今天larry和li hua在一个朋友家的花园里参加party。li hua会学到两个常用语：dude和chick。
lh: hey larry! 参加party的人都挺高兴的，可是jack刚才在那边儿好像和人吵架，什么事呀？
ll: oh, jack and some other dude were having a really intense argument. we were afraid they might get into a fight, so we had to separate them.
lh: 就是啊，他们吵得挺凶的，好象要动手打起来似的！可是，larry, 你管另外那个人叫什么？ dude? 那是什么意思啊？
ll: dude is another word for guy, or man. i just said jack and some other dude were arguing.
lh: oh, dude 是指男人，我还以为是那个人的名字呢！你刚才是说“jack和那个人争论得非常激烈”。哎，larry，那你叫别人dude有没有什么不好的意思吗？
ll: what? no, of course not. dude just means guy. however, it is very informal, so you''d sound silly if you called someone important a dude, or used it in a formal situation.
lh: 噢，dude这个称呼没有贬意，只是一般用在很随便的场合。哎哟，幸亏你告诉我，要是在正式的场合我把某位大人物称为dude, 那可不就出洋相了吗！
ll: and usually, only younger people use the word dude, and it usually refers to fairly young men.
lh: 噢，dude 一般是年轻人用的词，而且dude也是指年轻人。 对了，我想起来了，有一次我在商店里就听到两个年轻人用dude这个词。我那时还不懂dude是什么意思。 哎，dude不就相当于中文里说的“那个家伙”吗？
ll: that''s right! see that dude over there? that''s my pal frank. i''ll ask him for a beer. dude, toss me one of those beers. thanks!
lh: 哎哟，你真好意思，自己不去拿啤酒，让你那个dude扔过来，幸亏你接得准！
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lh: oh no, larry我看见我的同屋朝这边走过来了。要是她看见我，她又要缠着我没完没了了。
ll: what? that tall girl with glasses? is that the chick you''re always telling me about?
lh: 对，就是那个戴眼镜的高个儿女孩。你叫她什么？ chick? larry, 我虽然不喜欢那个女孩，可是我也不想用难听的词来骂她噢！
ll: huh!? i didn''t say any bad words. i said that chick. chick means young woman. it''s not a bad word, although some people find it a little offensive.
lh: 噢，原来chick这个词是指“年轻女孩儿”呀！哎哟，这要是直接翻译成中文，可不是什么好词儿。你说在英文里，chick不是骂人的话，可是你又说有的人听了会不大高兴，这是怎么回事啊？
ll: well, some women find it demeaning - i guess they think that baby chickens are cute but sort of brainless. you can use this word around your friends, but not in formal situations or with strangers.
lh: 噢，我懂了 - chick这个词本意是“小鸡”，小鸡虽然可爱，可是好象没有脑子，傻傻的，所以有的女孩就不愿意别人叫她chick。这么说，可以在熟朋友之间用chick这个词，不过，不要在正式场合，或者叫一个陌生人chick。哎，larry, 我们还是赶快走吧，我可不想让我的同屋缠着我不放。
ll: hey, there she goes. you''re in luck, li hua. your roommate''s gone... she just left with two other chicks and that dude who was arguing with jack.
lh: 她和另外两个女孩儿一起走啦，还有那个跟jack吵架的dude！哇，真是谢天谢地。这下我们可以痛痛快快地玩了！
今天李华从larry那儿学到两个常用语。一个是dude, 是口语里男孩之间的称呼，就相当于中文里所说的“家伙”。另外一个是chick, 在口语里指年轻女孩儿。
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