时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

李华刚买了一台笔记本电脑。她今天要学两个常用语,bells and Whistles和savvy 1


LL: So, you got a new laptop computer, Li Hua? Wow! It has all the bells and whistles, doesn't it?


LH: Bells and whistles?我怎么没看见这台电脑上有什么铃铛和哨子啊。


LL: Oh, What I meant was that your lap top has a lot of special features and extras that ordinary lap tops don't have.


LH: 噢,我知道了,你刚才说的bells and whistles是指电脑上的DVD播放器和超宽屏幕等额外的功能。


LL: Yeah, that is right. Manufacturers 2 like to put lots of bells and whistles on lap tops to entice 3 people to buy them.


LH:没错,我就是冲着这些bells and whistles才买这台电脑的。你看,上面还有无线调制解调器和一个超大储存量的硬盘呢!


LL: When I bought a lap top computer last year, Li Hua, I did NOT get one with all the bells and whistles, and now I kind of regret it.


LH: 是啊,这些bells and whistles确实要多花点儿钱,可我觉得还是值得的。


LL: I suppose I can always add some bells and whistles to my basic lap top. I would like to have a bigger hard drive.


LH: 我听说加个硬盘并不难,我觉得你真的可以在你的电脑上加点儿bells and whistles.


LL: Although sometimes it is possible to have too many bells and whistles!


LH: Bells and whistles还会嫌太多吗?


LL: Well, I was thinking of the cell phone I bought recently. It definitely 4 came with all the bells and whistles. So many bells and whistles, in fact, I don't even know everything it does!


LH: 你是说手机啊。我也有同感。现在的手机功能越来越多,很多我都用不着,也不知道该怎么用。


LL: But some people really like to have all the bells and whistles. Like my Dad. The last time he went shopping for a new car, it had to have all the bells and whistles.


LH: 车上能有些什么bells and whistles?


LL: He wanted a car with leather seats that heated themselves and had a built in global positioning system.


LH: 能加热的皮座椅,全球定位系统,看来车上也能有不少的bells and whistles.


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LH: Larry, 你能帮我把这些软件装到电脑上吗?


LL: I am happy to help you load your software on your new lap top, Li Hua. You know I'm tech savvy.


LH: Tech Savvy? 我知道tech是technology科技的意思,那savvy呢?


LL: Savvy means to understand something very well.


LH: 所以你说自己tech savvy, 就是说你对电脑和高科技的东西很在行喽?


LL: That's right. I've always been interested in computers, and as a result I am fairly tech savvy.


LH: 那太好了。我可一点儿也不tech savvy. 我就知道怎么用电脑写论文,发电子邮件,除此之外就一窍不通了。Larry, 除了高科技以外,还有什么东西可以说savvy吗?


LL: Oh, sure, Li Hua. We often say that some one who dresses well and has good fashion sense is fashion savvy.


LH: 噢,fashion savvy就是很跟得上服装的潮流。那我可以说fashion savvy吧。


LL: Oh, you definitely have fashion savvy, Li Hua. You always dress very stylishly 5.


LH: 这肯定是我祖母的遗传。我看过她的照片,穿得可漂亮了。She definitely had fashion savvy.


LL: A person can also have street savvy.


LH: Street savvy? 你是说会认路吗?或者是有方向感?


LL: No, no. A person with street savvy knows how people act in the city and how to be safe in parts of the city that might be a little rough.


LH: 噢,street savvy是说街头的生存能力,特别是能在那些比较乱的街区不惹麻烦。看来,tech savvy和street savvy我都学不来,有fashion savvy就行了。


今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是bells and whistles, 意思是附加的功能或是点缀品。另一个是savvy, 是指在什么方面很在行。

 



v.知道,了解;n.理解能力,机智,悟性;adj.有见识的,懂实际知识的,通情达理的
  • She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
  • Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了?
制造商,制造厂( manufacturer的名词复数 )
  • The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad. 一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。
  • Colour TV has been more aggressively promoted as more manufacturers have joined the competition. 由于更多的厂商参与竞争,推销彩色电视机的宣传更为激烈了。
v.诱骗,引诱,怂恿
  • Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
  • I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白,为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
adv.时髦地,新式地
  • Her stylishly short auburn hair was streaked naturally with gray. 她时髦的金棕色短发里自然地夹着几丝灰发。 来自辞典例句
  • She was dressed very stylishly. 她穿着很时髦。 来自互联网
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