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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 expect ed 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!
VOA美语怎么说第07课：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!
Do nny: 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.
VOA美语怎么说第08课：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!
Donny 在北京学中文。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。今天是杨林要问的：忙。
Donny：Hi 杨琳，what’s up? I haven’t seen you in ages.
YL: 别提了，我最近特别忙，I am really busy! 忙得四脚朝天，怎么说...four feet up! Donny: four feet up? I can imagine. But in English, we don’t say that....You can say I’m up to my neck in work.
YL: I’m up to my neck... in work ? 工作太多，堆到和脖子一样高？被工作压得喘不过气来。这个说法太形象了! 还有别的吗？
Donny: There is another expression that also has to do with body parts. It is "I’ve got my hands full".
YL: I’ve got my hands full。我明白了，就是说两手都没闲着。
Donny: Exactly. Oh, I just thought of another one---"I have a lot on my plate".
YL: I have a lot on my plate? plate, p-l-a-t-e, plate 不是盘子么？说盘子里有很多东西，那一定是...忙着吃呢吧？
Donny:That’s possible! Anyway, when you say you have a lot on your plate, it means you’re busy.
YL: 我知道了。哎呀，我快迟到了，快，再教最后一个。
Donny: Okay, this one will be easier to remember-- I’ve got a million things to do!
YL: 太夸张了吧! I’ve got a million things to do! 有一百万件事情等着我去做。
Donny: Right! Now, Yang Lin, tell me what you’ve learned today!
YL: 今天学到的还真不少。形容特别忙可以说，I’m up to my neck in work，工作堆到脖子了；I’ve got my hands full, 两手都占着呢；I have a lot on my plate，盘子里堆得满满的。哎呀! 我得赶紧走人了，I’ve got a million things to do!
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.
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 ha s-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 c oncert 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.
VOA美语怎么说第12课：宅男宅女
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，就会来请教他。今天是吴琼要问的：宅男宅女。
Jessica: Wuqiong, 听说你表妹从上海来看你了，怎么样，Are you two getting along？
wq: 唉，她哪是来看我。整天待在家里，根本不理我，每天就知道上网，看电视，也不出去玩儿。标准的宅女! 像这种特别“宅”的人，在美语里叫什么？
Jessica: I think you can call them "homebodies". A homebody is a person who prefers to stay at home and seldom goes out.
wq: homebody? home 就是家的意思，body 是身体，两个词连在一起---身体长在家里了，就是homebody! 宅男宅女! My cousin is totally a homebody! 哈哈，我回家要告诉她这句话! Jessica: Well, you can also call her a "shut-in". s-h-u-t, shut; i-n, in--shut-in.
wq: 哦，shut-in 也是指不愿意出门和别人交往的宅男宅女! 我要告诉我表妹，Don’t be a shut-in! Go out and get some fresh air!
Jessica: 对! 让她出去转转，不然，Her brain will rot if she stays home and stares at a screen all the time!
wq: 啊？r-o-t, rot 不是腐烂么？Her brain will rot 就是“她脑子要发霉”的意思吧？Jessica: That’s right! Being a couch potato isn’t healthy.
wq: 没错。couch potato，沙发土豆，就是一天到晚赖在沙发上看电视的人。每天不运动，变得圆滚滚的，跟个potato--大土豆一样！
Jessica: I’m sure your cousin doesn’t wan to look like a potato! Now, tell me what you’ve learned today!
wq: 第一，宅男宅女叫homebody, 或者shut-in; 第二，一天到晚坐在沙发上看电视的人叫couch potato;
第三，说脑子要发霉了，就是Your brain will rot!
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。今天是于苗要问的：赘肉。
Jessica: 于苗! You look so cute in this red dress!
YM: 真的么？难道你不觉得这件连衣裙有点瘦么？
Jessica: Ah....it’s....a little tight. Just a little!
YM: 唉，我去年买这条裙子的时候，穿着还有点肥呢，今年居然紧成这样，看来我这赘肉真是没少长啊!
Jessica: Don’t be upset, Yumiao. You may have a little extra meat on your bones, but trust me, you still look good!
YM: extra meat on my bones？骨头上有多余的肉？这在中文里就叫"赘肉"。唉，I really want this "extra meat" gone! 尤其是这腰上的赘肉，真是讨厌的“救生圈”啊!
Jessica: I know! No one wants that "spa re tire". It’s our worst enemy!
