫 spoof.
Jessica: That's right! s-p-o-o-f, spoof.
YM: 我来总结一下啊，山寨版的假名牌是knockoff; 山寨明星脸是lookalike; 山寨的艺术作品是spoof。
ha!ha! I don‘t the knockoff English. 【第二讲】爆冷门
Jessica 在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是Jimmy要问的：爆冷门
Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看学校的足球比赛了吗？爆了个大冷门儿，法学院居然输给了商学院，哎，这大冷门怎么说啊？
Jessica：冷门？
Jimmy：哦，对啊，就是铁定会输的队，最后居然打赢了。
Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upset.
Jimmy: Upset? 那不是不高兴的意思吗？
Jessica: That's true. 做形容词的时候，重音在后面，是 upset (emphasis on the second syllable), 指不高兴，但是做名词，重音在前面，upset (emphasis on the first syllable), it means an unexpected win.
Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，中文里的爆冷门，在英文里就是 upset. 那原来大家都以为法学院会赢，这种赛前被看好的球队美语里叫什么？
Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.
Jimmy: 这么说，The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法学院足球队本来是被看好的热门球队。
Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lose as the underdog.
Jimmy: Underdog. under后面加上dog, underdog 就是在比赛里实力比较差的一方。这么说，我们中文系的排球队，不论跟谁比赛，都是 underdog.
Jessica: Jimmy！Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?
Jimmy: 唉，别提了...That's why I always cheer for the underdog...
Jessica: hehe.....言归正传，What did you learn today？
Jimmy: 第一，爆冷门叫 upset,重音在前面; 第二，赛前被看好的一方叫 favorite，第三，赛前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.
Jessica: 不错，我也学了个词儿--upset 叫作“冷门”。
第三讲 啤酒肚
Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是Jimmy要问的：啤酒肚。
Donny: Jimmy, 天真热! Let's go drink some cold beer!
Jimmy: 啊？冰啤酒啊，我女朋友不让。
Donny: Why?
Jimmy: 她说我有啤酒肚。But look at my belly, is it really that bad?
Donny: 呃......I have to say she has a point. You've got a beer belly for sure.
Jimmy: Beer belly？ beer 啤酒，加上 belly, 肚子，beer belly 啤酒肚。这个词真好记。
Donny: Yeah. It's easy to remember.
Jimmy: 那不说 beer belly, 还有其它说法吗？
Donny: Let's see....you can call it a "keg." k-e-g, keg. A keg is a barrel to store beer.
Jimmy: keg 是啤酒桶？你是说我这肚子活生生就是一啤酒桶？
Donny: Don't worry. You can go from keg to six-pack abs if you exercise and eat healthy.
Jimmy: six-pack abs? 我知道 a-b-s, abs 指腹肌， six-pack 不是半打啤酒么？
Donny: Six-pack abs are the muscles at your midsection. 一边三块，一共六块。
Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，six-pack abs 就是“六块腹肌”。天啊!从啤酒肚变成六块肌，得做多少仰卧起坐啊!
Donny: I know it's hard, but a lot of people say sit-ups really help them lose their beer bellies. You want your girl to be happy, right?
Jimmy: 好，为女朋友高兴，我这就回家做 sit-ups，仰卧起坐！
Donny: Enjoy your workout! But first tell me what you've learned today.
Jimmy: 第一“啤酒肚”叫 beer belly, 或者 keg；第二，六块腹肌，叫 six-pack abs；第三，仰卧起坐叫 sit-up，s-i-t, sit; u-p, up. sit-up!
004 分手
JESSICA 在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是Lulu 要问的：分手。
JESSICA: Lulu! Too bad you have to fly to Shanghai for your friend's wedding next month. 我本来想约你一起去听演唱会呢！
LL: 嗨，别提了，要结婚的那俩个人，分手啦! Say Bye-Bye啦!
JESSICA: What? Did they break up?
