今天 Michael剛好在校園裡碰到李華。李華會在談話中學到兩個常用語：couch potato 和 nuts。

嗨，Michael, 你要上哪兒去呀？

I'm going to meet Jon at the subway. You've met Jon, haven't you?

嗯，是不是上一次在 party 上你給我介紹那個帶眼鏡的人呢？

Yes. I want to drag him out to do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.

噢？他是什麼？ Couch potato? 什麼是 couch potato? 他愛吃土豆啊？

No, couch potato is an expression used to describe someone who sits in front of the TV all the time eating junk food, such as potato chips.

哦～，原來 couch potato 是指一個人老坐在電視機前吃零食。我知道了，couch 就是沙發，potato 呢是土豆，p-o-t-a-t-o, 可是 Michael 啊，couch 是怎麼拼的呢？

Couch is spelled: c-o-u-c-h.

哎～，這個常用語到挺有趣的。那～，couch potato 是不是只能夠指人吶？

Yes, it is only used to describe people, those who are lazy and unmotivated.

哦～，只能夠指人，指那些懶懶散散，沒有動力的人。好，下回啊我就要叫我哥哥 couch potato。他老是看電視，一看啊就看到叁更半夜，吃東西啊撒在地毯上、沙發上，到處都是。

My father's like that too. My mother is always angry at him. But he doesn't care.

啊？你爸爸也是這樣呀！我要是你媽啊，我也會生氣的。

But sometimes, after a really hard week at school, I also just want to collapse and be a couch potato.

嗯～，一個星期在學校唸書，實在是很累喔，回家當一回 couch potato，我想還是可以的，只要啊不是每天都這樣就行了。

Yes, Li Hua, I agree.

Li Hua, would you like to join us? Jon and I are going to play tennis.

啊？你們要打網球呀，那太好了，我正在學打網球吶。

That's wonderful. You know, some people think I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.

啊？你說有的人認為你是什麼？ Nuts？疑？Nuts 不是花生、杏仁那樣的果仁嗎？你跟 Jon 交朋友跟吃花生有什麼關係呀？

No, nuts here means someone who is crazy.

哦～，原來nuts在這裡是說一個人做的事很怪。大概就像我們中文說的：你瘋啦！對不對？

That's right. Jon can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes he does drive me nuts.

哎～，他看起來不像會對別人無禮、愛跟人爭論的人哪！哎，你剛才說 drives me nuts 是什麼意思啊？

Drives me nuts means he makes me crazy.

哦～，原來還可以說 drive me nuts，或者是 drive someone nuts。哎！Michael 啊，那天我上移民局去辦手續，排隊好長啊，我站了一小時，我真是火死了。我能不能說：They drove me nuts 呢？

Of course. You know, my mother used to make me clean my room every night when I was in high school and that drove me nuts.

啊？你唸中學的時候，你媽媽每天晚上要你打掃房間呀？那是有點受不了。哎，Michael，你認識我的朋友張紅嗎？

Oh, yes, she is nuts. She spent $200 on a dress, and it's ugly.

嘻嘻嘻，對！張紅這個人啊是有點問題喔，花兩百美元買件難看的衣服。哎，不過，Michael， You sometimes drive me nuts too.

Li Hua, I think you are learning these words too fast.