YM: spare, s-p-a-r-e, spare; tire, t-i-r-e, tire, spare tire 不是指“备用轮胎”么？原来，中国人把腰上的一圈赘肉比喻成“救生圈”，美国人则把它比成“spare tire”备用胎。
Jessica: That’s right! We also call the extra fat around your waist line "love handles".
YM: 腰上的赘肉还可以叫love handles？love 爱情；handle, h-a-n-d-l-e, handle 把手。这肥肉也能跟爱情挂上钩吗？
Jessica: Well, think about it. When your boyfriend wraps his arms around you, he can hold on to these like handles?!
YM: 啊？太可怕了。我可不想要love handles. I’m going to the gym, starting TODAY! Jessica: Well, before you go, tell me what you’ve learned today!
YM: 第一“赘肉”在美语里叫extra meat on the bones; 第二，形容腰上的赘肉，可以说spare tire; 第三，腰间肥肉的另外一种说法是love handles.
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：花美男。
YL: JESSICA，你发现没有，现在有一种男人，皮肤比女人还好，比女人还爱打扮，穿得特时髦，都跟从偶像剧里走出来似的。我们叫他们“花美男”，flower-pretty-man! 呵呵，我瞎翻的，美语中不会也有类似的称呼吧？
JESSICA: Actually, there IS an English equivalence. It’s "metrosexual" m-e-t-r-o-s-e-x-u-a-l, metrosexual.
YL: metro-- "大城市"，加上sexual-- "性别的"。那metrosexual 跟中文里说的“花美男”指的是一种人吗？
Jessica: Well, Metrosexual men live in big cities, know all the trendy places in town and pay great attention to their appearances.
YL: 没错! 花美男就是住在大城市里的时尚达人，特别注重外表和打扮！要这么说，花美男就是metrosexual man!
JESS ICA: I guess being a metrosexual man means you’re doing your homework on the latest trends. You need to be up-to-date on the hottest fashion!
YL: up-to-date on the hottest fashion? fashion是时尚的意思，up-to- date 是跟上潮流，所以，up-to-date on the hottest fashion 就是“紧跟最新时尚”吧？
JESSICA: That’s right! But Yanglin, I would say the real fashionable people are not those who follow the trends, but the trend setters!
YL: trend setters? t-r-e-n-d, trend 是趋势的意思，setter, s-e-t-t-e-r 是设定者，所以trend setter 就是开创时尚的真正潮人!
JESSICA: 没错! Now let’s see what you’ve learned today!
YL: 第一，注重打扮的“花美男”是metrosexual men；第二，紧跟流行时尚是be up-to-date on the hottest fashion；第三，领导时尚的潮人叫trend setter!
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：窜红。
Donny: Wuqiong，你看什么杂志呢, and who’s the girl on the cover?
WQ: 这是最新一期的时尚周刊。这个女生现在可红了。你肯定猜不到，她是我高中时的好朋友! 拍了一部电影，一下就窜红了!
Donny: No kidding! Introduce her to me! 对了，你说她“窜红”，什么意思啊？
WQ: 就是红得很快，suddenly 她就famous了!
Donny: I got it. She became famous overnight.
WQ: overnight，我知道，o-v-e-r-n-i-g-h-t, overnight 就是一夜之间。To become famous overnight 就是“一夜成名”!
Donny: That’s right. You can also say "she’s an instant hit". Instant is spelled i-n-s-t-a-n-t, hit is spelled h-i-t.
WQ: 哦，说一个人火速窜红还可以用an instant hit.
Donny: Yeah. In the case of this old friend of yours, you can say "her exceptional performance in the new movie made her an instant hit."
WQ: 对，我这个同学特别会演戏，电影一出来，她马上就窜红了。
Donny: WQ, I just thought of another way to put it---She catapulted to fame with her first movie! WQ: cata 什么？怎么拼？
Donny: catapult, c-a-t-a-p-u-l-t, catapult, 有“弹弓”的意思，as a verb, it means to launch. WQ: 我明白了，catapult 是弹弓，所以catapult to fame，就是“一炮而红”! 我这个朋友演了一部电影就红了，所以说She catapulted to fame with her first movie.
Donny: That’s right! Now, WQ, tell me what you’ve learned today!
WQ: 第一，to become famous overnight，一夜成名；第二，to be an instant hit, 火速窜红；第三：to catapult to fame，就是“一炮而红”!