LL: 分手就是 break up？ b-r-e-a-k, break. u-p up. 没错，分手啦! 这俩人特神，婚期定了，喜贴发了。结果，上礼拜那个女生给我来电话说，她和那男生分手了! 是不是该说 She broke up with her boyfriend？
JESSICA: Yes. Break up with someone 就是跟某人分手。不过，Lulu, What happened? Why did they break up?
LL: 听说是那个男生劈腿!
JESSICA: What's 劈腿？
LL: 就是...他还跟别的女生好。He has another girlfriend.
JESSICA: Really? He cheated on the girl he was gonna marry?
LL: 等会儿，我知道 cheat 是“欺骗”，你说的 cheat on her，就是背着她和别人好，“劈腿”的意思，对不对？
JESSICA: That's right!
LL: 所以啊，你说，都快结婚了，却发现 Her boyfriend cheated on her, 这女生能不跟他一刀两断吗？！
JESSICA: There you go! Cut their ties! If I were her, I would not give that guy another chance either!
LL: Cut their ties？ T-i-e-s, ties 就是联系。Cut their ties 就是彻底断绝关系，一刀两断喽？
JESSICA: 没错! Now let's see what you've learned today!
LL: 第一，情侣分手是 break up；
第二，劈腿，对伴侣不忠，是 cheat on someone；
第三，说俩人一刀两断叫 cut their ties!
第四讲：毛骨悚然
Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是吴琼要问的：毛骨悚然。
Donny: 吴琼，昨天的电影好不好看？
吴琼: 别提了，讲吸血鬼的，吓死我了。怎么说来着，I was scared to death!
Donny: I told you you would be scared to death and you didn't believe me.
吴琼: 早知道听你的就对了。特别是女主角被变成吸血鬼那段，简直毛骨悚然，吓得我汗毛都立起来了! 对了，美语里有类似的说法吗？
Donny: Yeah. We say the scene made my hair stand on end.
吴琼: hair, 是毛发，stand on end 立起来。连在一起，to make one's hair stand on end 吓得人毛发都立起来了。所以要说那一幕吓得我汗毛都立起来了，就可以讲 the scene made my hair stand on end.
Donny: Right. Speaking of blood-sucking vampires, there is another way of saying you are scared to death. You can say it made my blood run cold.
吴琼: blood 是血，cold 是寒冷。to make one's blood run cold 让血都变冷了，也就是中文里说的吓得我浑身冰凉吧？
Donny: Exactly. I am taking my girlfriend Rachel to see the movie tonight.
吴琼: 什么？Rachel 不是特别胆小吗？The movie will make her hair stand on end.
Donny: I know.... When she is scared to death, I will be there to comfort her. She will think I am her knight in shining armor.
吴琼: 啊，你想让 Rachel 觉得你是 her knight in shining armor 身穿闪亮盔甲的骑士？保护她的英雄？我看你啊，八成是别有用心。
Donny: (haha) 言归正传，还是说说你今天都学了什么吧!
吴琼: 第一，吓死了是 scared to death；
第二，吓得毛发倒立是 to make one's hair stand on end；
第三：吓得浑身冰凉是 to make one's blood run cold.
第五讲 扫货
Jessica 在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是吴琼要问的：扫货。
Jessica: Wuqiong, 明天我们去吃火锅好不好？
WQ: 火锅儿？好吃! 可...我没钱.
Jessica: No money? You told me you got a scholarship!
WQ: 奖学金是拿了，可我一高兴就拿去扫货啦!
Jessica: 扫货？
WQ: 就是 buy a lot of things!
Jessica: Oh! You went on a shopping spree!
WQ: shopping spree?
Jessica: Right! Spree is spelt s-p-r-e-e. Going on a shopping spree means you spend a lot of money during a single shopping trip. 头脑发热，看什么都买。
WQ: 对! I went on a shopping spree after getting my scholarship money! 我那天疯狂扫货，一分钱都没留下!
Jessica: But do you really need all the things you bought on the shopping spree?
WQ: 说实话，好多东西都用不着，可我当时就是那么烧包！烧包你懂么？就是看着手里的钱难受，非把它花出去!
