前言
《美语怎么说( How to Say It in American English )》是美国之音中文部英语教学组推出的又一强档节目，教你用地道美语说时髦中文。
本电子书中收录了十集节目的原文和原声，你可以一边听节目，一边看文字，
轻松对照学习，省力又见效！
看完本书，你将学会怎么用地道美语说“山寨“、“宅“、”赘肉“、“爆冷门“、“跑腿”......
以及更多更多！
Enjoy!
第一课山寨
Jessica在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友于苗想知道“山寨”用美语怎么说。
于苗: Jessica, 你看我这块儿手表怎么样？
Jessica: LV 的! Nice! Did you win the lottery?
于苗：中彩票？我哪有那么好的运气！这表是山寨的！
Jessica: Ah? What do you mean?
于苗: 山寨，就是，啊……Not a real LV，a fake one……
Jessica: Oh, I e! The watch is a knockoff! K-n-o-c-k-o-f-f. Knockoff.
YM: 哦~~~原来山寨版的假名牌儿就是 knockoff.
Jessica: Right. 朋友都告诉我 Xiushui Market is the place to go for designer knockoffs.
于苗: 没错，好多人都特爱去秀水买假名牌！对了，我带上这假LV，觉得自己特有明星范儿，别人也说我是山寨版的章子怡，那我就是 knockoff Zhang Ziyi 喽?
Jessica: No, in that ca, you say you're a Zhang Ziyi lookalike!
于苗: Lookalike, look后面跟alike，就是山寨明星脸! 哦，Jessica, 我早就想告诉你， You're a Lady GaGa lookalike.
Jessica: Thanks! I'm flattered!
于苗: 对了，待会儿我要去看话剧，叫作“阿凡提•达”
Jessica: 阿凡达? Avatar? The movie?
于苗: 不是，这个话剧要模仿Avatar，搞笑的，是山寨版的阿凡达。
Jessica: Oh! You mean a spoof. That means you will imitate the movie's style, but in a humorous or sarcastic way.
于苗: 原来这种有点恶搞的山寨版艺术作品叫 spoof.
Jessica: That's right! S-p-o-o-f, spoof.
于苗: 我来总结一下，山寨版的假名牌是knockoff; 山寨明星脸是lookalike; 山寨的艺术作品是spoof。
第二课爆冷门
Jessica在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友Jimmy想知道“爆冷门“用美语怎么说。Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看学校的足球比赛了吗？爆了个大冷门儿，法学院居然输给了商学院，哎，这大冷门怎么说啊？
Jessica: 冷门？
Jimmy: 哦，对啊，就是铁定会输的队，最后居然打赢了。
Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upt.
Jimmy: Upt? 那不是不高兴的意思吗？
Jessica: That's true. 做形容词的时候，重音在后面，是 upt, 指不高兴，但是做名词，重音在前面，upt, it means an unexpected win.
Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，中文里的爆冷门，在英文里就是 upt. 那原来大家都以为法学院会赢，这种赛前被看好的球队美语里叫什么？
Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.
Jimmy: 这么说，The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法学院足球队本来是被看好的热门球队。
Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lo as the underdog.
Jimmy: Underdog. Under后面加上dog, underdog 就是在比赛里实力比较差的一方。这么说，我们中文系的排球队，不论跟谁比赛，都是 underdog.
Jessica: Jimmy！Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?
Jimmy: 唉，别提了...That's why I always cheer for
Jessica: 言归正传，What did you learn today？
Jimmy: 第一，爆冷门叫 upt, 重音在前面; 第二，赛前被看好的一方叫 favorite；第三，赛前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.
Jessica: 不错，我也学了个词儿--upt 叫作“冷门”。
第三课啤酒肚
Donny在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友Jimmy想知道“啤酒肚“用美语怎么说。
Donny: Jimmy, 天真热! Let's go drink some cold beer!
Jimmy: 啊？冰啤酒啊，我女朋友不让。
Donny: Why?
Jimmy: 她说我有啤酒肚。But look at my belly, is it really that bad?
Donny: 呃......I have to say she has a point. You've got a beer belly for sure.
Jimmy: Beer belly？ beer，啤酒，加上 belly，肚子，beer belly 啤酒肚。这个词真好记。Donny: Yeah. It's easy to remember.
Jimmy: 那不说 beer belly, 还有其它说法吗？
Donny: Let'u can call it a "keg." k-e-g, keg. A keg is a barrel to store beer.
Jimmy: keg 是啤酒桶？你是说我这肚子活生生就是一啤酒桶？
Donny: Don't worry. You can go from keg to six-pack abs if you exerci and eat healthy.
Jimmy: Six-pack abs? 我知道 a-b-s, abs 指腹肌， six-pack 不是半打啤酒么？
Donny: Six-pack abs are the muscles at your midction. 一边三块，一共六块。
Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，six-pack abs 就是“六块腹肌”。天啊!从啤酒肚变成六块肌，得做多少仰卧起坐啊!
Donny: I know it's hard, but a lot of people say sit-ups really help them lo their beer bellies. You want your girl to be happy, right?
Jimmy: 好，为女朋友高兴，我这就回家做 sit-ups，仰卧起坐！
Donny: Enjoy your workout! But first tell me what you've learned today.
Jimmy: 第一“啤酒肚”叫 beer belly, 或者 keg；第二，六块腹肌，叫 six-pack abs；第三，仰卧起坐叫sit-up，s-i-t, sit; u-p, up. Sit-up!
