纯正地道美语第347期(外教讲解):和父母住在一起

 　　Living With Your Parents 和父母住在一起

　　A : Why did your girlfriend break up with you?

　　为什么你女友和你分开了？

　　B : I don't know, she said she was tired of me not manning up and being more independent, which I think is all a bunch¹ of crap.

　　我不知道，她说她厌倦我没有阳刚之气和不够独立，我觉得这些都是胡说八道。

　　A : Well, you still live with your parents, so she does have a point.

　　嗯，你还和你的父母住在一起，所以他说的有些道理。

　　B : What do you mean? Lots of people live with their parents, especially when rent is so expensive and the slump² in the economy³.

　　你是什么意思？很多人都和父母 住在一起，特别是如今房租如此地昂贵，经济衰落。

　　A : Yeah, but you are almost forty! Plus, you make good money so there is really no excuse. It's simply because you are a momma's boy.

　　是的，但是你都快40岁了，你赚了很多钱，没有理由还和父母一起住。其实就是因为你心智还不成熟。

　　B : Whatever dude, I have everything I need, why would I move out! Have a great roof over my head, my mom does my laundry⁴ and cooks for me, what else could a guy ask for!

　　哥们，管它呢。我已经有了我需要的，为什么我要搬出去呢！我妈妈是我头顶的一片天，为我洗衣服做饭，一个男人还能要求什么呢？

　　A : Let's agree to disagree.

　　好吧，我就持保留意见吧。

　　1. a bunch of crap

　　a bunch of 一群；一束；一堆

　　Miss White received a bunch of flowers from her admirer. 怀特小姐收到爱慕者所送的一束花。

　　I've made a bunch of friends and we party every weekend. 我交了一大群的朋友，我们每个周末都开派对。

　　crap n. 废话；废物；屎；拉屎 vi. 掷骰子；拉屎

　　Why do you people still watch that crap ? 为什么你们这些人还看这些狗屁节目？

　　We shipped a lot of crap out of Detroit in our day. 当时我们就曾从底特律把大量劣货装运出去。

　　2. make good money 很赚钱，赚很多钱

　　To make good money , you have to do good business. 要赚大钱，您得经营好您的业务。

　　Those workers make good money . Why are they on strike? 这些工人的收入不错。他们为什么要罢工呢？

　　3. agree to disagree 消除分歧，求同存异；同意各自保留不同意见

　　You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree . 不用争赢每一场辩论。试着对不同意见表示赞同。

　　The market, on the other hand, "allows investors⁵ to agree to disagree ". 另一方面，市场“允许投资人求同存异”。

　　At this point Chinese and Occidentals must agree to disagree , for they can never be brought to view the same things in the same light. 中国人和西方人必须有个共识，就是在这一点上，他们不可能达成共识，因为他们永远不可能以同样的方式去看同样的事物。

1 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

2 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。

3 economy   

n.经济；节俭；秩序；机体

参考例句：

• We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
• The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。

4 laundry   

n.洗衣店，洗衣房；已洗好的衣物，待洗衣物

参考例句：

• Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
• There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会