Jessica: Haha! Actually, in English, we have a similar expression--your money was burning a hole in your pocket.
WQ: My money was burning a hole in my pocket? 钱把衣服兜烧了个窟窿？这的确跟“烧包”很像!
Jessica: Wuqiong, next time your money is burning a hole in your pocket, take me with you! I'll make sure we only go window shopping!
WQ: Window shopping? 买窗户？
Jessica: (Chuckle) No. Window shopping means we only look at the window displays, without really buying anything!
WQ: 哦，就是光看不买! 这个好，省钱!
Jessica: 对! Now tell me what you've learned today!
WQ: 第一，扫货叫go on a shopping spree；
第二，烧包叫money is burning a hole in one's pocket；
第三，光看不买是window shopping!
希望能每天更新，学习了！谢谢老师 跟班打杂的
Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是方方要问的：跟班打杂的。
Donny: Hey, Fang Fang, what's up? Do you like your new job?
FF: 啊，还行吧。就是初来乍到，专业一点都用不上，尽打杂了。
Donny: 打杂？What do you do everyday?
FF: 无非就是复印文件，取东西，接电话什么的。哎？美国人怎么形容这种工作啊？
Donny: Oh! Someone who does small and unimportant tasks at work is called a go-for. g-o-f-o-r, go-for.
FF: 哦! 这么说，go-for 就是公司里的小弟小妹! go-for 的主要工作就是跑腿儿。那“跑腿”又怎么说呢？
Donny: We say they "run errands for others." Run is spelled r-u-n, errands is spelled e-r-r-a-n-d-s. The word "errand" means a short trip that's taken to finish a necessary task.
FF: Errand 差事，复数加s, errands, 所以 run errands for others 就是替别人“跑腿”的意思。
Donny: That's right. I guess you don't really like running errands for your boss, right?
FF: 是啊，我想做有意义的工作，可老板总让我干些没用的活儿。
Donny: She gives you a lot of busy work, I'm assuming? The phrase "busy work" refers to tasks that keep people busy but are not very useful.
FF: 哦! 原来，busy work 就是花时间，但没意义的工作。老板给我 busy work，并不是因为这些工作重要，而是因为她不愿意看我闲着!
Donny: That's right! Fangfang, a lot of people start as go-fors and work their way up. I'm sure you'll do just fine. Now let's see what you've learned today!
FF: 公司里跑腿打杂的小弟小妹叫 go-for；
跑腿是 run errands for others；
消磨时间，但是没意义的工作是 busy work.
支持！感谢蓝鱼斑斑，期待！ 第七讲 放鸽子
Jessica 在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是庄明要问的：放鸽子
Jessica：哟，庄明，你干嘛气冲冲的？
ZM: 今天真倒霉! 我刚让人放鸽子了!
Jessica: 鸽子？Pigeon? I don't get it.
ZM: 放鸽子，就是你和别人约好，结果对方却没来! 诶？美语里这个该怎么说？
Jessica: Oh! You mean you arranged to meet someone, but the person was a no-show!
ZM: No-show? 把 no 和 s-h-o-w “show” 放在一起，no-show，就是“没来，爽约”。
Jessica: Yes! But Zhuang Ming, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend?
ZM: 嗯....怎么说呢。我约好去见一个从来没见过面的男生，是别人介绍的，就算是……相亲吧!
Jessica: 噢，我明白了! You went on a blind date!
ZM: blind 后面加上 date--约会，blind date， 就是相亲吗?
Jessica: Yes! if your friend set you up with someone you've never met before, that's called a blind date. Blind dates usually end up bad.
ZM: 可不是么! 就说我今天这个相亲对象吧，直接放我鸽子，害我白等。
Jessica: In this case, Zhuang Ming, you say "I got stood up"! 我被人放了鸽子。
ZM: stood up 不是“站起来”的意思么？我可没一直站着傻等啊!
Jessica: No. If you "stand someone up", you fail to show up at a date.
