英語播客初級版 第347期(外教講解):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?
為什么你女友和你分開了?
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 bunch of crap.
我不知道，她說她厭倦我沒有陽剛之氣和不夠獨立，我覺得這些都是胡說八道。
A : Well, you still live with your parents, so she does have a point.
嗯，你還和你的父母住在一起，所以他說的有些道理。
B : What do you mean? Lots of people live with their parents, especially when rent is so expensive and the slump in the economy.
你是什么意思?很多人都和父母 住在一起，特別是如今房租如此地昂貴，經(jīng)濟衰落。
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歲了，你賺了很多錢，沒有理由還和父母一起住。其實就是因為你心智還不成熟。
B : Whatever dude, I have everything I need, why would I move out! Have a great roof over my head, my mom does my laundry and cooks for me, what else could a guy ask for!
哥們，管它呢。我已經(jīng)有了我需要的，為什么我要搬出去呢!我媽媽是我頭頂?shù)囊黄?，為我洗衣服做飯，一個男人還能要求什么呢?
A : Let's agree to disagree.
好吧，我就持保留意見吧。
1. a bunch of crap
a bunch of 一群;一束;一堆
Miss White received a bunch of flowers from her admirer. 懷特小姐收到愛慕者所送的一束花。
I've made a bunch of friends and we party every weekend. 我交了一大群的朋友，我們每個周末都開派對。
crap n. 廢話;廢物;屎;拉屎 vi. 擲骰子;拉屎
Why do you people still watch that crap ? 為什么你們這些人還看這些狗屁節(jié)目?
We shipped a lot of crap out of Detroit in our day. 當(dāng)時我們就曾從底特律把大量劣貨裝運出去。
2. make good money 很賺錢，賺很多錢
To make good money , you have to do good business. 要賺大錢，您得經(jīng)營好您的業(yè)務(wù)。
Those workers make good money . Why are they on strike? 這些工人的收入不錯。他們?yōu)槭裁匆T工呢?
3. agree to disagree 消除分歧，求同存異;同意各自保留不同意見
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree . 不用爭贏每一場辯論。試著對不同意見表示贊同。
The market, on the other hand, "allows investors to agree to disagree ". 另一方面，市場“允許投資人求同存異”。
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. 中國人和西方人必須有個共識，就是在這一點上，他們不可能達(dá)成共識，因為他們永遠(yuǎn)不可能以同樣的方式去看同樣的事物。