美语会话实录第259期(MP3+文本):No sweat!

英文原文:

Everyone meets for lunch at noon
Paul:Hey, Trev! How did the shopping go?
Trev:“You ain't nothin' but a hound-dog...”
Paul:Trev, are you OK?
Trev:Of course I'm OK! I just bought a bunch of classic Elvis records!
Paul:Aren't you lucky. The vintage-clock guy is driving a hard bargain. So I have nothing.
Trev:No sweat. Just go back and talk him down. Here comes Wei.

参考译文:

大家在中午集合吃饭
保罗：嘿，崔佛！血拼进行得如何了？
崔佛：你只不过是条猎狗……
保罗：崔佛，你还好吧？
崔佛：当然好！我刚买了一堆猫王的经典唱片！
保罗：你真好运。那个卖古董钟的人价格好硬。所以我什么都没买。
崔佛：小意思。就回去跟他拗到他降价。小薇来了

重点词汇:

No sweat.
小事一桩。
A: I need to get a visa for Taiwan.
我需要办去台湾的签证。
B: No sweat! Just go to the Taipei Trade Office.
小事一桩！去台北经贸办事处办即可。
a bunch of
一堆，一群
You guys are just a bunch of perverts.
你们这些人不过是一群变态而已。
You ain't nothin' but a hound-dog...
这是猫王歌曲《猎犬》Hound dog的歌词
My old hound dog just died.
我的那只老灰狗死了。
is_drive a hard bargain
某人做生意的条件或出的价格很硬
You really drive a hard bargain.
你真难搞定。