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美国生活中的口头禅

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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。6 Y9 A# n8 ]7 Z

1 @+ }" B' x# ]/ r) K; C; q3 N        1. I couldn't care less. 1 o0 U% h0 @, y
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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: 0 b" I: j7 C* D: l. K+ r
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  人家如果问: What do you think of the budget-cut?(你对预算削减有何看法?) / _! ]2 M7 J' }
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  你回答: I couldn't care less.(我毫不在乎) : W. ^! o* `/ D/ ]3 y. p

  F8 i/ K9 \7 Z5 b4 {& E  \  How do you like Mr. Lee's political point of view?(你喜欢李先生的政见吗?)
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  I couldn't care less.(我才不在乎呢!)   |9 G& F; J5 n3 j* k' a

) y7 t4 u' m) s  但是有时说话者也有口是心非: 例如: " H+ o2 @1 o5 V! M  J
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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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1 z  U  s" W. D4 k% _5 l  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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* W5 h1 j& j* t! b+ w) c  至于 I couldn't care more. 就是“我很在乎”(I care a lot.)或 I care deeply. 同理:
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% D9 `  j1 ]- ^& T/ N  I couldn't agree more.=I totally agree.(我完全同意)
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  a) s3 R; B; F2 J; m  I couldn't please you more.=I did my best to please you.(我尽量使你高兴)
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  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: & Y) H. h7 V% t' }% k* t& F6 t

" D9 R* L' H# O8 ~6 T" Z  I couldn't be more wrong. ' E/ w0 r0 v7 @
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  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。
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& j$ Z1 g5 ?& _2 Z" @: r+ X4 b  不过,严格来说,I could care less. = I care to some degree.(care 的程度可能减少) . s* u2 A2 {. h6 |% |

, r# b/ |/ J% m! C) K5 K  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。) 4 z  Y; c+ l& G. Q% y) T0 o' z
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  2. No bones about it.
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; |# ?# H; h/ u5 `& ?; v. D  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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3 E) B. l- ^4 A& b& q0 u  His wife is beautiful;no bones about it.(他的太太真是很漂亮) ( T4 a/ n" ~4 K; L5 L
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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。) , b- N  n* ^: r9 k

" O+ x# a! X$ S3 k6 r6 J7 k3 @  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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! N& i( F8 T6 ], o' u! ?* q' U  No bones about it;the weather is very chilly today.(今天是真的太冷了) - c8 }) n, k. M2 M) i4 l
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  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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  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)
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  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!”)
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' m" y. t1 a2 j+ y( p% x! K  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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# R- b7 P+ |/ o1 O/ a: E  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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$ W3 k& l9 o: R; I. ]5 Q* }" h  (假如夫妇在一起,也可以说:Take it on us.) ' i) Y) X* p  T, U& @3 C

' K& C+ g5 a! Y' `  4. I am from Missouri. " K8 |; y8 x: x- M4 e. k

% z7 n6 E) [4 u5 b  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”。 : I, N3 v9 _' z! x& r! ~. m$ `1 v

" `( h- C& x8 I6 `( F% P% w% Y( ~  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: ! d3 I" O/ ]. z' q3 M
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  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。)   f0 t0 S7 r+ y% M

) d( ?6 `  g" w5 Z1 ^0 ~" |$ T  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。) + s- N& G8 i" b
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  We are all from Missouri; we need to be shown.
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! o$ n" ^! S) d  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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