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Get with It, Bob
別土了，鮑勃
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Bob, who is Chinese, is speaking to his American classmate, Jill
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Jill：Hi, Bob. What's up ?
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吉兒：嗨，鮑勃，怎麼樣啊？(字面意思為：天上有什麼？)
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Bob：I don't see anything up in the sky . Do you?
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鮑勃：我沒看到天上有什麼東西。妳有嗎？
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Jill：No, Bob. What's up ? is slang for What's happening?
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吉兒：不是，鮑勃。What`s up?是What`s happening?(怎麼樣啊？)的俚語用法。
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Bob：Well, why didn't you just ask me that in the first place ?
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鮑勃：嗯，那妳為什麼不一開始就那樣問我？
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Jill：Get with it, Bob. Everyone uses slang in America. It makes speech more colorful .
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吉兒：別土了，鮑勃。美國每個人都用俚語，俚語使得說話更多采多姿
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Bob：I'm having enough trouble learning English.
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鮑勃：我學英文就已經困難重重了。
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Jill：But you should give it your best shot, Bob.
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吉兒：但是你應該盡力試試看。
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Bob：Why?
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鮑勃：為什麼？
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Jill：How else can you get to meet American chicks?
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吉兒：要不然你怎麼能夠認識美國馬子？(chick字面意思為『小雞』)
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Bob：What chicks? I don't like eggs.
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鮑勃：什麼小雞？我不喜歡吃雞蛋
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Jill：
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Chicks指的是"girls"(女孩)，你這個笨蛋。 |
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Bob：Oh, I give up !
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鮑勃：哦，我放棄了。 |
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