美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 248 - bells and Whistles / savvy
李華剛買了一臺(tái)筆記本電腦。她今天要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，bells and Whistles和savvy。
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？我怎么沒看見這臺(tái)電腦上有什么鈴鐺和哨子啊。
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，你剛才說的bells and whistles是指電腦上的DVD播放器和超寬屏幕等額外的功能。
LL: Yeah, that is right. Manufacturers like to put lots of bells and whistles on lap tops to entice people to buy them.
LH：沒錯(cuò)，我就是沖著這些bells and whistles才買這臺(tái)電腦的。你看，上面還有無線調(diào)制解調(diào)器和一個(gè)超大儲(chǔ)存量的硬盤呢！
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，這些bells and whistles確實(shí)要多花點(diǎn)兒錢，可我覺得還是值得的。
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: 我聽說加個(gè)硬盤并不難，我覺得你真的可以在你的電腦上加點(diǎn)兒bells and whistles.
LL: Although sometimes it is possible to have too many bells and whistles!
LH: Bells and whistles還會(huì)嫌太多嗎？
LL: Well, I was thinking of the cell phone I bought recently. It definitely came with all the bells and whistles. So many bells and whistles, in fact, I don't even know everything it does!
LH: 你是說手機(jī)啊。我也有同感?，F(xiàn)在的手機(jī)功能越來越多，很多我都用不著，也不知道該怎么用。
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: 車上能有些什么bells and whistles？
LL: He wanted a car with leather seats that heated themselves and had a built in global positioning system.
LH: 能加熱的皮座椅，全球定位系統(tǒng)，看來車上也能有不少的bells and whistles.
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LH: Larry, 你能幫我把這些軟件裝到電腦上嗎？
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: 所以你說自己tech savvy, 就是說你對(duì)電腦和高科技的東西很在行嘍？
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。我可一點(diǎn)兒也不tech savvy. 我就知道怎么用電腦寫論文，發(fā)電子郵件，除此之外就一竅不通了。Larry, 除了高科技以外，還有什么東西可以說savvy嗎？
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就是很跟得上服裝的潮流。那我可以說fashion savvy吧。
LL: Oh, you definitely have fashion savvy, Li Hua. You always dress very stylishly.
LH: 這肯定是我祖母的遺傳。我看過她的照片，穿得可漂亮了。She definitely had fashion savvy.
LL: A person can also have street savvy.
LH: Street savvy? 你是說會(huì)認(rèn)路嗎？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是說街頭的生存能力，特別是能在那些比較亂的街區(qū)不惹麻煩。看來，tech savvy和street savvy我都學(xué)不來，有fashion savvy就行了。
今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是bells and whistles, 意思是附加的功能或是點(diǎn)綴品。另一個(gè)是savvy, 是指在什么方面很在行。
