第2部分 流行美语
李华终于把明天要交的一份报告写完了。她松了一口气，想出去轻松一下。她决定先去看看Michael在干什么。今天，李华会学到两个常用语：dumb blonde和bimbo。
M: Hey, Li Hua. What brings you here?
L: 没事。刚写完明天要交的报告，想休息一下。哎，你在看电视剧Friends呀？我看过，我很喜欢Pheobe. 就是那个金发女孩，她真滑稽。
M: Yeah, she's a real dumb blonde.
L: 你叫她dumb blonde? 什么意思呀？ Dumb不是指一个人很笨吗？blonde是金发。很笨的金发女郎啊？
M: You're right. Dumb blonde. We often joke that blonde women are usually pretty but not very intelligent.
L: 噢，原来你们老把金发女郎说成是很漂亮，可是却很笨。 象Pheobe也一样，很漂亮，但是老说傻话，也是个dumb blonde。可是，说人家笨不是很不礼貌吗？
M: Yes, that's why we would never say this to someone's face. It's usually only used as a joke behind people's backs.
L: 原来这是作为笑话来讲的，绝对不能当着一个金发女郎的面说dumb blonde. Michael，你真认为金发的女人真的都很笨吗？
M: No, we often used the term as a joke. Most of the jokes about dumb blondes are not true.
L: 我想也是，有金发的人不见得就是比别人笨。Michael, 你给我讲一个关于dumb blonde的笑话吧！
M: OK. A crying blonde asked a policeman for help to find her lost dog. The policeman suggested that she put an ad in the paper. The blonde responds: "I can't, because my dog can't read." Li Hua, do you understand the joke?
L: 听懂了。一个金发女郎的狗丢了。她一面哭一面要一个警察帮她把狗找回来。警察建议她在报上登个广告。可是，这个金发女郎说：“不行，我的狗不识字。” Michael, 我才不信有这么笨的人。
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L: Michael, 那天我们上历史课的时候，那个女学生问教授谁是美国的第一任总统。这可真傻，不过她不是金发女郎。那我该怎么说她呢？
M: Well, you can call her a bimbo. Bimbo is a very dumb woman, not necessarily a blonde.
L: 你的意思是，bimbo可以指笨的女人，不管她是不是金发女郎。
M: That's right. Remember last week in class, a girl asked who won World War II, the Germans or the Japanese? What a silly question, she's a real bimbo.
L: 对，我记得！她问第二次大战是德国人胜还是日本人胜，提得出这样问题的人才真是个bimbo。
M: Yeah, it's scary that an American did not even know who our first president was or who won World War II. But it's still not nice to call her bimbo, though.
L: 我知道，虽然提这样的问题很傻， 不过也不能当她们的面叫她们bimbo. 这样会伤害她们自尊的。
M: I know you wouldn't. Just want to warn you.
L: 哟，Michael, 我和一个朋友约好在中国城见面的，我得去搭地铁了。我要来不及了！
M: To Chinatown? Two blocks away！You can walk there in 5 minutes, why do you want to take subway? You're such a bimbo!
L: 噢，再过两条街就是中国城？我还以为要坐地铁呢！嗨， Michael， 我路不熟这也算bimbo呀！你真没礼貌！我走了！
M: Sorry, bye!
今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是：dumb blonde, 这是用来笑话那些金发女郎，看起来很漂亮，但是脑子很笨。另一个是：bimbo。Bimbo是指笨的女人，不管是不是金发
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