Michael是个美国学生，在纽约上大学。他的一个要好同窗是从中国大陆来的李华。今天Michael刚好在校园里碰着李华。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上你给我介绍的阿谁带眼镜的人?
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，原本coach potato是指一小我老坐在电视机锹裨徙食。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，一看就看到三更三更，吃的工具撒在地毯上，沙发上，处处都是。
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：一个礼拜在黉舍念书其实很累了，回家当一回couch potato，我想这仍是可以的，只要不是天天这样就行了。
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，杏仁那样的不美观仁吗?你跟Jon交伴侣跟吃花生有什么关系呀?
M: No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.
L：原本nuts在这里是说一小我做的事很怪。概略就象中文里说的：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!你适才说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，那天我上移平易近局去办手续，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：你念中学的时辰你妈妈天天晚上要你扫除房间?那是有点受不了。嗨，Michael，你熟悉我的伴侣张红吗?
M: Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent $200 for a dress, and it's ugly.
L：对，张红这小我是有点问题，化两百美元买件难看的衣服。不外，Michael，你老是攻讦别人买的工具。 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，就是说一小我不正常，做的事很怪。