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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。" P0 ~7 a+ x# V9 P( Q

6 \2 }$ F5 s+ T1 `5 p        1. I couldn't care less.
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: e' [+ B4 F9 J0 E: c  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: % Q& u4 E9 n5 Y

2 G+ M- T% y+ x( C/ ?  人家如果问: What do you think of the budget-cut?(你对预算削减有何看法?) # u8 W4 w* m. b' [
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  你回答: I couldn't care less.(我毫不在乎)
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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?) 4 N) E# K4 F: n0 Q
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  I couldn't care less.(我才不在乎呢!)
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9 P$ e5 Y! l% O5 I0 H: d1 A  但是有时说话者也有口是心非: 例如:
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8 y, X' W7 X( i0 p# V  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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3 t8 V5 p3 @( V& d8 \; h' d& W  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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  @  {: A8 w) Z' y/ H* t  I couldn't agree more.=I totally agree.(我完全同意)
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5 [- O3 F: y) y/ I, o# a+ k+ U) m' Z; ~4 J  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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0 M7 Y- o0 F* p7 y: }. K6 f5 `; J  但是老外为了自尊,不愿强调自己的错误,所以很少人说: + Z. X- {% T1 w( n
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  I couldn't be more wrong.
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0 h1 M# k. |1 j+ L. U: m5 h1 V  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。 1 M" w. B* f) v
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  不过,严格来说,I could care less. = I care to some degree.(care 的程度可能减少) : c5 Q  y, F% W( C

8 m/ J$ L! T; ?- T1 s  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。) " i+ B) Q4 s( ]+ d$ o
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  2. No bones about it. + V/ b/ V5 w' w  T/ P0 Y4 b. \! j0 ^
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  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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  His wife is beautiful;no bones about it.(他的太太真是很漂亮) ) a. ~4 B) Q- E( n6 i) n9 \
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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。) 2 p" d0 A5 w$ q* n

  F2 s7 c  c. R. C5 ?6 f  When I spoke on the topic,he said, "No bones about it."(也就是他同意我的看法) 6 K& q6 B" c4 e3 z5 ^

& E+ u; R2 f& g  No bones about it;the weather is very chilly today.(今天是真的太冷了) , o  U: r9 C* v" F; b0 M" j3 E
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  3. take it on me!
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8 T0 o; j  g  S9 f4 ~  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: + l/ ^, E; F, r" {

# \) p/ m3 m: S  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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) R6 j7 {& ]* G& y# J  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!”) ! u; t' \9 }5 J# ^. P8 S
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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。) " ?2 k5 N: ~/ H0 p4 P) n# x
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  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.) , A2 R2 e6 I$ e! l) T- Q( d7 j# W

6 H$ |7 V$ S1 u0 G  4. I am from Missouri.
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/ D( u& b8 n5 \; t% E  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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/ Z2 f& X0 t; \) \( n  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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  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。)
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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。) 7 E+ w( f% r4 h; `

" N) k0 i; u, r7 h5 z$ ~* T  We are all from Missouri; we need to be shown.
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3 k" T+ e1 w1 d* x" `( G  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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