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：普通人。
Jessica: Jimmy! I heard you got the scholarship from Cambridge University! 你真厉害啊! Jimmy: 嘿嘿，没什么大不了的。
Jessica: But that scholarship is very hard to get. After you graduate from Cambridge, 你就是“精英”啦!
Jimmy: 哪里! 我也就一普通人，ordinary person!
Jessica: Hmmm.... I wouldn’t call a Cambridge graduate an average Joe.
Jimmy: An average Joe? 我知道average, a-v-e-r-a-g-e, average 是普通，平均的意思，an average Joe 就是指普通人，平头百姓么？
Jessica: That’s right. I think it’s because the name "Joe" is very common in English, just like 张三李四in Chinese.
Jimmy: 对，我就和张三李四一样，你把我往人堆里一放，就找不着啦!
Jessica: Haha! that’s a very vivid expression. We have a similar phrase in English. You can say you’re "just another face in the crowd".
Jimmy: Just another face in the crowd? 人群中的又一张脸？这个说法好，人海茫茫，你不过就是其中一个而已。对了，说了半天普通人，要是形容那些不同寻常的人，该怎么说呢？Jessica: You can use "stand out from the crowd" to describe someone who is unusual.
Jimmy: stand out from the crowd, 比别人都站得高，他就明显，这就是不寻常!
Jessica: That’s right. Now let’s see what you’ve learned today!
Jimmy: “普通人”在美语里叫"an average Joe"；还可以说just another face in the crowd；不同寻常则叫stand out from the crowd!
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：人脉。
Donny: 方方，听说你找到一个特好的实习？
FF: 还不错啦! 现在竞争激烈，多亏我人脉广! 对了，美语里“人脉”怎么说啊？Donny: I think you can use the word "connection". c-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n, connection.
FF: 原来connection 就是“人脉”。那我说自己路子野，人脉广，就是I have a lot of connections. 对么？
Donny: That’s right. 你还可以说：I’m well-connected. c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d, connected。
FF: connected? 这词儿我知道，意思是“连在一起”，所以well-connected就是和很多人连在一起，也就是人脉广喽!
Donny: Right! Connections are important. 有人说，找工作时，What really counts is not what you know, but who you know.
FF: "Not what you know but who you know?" 不是看你知道什么，而是看你认识谁？我觉得，也不能这么绝对! 关系固然重要，但自己还是要有真本事!
Donny: Certainly! So it should be "what you know plus who you know"!
FF: 对，肚子里有学问，人脉又广，二者结合在一起，你就无敌了。不过，像我这种刚出校门的，社交能力还不行，需要磨炼!
Donny: Don’t worry. You’ll have plenty of time to work on your networking skills.
FF: 哦，networking skills 就是社交技巧。
Donny: Right. With strong networking skills, you’ll develop more connections. 到时候，我找工作可得靠你帮忙了!
FF: 哈哈，我期待这一天!
Donny: 先别美! Tell me what you’ve learned today!
FF: 第一，"人脉"在美语里就是connection；第二，形容"人脉广"用well-connected；第三，社交技巧，是networking skills!
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：看热闹。
Donny: Wuqiong, I heard you got your driver’s license !
WQ: 是啊，昨天我已经开车上路啦!
Donny: So how did it go?
WQ: 唉，别提了! 我开的那条路上出车祸，结果，开车的、骑车的、走路的，都想看热闹，最后，整条街都堵住了! 对了Donny，这些看热闹的人，用英文怎么说呢？
Donny: 英文叫rubberneck.
WQ: rubberneck? 我知道rubber 是橡胶，neck是脖子。那rubberneck不就是橡胶脖子么？Donny: 你想啊，那些看热闹，围观的人，they stretch their necks to watch what’s happening, right?
WQ: 哦……我明白了，伸长脖子看热闹的人好像长了橡胶脖子，所以叫他们rubberneck! 哈哈，真形象!
Donny: Right! rubberneck也可以当动词。你刚才说，大家看热闹，整条街大堵车，在英文里就是The traffic was bumper-to-bumper because of rubbernecking.
WQ: bumper-to-bumper? b-u-m-p-e-r，bumper, 不是汽车保险杠么？
Donny: Exactly! So bumper-to-bumper means cars are moving so slowly that their bumpers are almost touching.
