美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)dumb blonde / bimbo

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李華終于把明天要交的一份報(bào)告寫完了。她松了一口氣，想出去輕松一下。她決定先去看看Michael在干什么。今天，李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：dumb blonde和bimbo。

M: Hey, Li Hua. What brings you here?

L: 沒(méi)事。剛寫完明天要交的報(bào)告，想休息一下。哎，你在看電視劇Friends呀？我看過(guò)，我很喜歡Pheobe. 就是那個(gè)金發(fā)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不是指一個(gè)人很笨嗎？blonde是金發(fā)。很笨的金發(fā)女郎??？

M: You're right. Dumb blonde. We often joke that blonde women are usually pretty but not very intelligent.

L: 噢，原來(lái)你們老把金發(fā)女郎說(shuō)成是很漂亮，可是卻很笨。 象Pheobe也一樣，很漂亮，但是老說(shuō)傻話，也是個(gè)dumb blonde?？墒?，說(shuō)人家笨不是很不禮貌嗎？

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: 原來(lái)這是作為笑話來(lái)講的，絕對(duì)不能當(dāng)著一個(gè)金發(fā)女郎的面說(shuō)dumb blonde. Michael，你真認(rèn)為金發(fā)的女人真的都很笨嗎？

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，有金發(fā)的人不見(jiàn)得就是比別人笨。Michael, 你給我講一個(gè)關(guān)于dumb blonde的笑話吧！

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: 聽(tīng)懂了。一個(gè)金發(fā)女郎的狗丟了。她一面哭一面要一個(gè)警察幫她把狗找回來(lái)。警察建議她在報(bào)上登個(gè)廣告?？墒牵@個(gè)金發(fā)女郎說(shuō)：“不行，我的狗不識(shí)字。” Michael, 我才不信有這么笨的人。

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L: Michael, 那天我們上歷史課的時(shí)候，那個(gè)女學(xué)生問(wèn)教授誰(shuí)是美國(guó)的第一任總統(tǒng)。這可真傻，不過(guò)她不是金發(fā)女郎。那我該怎么說(shuō)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，不管她是不是金發(fā)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: 對(duì)，我記得！她問(wèn)第二次大戰(zhàn)是德國(guó)人勝還是日本人勝，提得出這樣問(wèn)題的人才真是個(gè)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，雖然提這樣的問(wèn)題很傻， 不過(guò)也不能當(dāng)她們的面叫她們bimbo. 這樣會(huì)傷害她們自尊的。

M: I know you wouldn't. Just want to warn you.

L: 喲，Michael, 我和一個(gè)朋友約好在中國(guó)城見(jiàn)面的，我得去搭地鐵了。我要來(lái)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，再過(guò)兩條街就是中國(guó)城？我還以為要坐地鐵呢！嗨， Michael， 我路不熟這也算bimbo呀！你真沒(méi)禮貌！我走了！

M: Sorry, bye!

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，一個(gè)是：dumb blonde, 這是用來(lái)笑話那些金發(fā)女郎，看起來(lái)很漂亮，但是腦子很笨。另一個(gè)是：bimbo。Bimbo是指笨的女人，不管是不是金發(fā)。