L：嗨，Michael，你上哪兒去呀?
M: I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?
L：嗯，是不是上次在一次party上你給我介紹的那個(gè)帶眼鏡的人?
M: Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.
L：他是什么?Couch potato? 什么是couch potato? 他愛(ài)吃土豆?
M: No, couch potato is an expression used to describe someone who sits in front of the TV all the time eating junk food, such as potato chips.
L：噢，原來(lái)coach potato是指一個(gè)人老坐在電視機(jī)前吃零食。這個(gè)常用語(yǔ)挺有趣。那couch potato是不是只能指人呀?
M: Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.
L：噢，只能指人，指那些懶懶散散，沒(méi)有動(dòng)力的人。好，下回我就叫我哥哥couch potato。他老是看電視，一看就看到三更半夜，吃的東西撒在地毯上，沙發(fā)上，到處都是。
M: My father's like that too. My mother is always angry with him. But he doesn't care.
L：?jiǎn)?，你爸爸也是這樣呀!要我是你媽，我也會(huì)生氣的。
M: But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.
L：一個(gè)星期在學(xué)校念書(shū)實(shí)在很累了，回家當(dāng)一回couch potato，我想這還是可以的，只要不是每天這樣就行了。
M: Yes, I agree. Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.
L：你們要打網(wǎng)球呀，那太好了，我正在學(xué)打網(wǎng)球吶。
M: That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.
L：有的人認(rèn)為你是什么? Nuts，Nuts不是花生，杏仁那樣的果仁嗎?你跟Jon交朋友跟吃花生有什么關(guān)系呀?
M: No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
L：原來(lái)nuts在這里是說(shuō)一個(gè)人做的事很怪。大概就象中文里說(shuō)的：你瘋啦!對(duì)嗎?
M: That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.
L：他看起來(lái)不象會(huì)對(duì)別人無(wú)禮，愛(ài)跟人爭(zhēng)論的人哪!你剛才說(shuō)drives me nuts是什么意思啊?
M: Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.
L：噢，還可以說(shuō)drive me nuts，或者是drive someone nuts。嗨，Michael，那天我上移民局去辦手續(xù)，排隊(duì)好長(zhǎng)，我站了一小時(shí)，我真是火死了。我能說(shuō)：They drove me nuts 嗎?
M: Of course. You know, my mother used to make me clean my room every night when I was in high school and that drove me nuts.
L：你念中學(xué)的時(shí)候你媽媽每天晚上要你打掃房間?那是有點(diǎn)受不了。嗨，Michael，你認(rèn)識(shí)我的朋友張紅嗎?
M: Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent $200 for a dress, and it's ugly.
L：對(duì)，張紅這個(gè)人是有點(diǎn)問(wèn)題，化兩百美元買(mǎi)件難看的衣服。不過(guò)，Michael，你總是批評(píng)別人買(mǎi)的東西。 You sometimes drive me nuts too.
M: Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.