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essia 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 。
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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”。
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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!
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!
VOA 美语怎么说第05课：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.
VOA 美语怎么说第06课：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!
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。今天是杨林要问的：真命天子
YL: Jessica! 跟你说件事儿。
Jessica: Go ahead.
YL: 我不久前碰到高中时同桌的男生，和他聊得特投机! 我们一起看电影，吃饭，跳舞...... 太开心了! 我好象喜欢上他了!
Jessica: You mean you "developed a crush on him?" Crush is spelled c-r-u-s-h, crush. It means a temporary love.
YL: 哦，crush 就是一时迷恋，动心。Jessica, I think I developed a major crush on him. Jessica: 杨林，你不是有男朋友么？
YL: 呃...... 我也为这事儿发愁呢，不知道谁是我的真命天子。
Jessica: 真命天子？那不是皇帝么？
YL: 哈哈，是皇帝没错。可一个女生的真命天子就是她真正的伴侣。这用英文怎么说呢？ Jessica: Oh, you’re talking about "Mr. Right"! Mr. Right refers to the perfect man for you.
YL: Mr . Right? right 是“对，正确”，所以 Mr. Right 就是各方面都跟我特别合适的男人，我的真命天子!
Jessica: Exactly! So who looks like your Mr. Right, your boyfriend or this high school classmate? YL: 我也不知道! 你说我该选择哪个呢？
Jessica: Well, I think you should choose the one who is your soul mate.
YL: soul mate? s-o-u-l, soul是灵魂的意思，mate 是伴侣，所以soul mate 就是灵魂伴侣喽？
Jessica: 没错! Your soul mate is the person with whom you have deep and natural love. It’s very spiritual.
YL: 和那人心有灵犀一点通，这感觉太美好了!
Jessica: 好了，Let ’s see what you’ve learned today!
YL: 第一：对某人产生好感，to develop a crush on someone；
第二：女孩子的真命天子， Mr. Right;
第三：灵魂伴侣，soul mate。
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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：火爆脾气。
Donny: Jimmy, 瞧瞧你的熊猫眼!
JIMMY: 哼! 这都要怪对门宿舍的一个疯子。夜里不睡觉，在楼道里唱歌! 害得我一宿没法睡! Donny: Dude, that sucks!
Jimmy: Donny, 你今天可别惹我，我这一肚子火恐怕得点火就着! I’m easy to burn! Donny: Easy to burn? Jimmy, I have to say, you’ve got a talent for making up English phrases. JIMMY: 好，那你说，“火爆脾气”在美语里怎么说？
Donny: You say I have a short fuse. fuse is spelled f-u-s-e. To say someone has a short fuse is to say he or she has a bad temper.
JIMMY: fuse是导火线的意思，a short fuse，很短的导火线，那还真是“一点就着”，所以have a short fuse就是形容脾气差。
Donny: That’s correct. If I were you, I’d go give that guy who sings in the middle of the night a piece of my mind!
JIMMY: give him a piece of your mind?
Donny: Yes! You can also tell him off, 都是“骂他一顿”的意思。
JIMMY: Actually, I was about to rush out of the door and tell him off, but my dorm mates stopped me.
Donny: Why?
JIMMY: 我室友们说，这人平时挺好的，最近失恋了，要靠夜里唱歌来疗伤，让我别往心里去。
Donny: Your dorm mates are so nice not to take it personally.
JIMMY: take it personally? 就是往心里去，计较，对么？
Donny: Exactly. For example, your boss has a short fuse and often yells at people when they make minor mistakes......
JIMMY: 哎，我来猜猜! 你说，老板脾气火爆，人家犯个小错他就大嚷大叫。那...If he gives me a piece of his mind for something minor, 同事们就会说"don ’t take it personally. " 对不对？ Donny: Bingo! Let’s see what you’ve learned today!
JIMMY: 第一，火爆脾气是have a short fuse;
第二，口头教训别人是 give someone a piece of my mind, 或者tell someone off
第三，别往心里去是Don ’t take it personally.
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VOA 美语怎么说第30课：宰人
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。今天是方方要问的：宰人。
JESSICA: 方方，Your new cell phone is so cool!
FF: 那是，这可是最新型的智能手机!
JESSICA: 这手机很贵吧？
FF: 商店里卖5000块呢!
JESSICA:啊？ That price gives me sticker shock.
FF: sticker shock? sticker, s-t-i-c-k-e-r, sticker, 是商品的价签，shock 表示吃惊，sticker shock就是说看到价签上的价格，被吓到了，对不对？
JESSICA: That’s correct.
FF: 说起来，那天我去商场里买手机，When I saw the price, I got major sticker shock. 那价格让我大跌眼睛。这么贵，纯属宰人! 对了，“宰人”在美语里怎么说呢？
JESSICA: We use the word "rip-off". r-i-p-o-f-f. If something gives you sticker shock, you can say "This is a rip-off".
FF: This is a rip-off, 这是宰人价!
JESSICA: You can also say rip someone off.
FF: Rip someone off？我明白，就是“冲某人要高价，宰人一刀”。那我要是说“我被人宰了”，就是 I was ripped off，对不对？
JESSICA: Exactly! Fangfang, Don’t you think you were kinda ripped off ? This phone is really pricey!
FF: There’s no way I got ripped off! 这手机是网上买的，才1000块!
Jessica: Wow! That’s a really good deal!
FF: 那是! 哎？怎么回事？手机怎么不动了？Jessica 你看看，what ’s wrong with my phone? Jessica: Let me see ....The phone is dead. It’s broken.
FF: 啊？坏了？我，我昨天才买的!
Jessica: It seems like you bought a shoddy phone. Shoddy is spelled s-h-o-d-d-y. If something is of poor quality, you say it’s shoddy.
FF: Shoddy 就是形容质量低劣。嘿! 气死我了! 买了个劣质品。
Jessica: You know what they say, Fang Fang, you got what you paid for.
FF: You got what you paid for? 便宜没好货! Jessica, 你损我是吧？
Jessica: 哈哈，别生气了。Let ’s see what you’ve learned today!
FF: 第一，宰人是rip-off, 当动词是rip someone off;
第二，形容价格高可以说 something gives me sticker shock
第三，形容质量低劣可以用shoddy.