Michael今天和李华约好了去纽约中国城吃饭。李华刚刚到Michael的住处。他们在对话中会用到hang out和hard headed这两个常用语。2 ^3 D- e( C) x/ _- o( g
L:嗨,Michael,走吧!
6 ]2 V; m* R! B M: I'm coming. Hey, come on in for a minute and sit down.+ \4 \# \, _) o! {4 c) @) L
L:还要叫我进来坐会儿呀!不行,快走,我饿了,我要去吃中国饭。& _7 L* p0 t% B! y( d- I$ c# X Z
M: I'm not ready yet. Just hang out for a minute.
, b q6 S( { n L:嗨,你真是的,还有什么事非要现在干呐!你要我给你挂什么?一张画?
4 [, K( {/ E7 E& b8 f. P* c M: No, no, no!! Just wait for a few minutes.% c9 M0 k8 [8 a! |3 [( J( o
L:要我等几分钟,这跟挂东西有什么关系呀?
# q2 `0 @ a, n! J/ C" z8 } M: No, you don't understand. Hang out means to pass time while you're waiting.) f* P: L- M6 F6 C; b
L:噢,hang out是等一会儿的意思?
3 w# x& O& e! g M: Yes, but it can also mean to spend time with your friends. For example, you and I hang out a lot.4 j. x- M* g# G) _" j
L:跟朋友一起玩也能说是hang out,对,我们是经常在一起活动。
" J, O8 L) v7 N! W) y9 h, Q; K M: Ok. So hang out while I go get ready.
, c3 y9 K3 \4 T L:还要我等呀!行,不过下次不管上那儿去,要是我让你等一会儿,你可别感到奇怪哟。
( Z7 r- S' W2 ?& K) y7 y M: Ha, ha. Ok, I 'm ready., d/ U) p) k/ D0 |! a$ Q! C5 |; k
L:那就走吧!你喜欢中国城哪个饭馆呐?
4 c v& N! G/ s/ E- w( g M: Let's go to Good Fortune. Do you mind if some of my other friends hang out with us?
9 M7 Q! s; L: G) C3 A7 S L:好,新世界饭馆挺好。你说你还有几个朋友也要跟我们一起吃饭呀?当然没关系了,我一直认为玩的时候人多一些好。
0 _# I& [- z s: { (Michael和李华开车到了中国城)
( u i+ D: J, s" T7 f) ~ L:Michael,你知道该往哪儿走吗?我想我们还是问一下路吧,你好象是迷路了。- t- l+ T$ K/ `2 b- l) A8 W
M: I'm not lost. I think I know where we are.
% u3 q' \/ [. x2 M. B5 e L:还硬说你没有迷路呢!Michael,别这么顽固嘛!问一下路有怎么啦?你真是讨厌。3 n& m% B+ z3 k7 r5 M
M: Are you calling me hard headed?+ E( @1 ]2 }# D% g
L:我是说你顽固,跟你的头硬不硬没有关系。- ?' d0 W* R. e) O2 Q! ^: ^ n$ b( Z+ G
M: Hard headed does mean stubbon, they have the same meaning. It's an expression people use sometimes.
! b! h" p7 G0 w7 [ L:我说呢,我刚才还真不懂什么头硬不硬。原来hard headed就是顽固。有人用hard headed这个说法?我怎么没听说过?不过,你要是问了路我就不会说你顽固了。美国男人呐,都一样,都很顽固。他们硬着头皮,就是不肯问路。
) t* o( t" Q2 `! d! H M: I know where we are. We're really close to the restaurant.
1 P2 d+ c: c5 I1 S) V5 D- ^) a L:你还不认为你迷路,你知道离新世界饭馆很近了。好吧,那我就听你的吧。 对了,Michael,我跟我弟弟说什么他都不听,非常顽固,我能说是hard headed吗?$ P* `0 m' c, B* Y
M: Yeah, I remember meeting him, he is certainly hard headed.7 B5 g* \2 b5 `4 w* L
L:对,你见过他。上回在公园里,他非要去跟一个不认识的女孩搭讪,我们叫他不要去,他不听,结果给人瞪了一眼,落个没趣。这真可以说是hard headed吧?1 |' s0 m6 _8 e* o5 h' ~1 N
M: Sure. But remember, hard headed is only an adjetive to describe people.
. n% B8 c, _, K* @2 I( w4 F$ _" B- v L:噢,hard headed只能形容人呀?我看,用hard headed来形容你是再合适不过了。走了那么多路,饭馆在哪里呐?3 |" k' j" X3 a
M: I think it's just down this block.+ t+ _0 H1 }/ c; ?1 X2 N
L:你还认为在这条街上。Michael,你就在这儿等等吧,我去问路。你啊,真是hard headed,顽固不化。
6 D" A3 D9 \! }0 B 今天Michael和李华在谈话中用了两个常用语,一个是:hang out,意思是等一等,或跟朋友一起玩;另一个常用语是:hard headed,意思是:顽固,固执。 |