第22课：CouchPotato-Nuts
michael是个美国学生，在纽约上大学。他的一个要好同学是从中国大陆来的李华。今天michael刚好在校园里碰到李华。李华会在谈话中学到两个常用语：couch potato和nuts。
l：嗨，michael，你上哪儿去呀？
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上你给我介绍的那个带眼镜的人？
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? 他爱吃土豆？
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，原来coach potato是指一个人老坐在电视机前吃零食。这个常用语挺有趣。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，指那些懒懒散散，没有动力的人。好，下回我就叫我哥哥couch potato。他老是看电视，一看就看到三更半夜，吃的东西撒在地毯上，沙发上，到处都是。
m: my father's like that too. my mother is always angry with him. but he doesn't care.
l：哟，你爸爸也是这样呀！要我是你妈，我也会生气的。
m: but sometimes, after a really hard week at school, i also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.
l：一个星期在学校念书实在很累了，回家当一回couch potato，我想这还是可以的，只要不是每天这样就行了。
m: yes, i agree. li hua, would you like to join us? jon and i are going to play tennis.
l：你们要打网球呀，那太好了，我正在学打网球呐。
m: that's wonderful. you know, some people think i'm nuts to have a friend like jon.
l：有的人认为你是什么？ nuts，nuts不是花生，杏仁那样的果仁吗？你跟jon交朋友跟吃花生有什么关系呀？
m: no, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
l：原来nuts在这里是说一个人做的事很怪。大概就象中文里说的：你疯啦！对吗？
m: that's right. jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. sometimes he does drive me nuts.
l：他看起来不象会对别人无礼，爱跟人争论的人哪！你刚才说drives me nuts是什么意思啊？
m: drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.
l：噢，还可以说drive me nuts，或者是drive someone nuts。嗨，michael，那天我上移民局去办手续，排队好长，我站了一小时，我真是火死了。我能说：they drove me nuts 吗？
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：你念中学的时候你妈妈每天晚上要你打扫房间？那是有点受不了。嗨，michael，你认识我的朋友张红吗？
m: oh, yes, she is nuts. she spent $200 for a dress, and it's ugly.
l：对，张红这个人是有点问题，化两百美元买件难看的衣服。不过，michael，你总是批评别人买的东西。 you sometimes drive me nuts too.
m: li hua, i think you are learning these words too fast.
今天李华学了两个常用语，一个是：couch potato，指那些常坐着看电视，吃零食的人；另一个是：nuts，就是说一个人不正常，做的事很怪。