【走遍美国精讲笔记】第4课：没问题 ACT 1 - 1

ACT 1-1 “没问题，小事一桩。”

【故事梗概】

星期五傍晚，从有氧运动高级班回来的Marilyn一进屋就一屁股坐在地板上。她累坏了。她告诉Richard高级班的运动强度很大，但是Richard认为如果换作他，这种程度的锻炼完全是小菜一碟。

Marilyn: I am exhausted. My new exercise class is so hard.
Richard: Your new exercise class?
Marilyn: Yeah. My new advanced exercise class.
Richard: Why advanced?
Marilyn: My instructor thought that the beginner's class was too easy for me.
Richard: Too easy for you?
Marilyn: Don't laugh. In the beginner's class, they give you a chance to rest between exercises.
Richard: So?
Marilyn: The advanced class is nonstop.
Richard: I lift weights every morning for sixty minutes without stopping. No problem.
Marilyn: Listen, Richard, doing aerobics for an hour is a lot different than lifting weights.
Richard: Yeah. Quite a bit different. I think aerobics is easy. I could work out in your class with no problem.
Marilyn: You think so?
Richard: Oh, without a doubt. When's the next class?
Marilyn: Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. Try it.
Richard: Tomorrow morning after lifting weights, I'll try aerobics. It's a snap. Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.

【语言点精讲】

1. My instructor thought that the beginner's class was too easy for me.
我的教练认为初学班对我太容易了。
too+ 形容词或副词+ for sb.，表示对于某人来说是过于……了。

2. No problem.
"No problem."与后文出现的"It's a snap. "都是“没问题，小事一桩”的意思，用来表示某事很容易，做起来毫无问题。

3. Doing aerobics for an hour is a lot different than lifting weights.
连续做1小时有氧运动可跟练哑铃大不一样。
different than: 跟...不一样。这里用 different from更规范，但很多美国人跟Marilyn一样，在different之后使用than，这已经成为了一种约定熟成的用法。
aerobics: (通过散步、跑步、游泳、划船、骑车、舞蹈、体操等有节奏运动等增强心肺循环功能的)有氧运动，健身操。也可以说aerobic exercise.
lift weights: 举重。在这里指练哑铃。

4. I could work out in your class with no problem.
要我到你们班上去锻炼锻炼，绝不会有困难。Richard说这话的意思是，假如有机会一试的话，即可证明我的能力。
I could...: 我可以……，我能……
work out: 这里的意思是锻炼，尤指健身、健美训练。

5. You think so?
你真的这样认为吗？当对别人的意见不能确定或赞同时，可以使用这句话。

6. Oh, without a doubt.
without a doubt: 相当于"sure; of course. "（当然，毫无问题。）这是用非常肯定的口气来强调自己的话。