ZM: 哦! 不去约会，放别人鸽子，就可以说 stand someone up。而我是被放鸽子，所以你说我--got stood up!
Jessica: That's right! 我也常被放鸽子! Last month, I had a date with a really cute guy, but he stood me up! 唉，也别生气了，还是说说你今天都学了什么吧!
ZM: 第一，“爽约，没来”，可以说 no-show;
第二，放别人鸽子，可以说 stand someone up;
第三，“相亲”可以说 blind date!
别慌张
Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是Jimmy要问的：别慌。
Jimmy: Donny, 大事不好了!
Donny: What happened, Jimmy? You look terrible!
Jimmy: 两小时后....我要和女朋友约会，她刚提醒我，今天是我们认识一周年纪念日，还给我准备了礼物。But I totally forgot! 怎么办？她肯定会生气，会骂我，会分手，还会......
Donny: Hey! Hey! Don't have a cow!
Jimmy: 啊？你说什么？cow? cow 不是奶牛么？
Donny: What I meant is-- you need to calm down. "Don't have a cow" 也就是中文里说的不要慌张。
Jimmy: 哦，让别人冷静，别慌，就说 Don't have a cow! 哎？还有别的说法么？我记得有个词叫 chill, c-h-i-l-l?
Donny: Yes! You can say chill out. It means calm down, or "don't panic".
Jimmy: 啊! 要是我今晚跟女朋友坦白讲：我就是忘了咱俩认识一周年这回事了，你能把我怎么样？她肯定会抓狂。然后我就说：Honey! Chill out!
Donny: 呃....I think you better say "Honey, I'm really sorry. How can I make up to you?"
Jimmy: 呵呵，我开玩笑的。
Donny: Oh, speaking of the word "chill", you can also say "take a chill
pill". It's another way of saying "calm down".
Jimmy: Take a chill pill. Pill, p-i-l-l, pill是“药丸”的意思，所以, take a chill pill字面意思就是“吃个冷静药丸”，就是叫人别激动，别慌。
Donny: You got it. So what are you going to do for tonight's date?
Jimmy: 还能怎么办，抓紧这两小时，赶紧去买礼物呗! 走啦!
Donny: Before you go, tell me what you've learned today!
Jimmy: 今天学了让人别慌的三种说法。第一，Don't have a cow; 第二，Chill out; 第三：Take a chill pill.转贴于： 人气
Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天吴琼是要问的：人气。
Donny: Hi, Wuqiong, do you want to go to this concert with me?
WQ: 演唱会？让我看看是哪个歌星开的。哇! 这个人现在是人气天王! 我当然愿意跟你去啦。哎？人气在英文里怎么说？
Donny: 人气就是受欢迎的程度。So you can use the word "popularity", p-o-p-u-l-a-r-i-t-y, popularity.
WQ: popularity 就是人气。这个词就是 popular 的名词形式嘛。
Donny: Exactly. I've heard about this singer's rising popularity. That's why I want to go to his concert.
WQ: 演唱会的表演嘉宾，guest stars，都有谁？
Donny: Well, here's the guest star list. Most of them are popular too, but who's this person on the bottom of the list? 我怎么没听说过。
WQ: 让我看看，让我看看。哦，这个女明星几年前很红，可后来过气了。
Donny: No wonder I've never heard about her. She's a has-been. The word "has-been" means someone who is no longer popular.
WQ: has-been? has 和 been放一起就是过气的人，过时的东西。This guest star used to be famous and popular, but now she's just a has-been.
Donny: 对。
WQ:这么说，她可能想借着当嘉宾的机会重新走红喽？
Donny: That's possible. This concert will be a good opportunity for her to stage a comeback.
WQ: comeback, c-o-m-e-b-a-c-k, comeback 就是东山再起，咸鱼翻身的意思吧？If this singer makes a comeback, she will regain her popularity!
Donny: Exactly. Now let's see what you've learned today!
WQ: 第一：人气叫 popularity; 第二：过气、过时的人或物是 a has-been; 第三：东山再起是 a comeback.
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