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[font=宋体]美国人平时生活上所用的一些[/font]"[font=宋体]口头禅[/font]" 1. I couldn""t care less.[font=宋体]这句话的意思是「我不在乎」，「缺乏兴趣」（[/font]lack of interest[font=宋体]），也就是：[/font]I don""t care at all. [font=宋体]或[/font] I don""t give a hoot. [font=宋体]例如：[/font][font=宋体]人家如果问：[/font] What do you think of the budget-cut?[font=宋体]（你对预算削减有何看法？）[/font][font=宋体]你回答：[/font] I couldn""t care less.[font=宋体]（我毫不在乎）[/font] How do you like Mr. Lee""s political point of view?[font=宋体]（你喜欢李先生的政见吗？）[/font]I couldn""t care less.[font=宋体]（我才不在乎呢！）[/font][font=宋体]但是有时说话者也有「口是心非」：[/font] [font=宋体]例如：[/font] I couldn""t care less about the promotion or pay raise.[font=宋体]（我不在乎升级或加薪）[/font][font=宋体]而实际上他是根本在乎升级和加薪的，那么人家也许就会回答说：[/font] Yes, you do[font=宋体]（[/font]care[font=宋体]）[/font].[font=宋体]至于[/font] I couldn""t care more. [font=宋体]就是「我很在乎」（[/font]I care a lot.[font=宋体]）或[/font] I care deeply. [font=宋体]同理：[/font] I couldn""t agree more.=I totally agree.[font=宋体]（我完全同意）[/font] I couldn""t please you more.=I did my best to please you.[font=宋体]（我尽量使你高兴）[/font] I couldn""t be more right.=I am totally right.[font=宋体]但是老外为了「自尊」，不愿强调自己的错误，所以很少人说：[/font] I couldn""t be more wrong.[font=宋体]注意：一般人都用否定句，但也有老外把肯定句与否定句互用。[/font][font=宋体]不过，严格来说，[/font]I could care less. = I care to some degree.[font=宋体]（[/font]care [font=宋体]的程度可能减少）[/font] I could care more.=I care some.[font=宋体]（[/font]care[font=宋体]的程度也许增加）（主词可用任何人称代名词：[/font]he, she, you, we, they [font=宋体]等。但只用[/font] could[font=宋体]，不用[/font] can[font=宋体]。）[/font] 2. No bones about it.[font=宋体]意思是：真实的，诚恳的（[/font]truly, sincerely or exactly[font=宋体]），也就是[/font] to make no bones about it.[font=宋体]（[/font]bone [font=宋体]要加[/font] s, it [font=宋体]是指[/font] something[font=宋体]）例如：[/font]His wife is beautiful;no bones about it.[font=宋体]（他的太太真是很漂亮）[/font] Mr. A made no bones about it when he talked about abortion issue.[font=宋体]（当[/font] A [font=宋体]先生谈到堕胎问题时，他是诚恳的。）[/font] When I spoke on the topic,he said, "No bones about it."[font=宋体]（也就是他同意我的看法）[/font] No bones about it;the weather is very chilly today.[font=宋体]（今天是真的太冷了）[/font] 3. take it on me[font=宋体]！[/font][font=宋体]意思是：「这是我的，请用吧！」「这是免费的」[/font](help yourself to it; it is free)[font=宋体]，这多半是指吃的东西或一些不贵重的东西。例如：[/font]Here are some candies from England; take one on me. ([font=宋体]这是来自英国的糖果，尝一个吧！[/font]) (one = candy) The restaurant owner said to me, "Take the dessert on me." ([font=宋体]餐馆老板对我说：「尝尝我的甜点吧！」[/font]) Please take these pencils on me.([font=宋体]取用一些我的铅笔吧！[/font]) ([font=宋体]也许铅笔上刻有名字，做为宣传之用而免费。[/font])[font=宋体]可见[/font] take [font=宋体]后面的[/font] it[font=宋体]，是指[/font] something[font=宋体]，而[/font] on [font=宋体]的后面通常不指别人，所以多半也只用在第一人称单数[/font] me[font=宋体]。[/font]([font=宋体]假如夫妇在一起，也可以说：[/font]Take it on us.) [font=宋体] [/font] 4. I am from Missouri.[font=宋体]这句话有时后面要加一句：「[/font]I need to be shown.[font=宋体]」或「[/font]You have got to show me.[font=宋体]」，意思是[/font] Missouri [font=宋体]州的人很固执[/font] (stubborn)[font=宋体]，不太信任别人，一定要人家「证明一下」[/font](prove it to me)[font=宋体]，所以密苏里州也被称为「[/font]The Show Me State[font=宋体]」。[/font][font=宋体]据说这句话所以流行[/font] ([font=宋体]尤其在美国中西部[/font]) [font=宋体]是因为美国一些名人都住过密苏里州，包括[/font] Harry Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney [font=宋体]等。后来老外不轻易相信别人时，就使用这句话。[/font]([font=宋体]也有半开玩笑性质[/font]) [font=宋体]例如：[/font]He is not easily convinced because he is from Missouri. ([font=宋体]他是来自密苏里州，所以不容易说服他。[/font]) Don""t try to fool me; I am from Missouri.(You have got to show me.) ([font=宋体]别愚弄我，我是来自密苏里州。[/font]) We are all from Missouri; we need to be shown. As Mr. Smith is a tough guy; he must be from Missouri. (Smith[font=宋体]先生是位倔强的人，他一定是来自密苏里州。[/font])
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