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1、流行美語(yǔ)第213課:雙贏局面-(韋博分享)流行美語(yǔ)第213課:雙贏局面-(韋博分享)Larry和李華在談李華教中文的事。李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ):dumbdown和win-win。LL:So,whenyouteachfirstyearChineseyoumustreallyhavetodumbdownthematerialforthestudents.LH:什么?Dumbdown?這是什么意思呀?LL:Yeah.Todumbdownistotakesomethingdifficultandmakeiteasy.LH:噢,Todum
2、bdown就是把難學(xué)的教材簡(jiǎn)化,讓學(xué)生容易學(xué)一點(diǎn)。是啊,一年級(jí)的學(xué)生都剛開(kāi)始學(xué)中文,我必須用簡(jiǎn)單一些的教材。Larry,dumb就是笨;down就是下降,dumbdown這說(shuō)法是不是有貶義呀?LL:Well,sometimesyoudumbsomethingdownbecauseitisreallyhard,andinthosecases,todumbdowndoesn'treallyhaveanegativesensetoit.LH:那倒是。把過(guò)分復(fù)雜的內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)化一些是好的,所以在這種情況下,dumbdown確實(shí)不應(yīng)該屬于貶義
3、。LL:Sometimesthepersonyouaretryingtoteachisn'tverysmart-andyouhavetodumbitdownsotheycanbegintounderstand.Inthatcase,itdoeshaveanegativemeaning.LH:這我太清楚了。有的學(xué)生就是教不會(huì),腦子不太聰明,遇到這種情況你也只好一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)教,從最簡(jiǎn)單的開(kāi)始。LL:Ofcourse-andatwork,whenIexplainthesoftwaretopeoplewhohaveneverusedit,
4、Igenerallydumbdownmyinstructionssotheydon'tgetconfused.LH:那我跟你辦公室的同事差不多。你要教我用新的電腦軟件,你非得講得簡(jiǎn)單易懂,否則我會(huì)糊涂的。就像我教那些腦子不太快的學(xué)生一樣。LL:So,youdon'thavetodumbitdownforthosebrightstudents?LH:教聰敏的學(xué)生當(dāng)然就不需要dumbdown我的教材咯!有的學(xué)生可真聰敏,一教就會(huì),而且還不需要我每次重復(fù)。LL:Thatisamazing!Ifyoudidn'thavetodumbi
5、tdown,youmustbeareallygoodteacher.LH:那還用說(shuō)呀!當(dāng)然是教導(dǎo)有方了,嚴(yán)師出高徒嘛。Larry,我想請(qǐng)你幫個(gè)忙,不知道你能不能教我使用剛買(mǎi)的繪畫(huà)軟件。LL:Sure,LiHua,I'dbehappyto.LH:我剛才說(shuō)了,我對(duì)電腦不太精通。你可要用簡(jiǎn)單的詞匯來(lái)講解-Youarereallygoingtohavetodumbitdownforme!******LL:Hey,LiHua.SpeakingofteachingChinese,I'vegotaproposalforyou-andIthi
6、nkitisarealwin-winsituation.LH:我知道,win-winsituation就是雙贏。也就是對(duì)雙方都有好處。Win就是贏或輸?shù)内A。對(duì)了,Larry,你要給我提什么建議呀?LL:Oh,ImetsomeonewhostudiedChineseyearsagoandwantstopracticetheirChinese.Ithoughtyouwouldbeaperfectchoicetohelpherout.LH:你認(rèn)識(shí)的這個(gè)人以前學(xué)過(guò)中文,現(xiàn)在想練習(xí)中文,我當(dāng)然可以幫助她了。不過(guò),如果只是我?guī)椭?,這好像
7、并不是雙贏的局面呦。LL:Well,sheisaneditorforamagazine,andIthoughtshecouldhelpyoubyeditingyourdissertation-andyoucouldhelpherpracticeherChinese.It'sawin-winsituationforbothofyou.LH:原來(lái)如此,她是一個(gè)雜志的編輯,可以幫我修改博士論文。這樣,我?guī)退毩?xí)中文,她幫我改論文,這真是一個(gè)win-winsituation。謝謝你,Larry,你知道花錢(qián)請(qǐng)人修改論文是很貴的。LL:A
8、scanhiringaChinesetutor.Iamsuremyfriendwillthinkit'swin-winaswell.LH:當(dāng)然,請(qǐng)人輔導(dǎo)中文也不便宜。你把她的電話給我,我和她聯(lián)系一下。Larry,我也有一個(gè)雙贏的建議給你。LL:Okay,justwhatisy