美國之音之流行美語come clean / no sweat

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Popular American #109

come clean
no sweat

今天Larry和Li Hua一邊開車一邊在車上聽廣播，Li Hua會學到兩個常用語：come clean和no sweat。

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LL:  Hey, Li Hua, did you hear that?  The president of that corporation finally came clean about stealing several million dollars.

LH:  什么什么？我剛才沒注意聽，你說那個公司總裁怎么啦？他來上班的時候干干凈凈？這和偷幾百萬美元有什么關系呀？

LL:   No, I said, "He finally came clean about stealing several million dollars." It means "He finally admitted he stole several million dollars."  To come clean about something is to admit to it. 

LH:  噢，to come clean about something 原來就是“坦白承認”。你剛才是說那個公司總裁最后終于承認他偷了幾百萬美元。這么說，Larry, 要是我做錯了事，然后承認做錯了，那我就是come clean 嘍？

LL:  That's right.  If you cheat on a test and then tell the professor because you feel guilty, then you are coming clean about your mistake.

LH:  Hey, Larry, 你可別瞎說，我考試從來不作弊，心里沒鬼，更不用去教授那兒認錯。你剛才闖了紅燈，我看吶，你還是干脆承認你的開車技術不怎么樣吧！

LL: What? You want me to come clean about my bad driving? What stop light?  There wasn't a stop light.  Don't tease me like that.

LH:  我知道沒有紅綠燈，我只不過是逗你玩兒呢！

LL:  Speaking of coming clean about things, did your roommate ever come clean about stealing your CD?

LH:  沒有！我那個同屋偷了我的CD死活都不承認，可是我敢肯定是她偷的。

LL:  How do you know?

LH:  有一天我看見她的CD夾子在桌上開著，我那張CD明明就在里面。

LL:  Well, if she's not going to come clean about it, then maybe you should just take it back.

LH:  那可不行，她不愿意承認是她的問題，我可不想亂翻她的東西。

LL:  Then you really need to find a new roommate.  You should just come clean and admit that you made a mistake when you moved in with her.

LH:  你說得對，Larry，我真該換個同屋，早知道這樣，一開始就不該和這個人搬到一起。

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LH:  哎喲，Larry, 你剛才拐彎的時候開這么快，我把可樂撒在車座上，把你的車給弄臟了。

LL:  No sweat.  I'll stop at that gas station and we can get some stuff to clean it up.

LH:  那我們趕緊開到前面那個加油站擦擦干凈吧！可是你還說 - No sweat - 別出汗？噢，你的意思是讓我別著急，是不是？

LL:  That's right! No sweat means "don't worry about it" or "it's okay."  Don't worry about the coke.  We can clean it up.

LH:  你以前還教過我一個類似的短語，是Don't sweat it! 也是“別擔心，別著急”的意思。除了可以說Don't sweat it, 也可以說No sweat。可是，Larry, 我還是挺不安的，你看我撒了這么多可樂，這能擦干凈嗎？

LL:  As I said, no sweat.  The seats are leather, so they are really easy to clean.

LH:  噢，這種皮制的車座很容易擦干凈?。窟@我就放心了。哎，Larry, 你能不能再給我舉個 no sweat 的例子?

LL:  Well, if someone accidentally bumps into you in the hallway and they say, "sorry," you can tell them, "no sweat."

LH:  嗯，要是有人在樓道里不小心撞到我，他如果說sorry, 我就可以說，No sweat! 也就是沒關系的意思。Larry, 昨天我和一個朋友約好一起吃午飯，可是他沒來。我估計是忘了，我下次見到他能不能也對他說No sweat呢？

LL:  Well, personally, that would upset me, but if he comes clean about the fact that he has forgotten to meet you, then you can tell him no sweat.

LH:   對，讓我白等是挺讓人惱火的。你說得對，要是他承認是把約會給忘了，那我就會告訴他 No sweat - Don't worry about it 。

今天李華從Larry那兒學到了兩個常用語。一個是come clean, 意思是“坦白承認”。另一個常用語是 no sweat,  意思是“別著急，別擔心”。