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美国年轻人的口头禅-21
M: You stress too much, this test will be a no brainer.
L:
你是说我压力太大,没有脑子? 你知道我脑子很灵的呀!
M: Smarter than me, that's for sure. What I mean is that this test will be really easy. No brainer means something that reqires little or no thought.
L:
好,你承认我比你聪明。不过,我还得跟你学英文。你说,no brainer就是某件事很容易,不需要动脑子就行呀?
M: Yeah.
L:
我知道了。象我哥哥那天去买车,运气好,碰到一个公司半价出售。 在这种情况下决定买不买,不就是no brainer吗?
M: That's right.
L:
那次那个漂亮女孩邀你出去玩,你接受不接受邀请不也是很容易定的吗?
M: Yeah, that was a really easy decision, could be called no brainer. Of course I would go out with her.
L:
对,决定是容易做,但是你到头来还是不喜欢她。
M: That's true. When the University gave you a scholarship to come study here in New York, it was a no brainer for you too.
L:
当然啦,大学给我奖学金来纽约念书,作这种决定还要动脑筋啊?更何况我学习成绩那么好。
M: So then why are you bothering to study?
L:
这还用问? 再聪明的人也得念书嘛!
M: On, ok, let's get back to work.

李华今天学到了两个常用语,一个是:what's up? 这是一个用来打招呼的通俗说法; 另一个是:no brainer,意思是某件事很容易,不用动脑子就能做成。
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