WQ: 我明白了，bumper-to-bumper，汽车一辆紧挨着一辆，慢慢往前拱。这么说，I was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic，郁闷死了!
Donny: Wuqiong, 那车祸到底严不严重？
WQ: 特严重! 六辆车撞在一起了!
Donny: Ouch... a six-car pileup!
WQ: pileup? p-i-l-e, pile, 再加上up, pileup 就是连环车祸么？
Donny: That’s Right!
WQ: 我跟你说，这个pileup里，有两辆奥迪，一辆奔驰，一辆宝马，好像还有... Donny: (interrupt wuqiong) Wuqiong, 你看得这么清楚，真不愧是a good rubberneck! Okay, new driver, tell me what you’ve learned today!
WQ: 第一，看热闹的人叫rubberneck；
第二，堵车可以说bumper-to-bumper；
第三，连环车祸是pileup, p-i-l-e-u-p!
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：牛。
Donny: FF, I heard you went to a ballroom dance competition yesterday. How did it go?
FF: 我进决赛啦! 怎么样，牛吧？
Donny: 牛？a cow?
FF: 不是，“牛”就是特别厉害，very good!
Donny: I got it. In English, we use the word "awesome", a-w-e-s-o-m-e, awesome.
FF: 哦，awesome就是说特牛。
Donny: You can also use the word "ballin". b-a-l-l-i-n, ballin. It also means "cool or very good". FF: 哦，Ballin也是“很牛”的意思。Donny, 那天的跳舞比赛上还真有不少高手。在这种情况下，我可以跟他们说，You’re awesome! 或者You’re ballin! 对么？
Donny: That’s right. You can also say "you rule" or "you rock!"
FF: rule, r-u-l-e, rule; rock, r-o-c-k, rock, 这两个词也可以形容某人或某事很牛，不过它们都是动词，对不对？
Donny: Exactly! For example, 如果你看了一场特别牛的演唱会，you can say "it rocks!" or "it rules!"
FF: 明白了。不过那天也有一些人在比赛前一副不可一世的样子，可真跳起来，也不怎么样，真不知道他们有什么好牛的！对了，形容这些人，也用awesome或是ballin么？
Donny: No! You can use "cocky" c-o-c-k-y, cocky，to describe these kind of people.
FF: 哦，说一个人牛气哄哄的，就是cocky.
Donny: Now, FF, If you can tell me what you’ve learned today, I’d say your English很牛!
FF: 好！第一，说人或事很牛，用形容词awesome或ballin；
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。今天是杨琳要问的：海选，甄选。
YL: Jessica! 送你一张我的签名照！快拿着！
Jessica: Your autograph? why do I want that?
YL: 告诉你，我快成明星啦!
Jessica: Really? You will be a super star? 你被张艺谋看中了？
YL: 不是。我参加“阳光女生”的海选，击败了众多对手......对了，海选你明白么？Sea selection! 谁都能参加! 也有人管它叫甄选。
Jessica: Sea selection? 哦，(chuckle) I see. In English, it’s called "an open audition". Everyone can walk in the door, perform and compete, like American Idol.
YL: 没错，就是那种！原来这叫"open audition," open 开放的，audition, a-u-d-i-t-i-o-n, audition 试演选拔，连在一起，open audition 就是“海选”或是“甄选”。这么说，I am the winner of the open audition!
Jessica: Well, I don’t think you can call yourself a "winner", because more than one person get selected in an open audition to advance to the next round.
YL: 也是，这次一共一百人过关，进入下一轮比赛。但不管怎样，I was selected! Jessica: Yeah, congratulations! You can also say you made the cut.
YL: 哦，make the cut, 就是被选中，过关了。哎，那要是被刷下来，该怎么说呢？Jessica: Then you could say you got eliminated. e-l-i-m-i-n-a-t-e-d, eliminated.
YL: 明白了，eliminate 是淘汰，被淘汰就是get eliminated.
Jessica: That’s right. I sure hope you can make it to the fin al round and not get eliminated! But first, tell me what you’ve learned today!
YL: 第一“甄选，海选”在美语里叫"open audition"；
第二，过关，被选上了，是make the cut；
第三，被刷下去了，就是get eliminated.
这次的美语怎么说就到这里。如果你也有不会说的词，请写信给Jessica, 电邮请寄meiyu@https://www.doczj.com/doc/dc772806.html,